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Mon, Sep 11, 06 at 18:58
| Any advice on buying a tree for a small backyard in Phoenix, Arizona? I've seen some information on this site, but I thought I'd ask anyway, for any additional input.
I'm looking for something that:
Does anyone know trees that fit this profile? I've asked around to various gardeners and nursery, but everything they suggest seems to have a drawback. Thank you in advance for any advice - I've never bought a tree before! |
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- Posted by xericgardening 9 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 13, 06 at 9:16
| Hi. You might want to look at the following: 1. Little leaf ash (fraxinus greggi). It can grow to 15 ft. high and about 8 feet wide. It is an ideal tree for the Phoenix area, not too large, is drought-tolerant, and should fit into your back yard without any problem. It is deciduous, but, in Phoenix, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Three other trees you might consider are: 1. Catclaw acacia (acacia gregii) which grows to 18 feet with a width span of 15 feet. It is also deciduous, but great for Phoenix. 2. Blue Palo Verde (Ceridium x Parkinsonia), which grows to 20 X 20. 3. Desert Willow (Chilopsis linarus), 20 X 15. This is not a true willow, although it looks like one. It is more closely related to the western catalpa. For a list of trees that are great for your area, you might try the following website: http://www.epwu.org/conservation/plants.html |
Here is a link that might be useful: Desert Gardens
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| I have a tree that I think fits the bill but I don't know the name of it. It's leaves look like a Ficus tree but it gets spikes of tiny white flowers. The flowers are really not very ornamental, more a fuzzy look than true flowers. Bees love them as do hummingbirds. We have a repeat nester in ours for the last 3 years. The Tree is 4 years old and about 7-8 feet tall and about 7 foot across base. It does take prunning well, just need to get my hubby on the ladder to get the top of it. We water it once a week in the summer, deep, and everyother week in the winter. It does get a little water greedy when it blooms so I tend to trim about half of them off since they start to weigh down the branches too much anyway. I think it might have Japanese in its name, sorry not much help. If your interested I could take a pic and posted it. It sheds very little leaves, the only "shedding" time is from the blooms that turn into small pods. Since I trim most of them off I don't notice clean up. It's not a huge tree but it does shade my pool room very well from the setting sun. |
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| Pithecellobium flexicaule (Texas Ebony) is a beautiful evergreen tree for the low desert. Many great examples in Phoenix. Check them out at the Desert Botanical Gardens.Enjoy! dl |
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| I vote for the desert willow...beautiful, large trumpet shaped flowers in either white, white edged in pink, or white edged in purple... Several together are great as a screen and open, dappled shade. Twisting stems, usually multi-trunked, but can be trained to one trunk if you want. |
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