Javelina –wow! Looked them up; these guys aren’t small and don’t look like jumpers so, assuming your garden is fenced, it’s time to check the lower perimeter.

As to your citrus, sounds like you picked a “lemon” last time. Some things are worth trying a second time, even a third.

Well, the little Meyer lemon tree I bought last spring didn't make it, so I'm debating about trying again. I do have one citrus that is managing to hang in there but doesn't fruit much, and my neighbors have citrus, so I don't know if I picked a bad location or my watering plan is wrong. I do love Meyer lemons.

I'll do the usual veggies and I'm looking at adding a small area to my backyard with some flowering shrubs and a couple cacti. The only thing is the dog...I'm worried she or any future dog might dig up, eat, or get stuck by something.  Need to think about that. Desert bird of paradise (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) does really well here and is spectacular in heat, golden barrel cactus are always good-looking, and I would really like one (or three) Argentine giant cactus.

Oh and I need to work a little on the front. Javelina got into the yard again and this time dug up and ate my hesperaloe (red yucca). So I guess I'll put something else there.  Although javelina can eat prickly pear, spines and all, so really anything is a gamble. Have to find out where they're getting in.

Cyndi in AZ

It’s that time of year again!  I always tell myself I won’t order  that much but then , well, you know…

What are you all looking at / for ?

My list:

Allium neriniflorum    
Aruncus dioicus ‘Zweiweltenkind’       
Aruncus x ‘Guinea-Fowl’
Caryopteris Beyond Midnight    
Centaurium scilloides  
Chelonopsis yagiharana 
Cimicifuga japonica 'Hillside Splashdance'     
Dracocephalum argunense ‘Fuji Blue’    
Echium amoenum 
Elsholtzia stauntonii  
Epilobium angustifolium
Glaucidium palmatum    
Hakonechloa macra ‘Nicolas’    
Heliopsis Bleeding hearts      
Iris sibirica 'Sky Mirror'     
Lathyrus aureus
Liatris spicata
Lobelia Starship™ Deep Rose    
Monarda bradburiana    
Omphalodes cappadocica 'Starry Eyes'   
Ostrowskia magnifica   
Paeonia caucasica #53  
Paradisea lusitanica   
Penstemon Dark Towers  
Phuopsis stylosa       
Roscoea purpurea       
Scopolia carniolica 'Zwanenburg'       
Sisyrinchium striatum  
Talinum calycinum      
Tellima grandiflora ‘Forest Frost’     
Tellima grandiflora ‘Purpurteppich’    
Verbascum chaixii ‘Sixteen Candles’    

Kitty