Phoenix Tropicals Gardening

Ouch, sorry about that. Yes, Imidacloprid is the weapon of choice. I'm now up to 100+ different Agave varieties and 150+ individual Agaves in the ground in my landscape, so you can bet weevils are a m ...

I have quite a lot of Echinocereus, but have never seen that one. Very pretty flowers. I'm tempted, but that looks like one poorly armed Hedgehog, and I'm afraid our local Peccary family might make sh ...

No sun for 8 months straight, then afternoon sun only through the worst of summer. I have two Xylosma bushes back there, currently sporting some pretty bad leaf burn, but they are surviving. One Jasmi ...

The faster the drip, the greater the tendency toward puddling and runoff. Low flow emitters/long duration generally cover less surface area in exchange for deeper penetration. In general, the longer y ...

Not really the same. In the long run, you're better off with low flow emitters (iI use mostly .5 and 1 gal) and long duration to gain maximum benefits of deep watering. I water for 90 minutes year ro ...

I would leave it and let the tree sort it out on its own. As stated previously, Jacarandas can get really ugly if trimmed too much.

Mine lost a few top branches, but overall, the tree came back really well. We were down in the teens last Feb.

I agree, cut the trunk as phoenixtropicals suggested; if not now, in the near future, and let the tree sort itself out. In general, it's never a good idea to trim Jacarandas, so just do this once. Whe ...

The Lantana I've had over the years have never missed a beat in summer, heat and sun don't seem to bother them much, though this summer has been unusually brutal. But again, I always deep water (90-12 ...

Neither of my Poms are more than 3' tall, but the one I describe as larger had been pruned significantly before I bought it, and has twice of trunk of the other. I'll guess it's about a full season ah ...

I know what you mean, I'm not sure I'll ever eat one, but it's a pretty spectacular ornamental as well. And though they're deciduous, mine both started leafing out in Feb!

I put 2 Pomegranates in last year, wonderful plants for our desert clime, extremely drought- and fully sun-tolerant. One is larger than the other, but the other gets a lot more sun, so it's a bit ahea ...

I'm kinda thinking those little purple guys are Echeverias. I've never tried one, I understand Javalinas consider them delicious. I'm very grateful to my local Javalinas, btw, for allowing me this rai ...

Sorry, I don't know what that is -- I'm still new to all this non-Agave stuff. I do have plant suggestions for you if you want to spruce it up a bit. There are a couple Agaves that do nicely in full o ...

You're right, I should be able to rig something to very nearly seal it. Here is the final plant list, now that the Sansevierias have shown (what a nice finishing touch!). My one concern is the Sansevi ...