Apache plume:
![Image](http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p153/AQHAHunter/P1050512_zpsjhi5aju7.jpg)
Mock orange and lavender:
![Image](http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p153/AQHAHunter/P1050486_zpsl9ftqhqx.jpg)
Penstemon and sagebrush:
![Image](http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p153/AQHAHunter/P1050509_zpsyewu3ndi.jpg)
Hops, California poppies and Enigma climbing rose (sweet potatoes and okra planted where the straw mulch is):
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First year the cherry tree is producing:
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Gratuitous dog photo!:
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Flight wrote:What's an xeriscape garden?
Sue B wrote:Hey straightforward, have you tried artichoke? This is our 2nd year growing it and it is loving the cool wet spring we're having. The actual artichokes don't get as large as the ones in the store but boy are they delicious. (For the rest of you, I live about 175 miles east of straightforward and about 2,500ft higher, so we get only 6-10" of rain a year and a lot more cold weather.) I haven't yet planted the tomatoes (snowed last weekend, below freezing the last 2 nights) but my carrots are peaking out, as is the spinache and lettuce. The peas, spuds, broccoli and cabbage are delirious and I have yet to plant squash or cucumbers.
texsuze wrote:Wow, Straight, I remember the "before" photos you posted. Yard looks great! Is the small lawn area zoysia? or buffalograss? Also, what type of gravel did you use (the purple/gray material near the driveway and walkway)? What has been the response from the neighbors? And what do you have for fall/winter color in terms of either grasses or flowers? What a super job you've done!
Canyon wrote:boots – I’ve never had a jacaranda a tree; our winters are too cold. But, this article says, “Jacarandas have a high tolerance for drought and suffer in wet soils; therefore, the soil must be fast draining.” So, I’d bet on too much water. Is that possible – too much water in California?
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