I live outside of Tombstone and I have Chinese pistache trees, both male and female mulberries, mesquite trees and they all do very well here. Some other trees that do very well here are Western Soapberry which make super awesome shade trees and the bees love them. Arizona black walnut trees and Osage Orange both do pretty well here. My Osage Orange tree is maybe 10 feet tall now and I planted than tree from a seed. Also there is a native bush that grows here with little red berries that deer love to eat and those bushes can be pruned and if pruned right they become pretty impressive shade trees. I don't know what those bushes are, they just naturally grow here. They are very woody and trimming all the small branches off and leaving a couple prominent trunks and those things become very impressive.
I am in zone 7B in New Mexico. One of my all time pet peeves is that Lowes and Home Depot will sell trees that have NO business being planted in New Mexico. For the love, STOP selling maples trees here. We have figured out that mimosas, desert willows, and the good old elm tree (albeit we give a yearly systemic to keep the bug from eating that one) do the best here. I am envious of you folk who live in warmer desert southwest that can have palo verde or madrone trees.
We live in New Mexico also. We have two vitex,also know as chaste . We have a purple flower and a white white. We also have a mulberry in the front yard. We’ve had them for twenty years and are beautiful. One tree I absolutely hate are the Chinese elms.
@@samueljaramillo4221 I had some Vitex that were doing well but a freak early freeze took them out. Yet, the cemetery down the road has a line of them, zero care, and they survived. I think ours were too pampered. They are super nice trees.
They do that everywhere. In the south they sell tons of firs and cypress , but not those that might thrive here. They both also sell a lot of invasive plants.
@@TheAureliac I will see bald cypress selling here in eastern New Mexico. Of all places. And willow trees. I made so many mistakes planting what was sold without first checking on where they actually thrive. Had to learn the hard way. Now when I am in gardening areas of big box stores I will check on my iphone about the plant before buying. It is super frustrating. One would think they would only sell what grows well in an area. Bwaa ha ha!
To keep the worms out of the Elm trees, I wraped duck tape sticky side out around the base of the tree a few times. The tape catches all the caterpillars crawling up the tree, but the ants and spiders can go under the tape and don't get trapped. After a couple of years or so all the caterpillars got caught, and my Elm has remained bug free. If they come back, wrap some more tape around the tree. The moth lays it's eggs in the dirt at the base of the Elm tree.
We are zone 8b Sierra Vista AZ and wanted to get a Chinese Pistache but if you look online, which we did, it says it needs a lot of water. Some say it doesn’t so we decided not to get one. So what is the truth? Where can we get the truth about water needs we can trust? No offense. Thanks for doing this video.
I am in central Texas and have grown mine for 17 years. Mine require very little water and care. When small, you should water regularly, but not over water. Good drainage is important. Marvelous trees.
I am looking for a tree that grows tall, wide, im 1/2 way between Phoenix,😉 Tucson 😂 we are 9B im told, trying Pecan but dang they are slow growing. Any suggestions ?
I know trees do OK here as they are growing ok we just need MORE planted to shade our cities. NO MORE palm trees. They are a waste and a nuisance with palm fronds and seed pods. They don’t provide any use.
New to southern Arizona and I'm surprised there aren't many many more trees growing. They would help so much with the heat
Thank you for this video - gave me lots of ideas for my Zone 8B down here in Cochise County!
Great you Share with us ,Native Trees are Amazing
I live outside of Tombstone and I have Chinese pistache trees, both male and female mulberries, mesquite trees and they all do very well here. Some other trees that do very well here are Western Soapberry which make super awesome shade trees and the bees love them. Arizona black walnut trees and Osage Orange both do pretty well here. My Osage Orange tree is maybe 10 feet tall now and I planted than tree from a seed. Also there is a native bush that grows here with little red berries that deer love to eat and those bushes can be pruned and if pruned right they become pretty impressive shade trees. I don't know what those bushes are, they just naturally grow here. They are very woody and trimming all the small branches off and leaving a couple prominent trunks and those things become very impressive.
I am in zone 7B in New Mexico. One of my all time pet peeves is that Lowes and Home Depot will sell trees that have NO business being planted in New Mexico. For the love, STOP selling maples trees here. We have figured out that mimosas, desert willows, and the good old elm tree (albeit we give a yearly systemic to keep the bug from eating that one) do the best here. I am envious of you folk who live in warmer desert southwest that can have palo verde or madrone trees.
We live in New Mexico also. We have two vitex,also know as chaste . We have a purple flower and a white white. We also have a mulberry in the front yard. We’ve had them for twenty years and are beautiful. One tree I absolutely hate are the Chinese elms.
@@samueljaramillo4221 I had some Vitex that were doing well but a freak early freeze took them out. Yet, the cemetery down the road has a line of them, zero care, and they survived. I think ours were too pampered. They are super nice trees.
They do that everywhere. In the south they sell tons of firs and cypress , but not those that might thrive here. They both also sell a lot of invasive plants.
@@TheAureliac I will see bald cypress selling here in eastern New Mexico. Of all places. And willow trees. I made so many mistakes planting what was sold without first checking on where they actually thrive. Had to learn the hard way. Now when I am in gardening areas of big box stores I will check on my iphone about the plant before buying. It is super frustrating. One would think they would only sell what grows well in an area. Bwaa ha ha!
To keep the worms out of the Elm trees, I wraped duck tape sticky side out around the base of the tree a few times. The tape catches all the caterpillars crawling up the tree, but the ants and spiders can go under the tape and don't get trapped. After a couple of years or so all the caterpillars got caught, and my Elm has remained bug free. If they come back, wrap some more tape around the tree. The moth lays it's eggs in the dirt at the base of the Elm tree.
Thanks Bill from Whetstone
The leaf cutters have stripped my vitex 3 times already this year. The trees keep coming back but I do stamp my foot every time! lol
Great information! I would love to find a plain old catalpa tree, the flowers are so pretty and I don't mind volunteers!
Thank you!
We are zone 8b Sierra Vista AZ and wanted to get a Chinese Pistache but if you look online, which we did, it says it needs a lot of water. Some say it doesn’t so we decided not to get one. So what is the truth? Where can we get the truth about water needs we can trust? No offense. Thanks for doing this video.
I am in central Texas and have grown mine for 17 years. Mine require very little water and care. When small, you should water regularly, but not over water. Good drainage is important. Marvelous trees.
What about a Red Push Pistache? There supposed to be drought and cold tolerant.
I am looking for a tree that grows tall, wide, im 1/2 way between Phoenix,😉 Tucson 😂 we are 9B im told, trying Pecan but dang they are slow growing.
Any suggestions ?
I know trees do OK here as they are growing ok we just need MORE planted to shade our cities. NO MORE palm trees. They are a waste and a nuisance with palm fronds and seed pods. They don’t provide any use.
I think what makes it sound so unreal, is not having to hear breath breaks