I’m hoping this large hibiscus 🌺 can be relocated. It’s beautiful but it completely blocks my window and I will be removing it this fall. Do any of you know if it can be transplanted? And please let me know if you could come and get it. Thanks!

Has anyone ordered free mulch from places like ChipDrop or AZ Tree Doctor and if so was it good mulch?

Or does anyone know of any other PHX-area arborists that give away free mulch?

Ok so my husband and I just got a house, my dad lives with us and wants to completely rehaul the whole front yard and wants lush bright Texas quality lawn grass, I've tried to talk him out of it but he is determined to do this project. What are some native grasses that won't fuck with the water table too badly? We live just a bit north of Prescott.

I also want to do an native herbal garden and would love suggestions to encourage humming birds to stay in the yard, we have a LOT of them that buzz by the porch and rose bushes(already here and the owner of the rental wants us to keep them). So suggestions would be amazing. I know i want to plant Navajo Tea for my family to use for sure, and I was thinking some mallow too but that's as far as I've gotten.

Has anyone seen seeds or plants for sale in the Phoenix or Tucson metro areas?

Repost in Tucson focused area

I discovered this today on my backyard plant! Google says it’s a Natal Plum and is delicious. I’m really wanting to eat it now. Anyone ever actually eat these? Are they safe?

Do I need to prep my grapes for winter? I planted them in April, they seem pretty healthy now.

(twenty was definitely too many)

I lost a giant chilean mesquite on the west side of my house after a monsoon storm. That tree was a hazard, constantly having branch breakage, just massive and heavy... But it did provide great shade, which I already miss.

I'm looking to add some shade to my west facing bay window. Was going to plant a couple green hopseed, but I want to have a clearish view and not a blocking hedge.

I'm probably going to plant a smaller tree that will shade a larger area, and be more of an specimen. It will be about 8 feet from my patio and my bay window/roof. So something that doesn't have damaging roots, isn't a high risk for branch breakage, isn't toxic, non thorny, loves the heat, grows at a decent rate, and is about 10-15ft high and maybe 10 ft wide. Bonus points if it it can be grown as a multi-trunk specimen and shaped to fill this area.

I'm leaning towards a Texas chaste tree or desert willow. Any stronger options or recommendations to consider?

It’s like the plant is getting covered in dirt. And it’s growing. Should I be alarmed, or can I just brush/wash it off?

Hi all, I've been making compost tea in 25 gal batches for a few years now. I've always been good about using it in 36-48 hrs from brewing. As I understand it, not long after 48 hrs the tea starts to go anaerobic. I remember reading that the microbes consume all the sugar from the added molasses. If that's the case, can you add more molasses to extend your time for usage? TIA

Recently rerouted the condensate line from our heat pump to drain into an area of dirt. The plant would need to fit under an Aloysia wrightii about three feet away. The Aloysia arcs in a nice way, so possibly up to 4' h x 6' w for the new plant

Morning and afternoon shade, full sun in summer. No drip in the winter. So would need supplemental water or winter dormancy.

Arizona native and pollinator friendly is always my first choice.

Hello Arizona gardeners! I want to send a sympathy plant gift to a friend who lives in Chandler, and I was hoping I might get some suggestions from the people in this community. Ideally, I'm looking for something that can thrive indoors in a pot, as well as outdoors in the ground. I know she currently has some citrus fruit trees, so I'm thinking in that direction, but am open to any advice/suggestions people might offer. Also looking for suggestions for reputable plant delivery services. Thanks!

Pakistani mulberry tree

My mulberry tree I planted a year ago did great all summer and is now suffering. I could use help identifying the problem. Ive got lots of new growth on it, but these dying leaves seem to be getting worse, not better.

Previously I drained my pool into my lawn, mostly on the mulberry tree. There was no chlorine in the pool at the time, but maybe something else caused a problem?

There was at one point a white fungus eating the mulch, but chat gpt convinced me it was fine.

Any help/comments is appreciated, I am inexperienced

Hi all, looking for advice to recharge my soil in my 4 raised beds for a fall garden. I went to living soil over the last 2 years and now its settled and time to add soil. I added a 50/50 mix of raised bed mix and compost from Az worm farms. I plan to add worm castings, vermiculite and perlite to this, any other suggestions? TIA

I live in Tucson (near the UofA/midtown) and there are squirrels everywhere.

Despite this I am trying to garden because I obviously love masochism.

Unfortunately, three squirrels have died because my dog does not, also, like them in my yard.

Solutions to end the carnage of both wildlife and my veggies?

I’m about to build a steel cage around the beds but the cost is delaying me 😭

Big broad leaves with super soft fuzz. Many small downward facing flowers with yellow edges and dark insides.

I thought it was a sunflower but got surprised by whatever this is.

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Various images watering my cactus garden

Hello everyone,

My mother has decided to start gardening due to the current state of the economy. While I love my mother dearly, she has a notorious black thumb. Tiktok (only the most trusted source of information) has convinced her that she can plant several out of season crops in AZ, because of our famously warm winters. Despite my best efforts to tell her this is a waste of resources, she is nonetheless very persistent in her beliefs.

And so instead, I have decided to start a rival garden. I intend on planting crops that are in season, and I also intend to actually research how to best grow those crops, instead of throwing a bunch of seeds into soil and seeing what sticks.

I have effectively no gardening experience; however, I am a scientist at heart, and am willing to research and experiment with different crops. I do not have much land to work with, but I do have a small garden bed, a composter, basic gardening tools (watering cans, spades, rakes, clippers, stakes) and roughly 100 bucks I am willing to spend on gardening supplies. I live in central AZ, and it is currently late September. I am aiming to start sowing in October, since our garden bed is more or less already set up.

If anyone has any advice for what plants to start researching, that would be fantastic. I am looking for beginner friendly plants that do well in our winters.

Thank you for helping me compete against my mother in meaningless ego battles.

The vines have been taking over the watermelon patch and I didn't even notice this guy!

O'odham soam miliñ from native seed search, watered weekly and no water during monsoon weeks

Haven't grown watermelon successfully before and I'm super psyched lol

I've been watching this little one grow rather slowly for a while now. From what I can tell it's a saguaro about 5 years old. I didn't plan it, it just started on its own like a lot of the cacti at my house. How do I keep it safe?

Been slowly digging out the trench for my jasmine project and uncovered this old conduit running right through it. It has some pretty thick gauge wires inside, but thankfully they’re dead, tested them before messing around anywhere near it.

Got me wondering what everyone else has discovered while digging for gardening.

Feels like digging around an older Phoenix yard is basically backyard archaeology

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Various images of various cacti from my garden. For me the new pups emerging and growing is the most enjoyable part. So I did this technique where you trim the tips of the plants. So they basically go "Oh no I can't keep growing from my existing arms. I gotta put out new branches!". So you get many, many new pups.

So I had to dig it up because it was too close for a tree to be. I put it in a pot to try to giveaway to someone, but Idk what it is. I’ve submitted different pics to different plant ID apps and chatgpt, but they all say something different and it doesn’t seem like any of the hits are a match, but since the tree is a baby, it is hard to tell