Acer negundo, Boxelder tree

Acer negundo, Boxelder tree

 

Sheperdia argentea Silver Buffaloberry

Sheperdia argentea Silver Buffaloberry

The Silver Buffalo Berry makes a nice barrier between neighbors. A good watering once a month after they are established will make attractive plants full of berries.  These typically grow adjacent to rivers and creeks.  Some are some distance for the water. Below are the fruits.  Each fruit has a small seed and when completely ripe are very sweet.  To harvest, place a tarp under the tree/shrub; much of the fruit will shake off.  Good fall and early winter food for the birds.  Most berries are red, but have some are yellow and orange.  

Orange fruit from one of my Silver Buffalo Berry shrub/tree.

Yellow fruit from another one of my Silver Buffalo Berry shrub/tree.

Three colors of the fruit.

A colander full of red fruits.  I steamed and got two quarts and one pint.  It was a tasty drink.

Fallugia paradoxa, APACHE PLUME

Fallugia paradoxa,  APACHE PLUME

This is a no brainer when it come to a conservitive water using plant.  This plant is in front of my greenhouses and the only water it gets is from the sky.  It is finished with its first flush of white blooms and what is seen now is the very light pinkish plumes.  The one here is five feet tall and five feet wide.  There are a few flowers for the rest of the summer. 

 

This shows the plume color.

 

Ephedra viridis, GREEN MORMON TEA

Ephedra viridis, GREEN MORMON TEA

This specimen was found on a bare hillside.  Has a place in the landscape.  Low maintenance and low water requirements are the hallmarks of this plant.  May grow three to four feet high and four feet in diameter.

INDIAN RICE GRASS

Oryzopsis hymenoides (Indian ricegrass)  Each tray holds 98 liners. There are 10 trays with the following pricing options.

• @ $1.35 each in June 2013
• @ $1.15 each with a $20.00 deposit per tray
• @ $0.95 if purchased now and delivered at any time until October 30, 2013

Oryzopsis hymenoides (Indian rice grass)  is a pretty perennial warm-season bunch grass. The clump pictured above has been growing for many seasons.

Tubes of indian Rice Grass.  These should be ready in June, 2013

Germination tray of Indian rice grass.  There are probably 3,000 seedlings.

MIRABILIS MULTIFLORA

Mirabilis multiflora (Desert 4 0'clock) 

• @ $1.35 each in June 2013
• @ $1.15 each now with a $20.00 deposit per tray
• @ $0.95 if purchase now to be delivered at any time until October 30, 2013

On the left are young Desert 4 O'clock plants that will be ready in June.  On the right is the flower of the Desert 4 O'clock.  The plant blooms in the afternoon when the temperature drops and remain in bloom until late morning, then they close up.  New flowers every day.