![]() Plus Berridge Nursery on Camelback isn't far from the Royal Palms, and there's always the wonderful Baker nursery on 40th and Obsorn so you can make a whole plant day of it on a weekend. Same for the Biltmore Resort too-great to walk and enjoy and see some interesting, often unusual plantings. I'll buy some coffee at their cafe and enjoy a nice long stroll. I go at least once a month to enjoy the plantings. ![]() Just drive in and tell the "guard" you're there to visit the cactus garden and they'll tell you where to park. The Phoenician resort is very close as well and they have wonderful, expansive grounds and a nice (if a bit too shady) cactus/succulent garden too. LOL, yes, you can definitely walk around that resort-it has a bar and restaurant that are public so there are always people coming and going and admiring the grounds. Here is a link that might be useful: Royal Palms hotel and resort I'd say things look pretty darn good there. They have some great obscure palms, huuuuuuge in-ground plumerias, and all sorts of tender sub-tropicals. If you're ever near the Royal Palms hotel on Camelback, walk around their small but beautiful grounds. The blooms do wilt quickly during the super hot weather, don't they? I always make sure I'm up and in the garden early both to avoid the hottest temps and to enjoy the plants that fade when the day's heat kicks in. :PĪs far as your hibiscus goes, it looks very, very, good. I refuse to cover my plants for sun or cold. I have some plants that get a bit too much sun in summer but that are happy for the rest of the year, so I just let them tough it out, LOL. They might be getting more sun than they want, but maybe that'll just be for summer. The other plants I mentioned (the pothos, and dracaena and sansevierias, plus arboricola and full sized schefflera) are in mostly shade too, so that helps. I grow my spider plants in almost full shade, with maybe some morning sun. Most of the ones I've seen are in mostly shade, so that would help your "house" plants. I have to say, I went back and re-read my original reply and noticed I didn't really describe the light that the plants got. It's really fun to see who grows what, and how. GREAT Pics! Thanks so much for sharing them. And we'd love to see pics of any of your plants. Hopefully some other folks will chime in too. ![]() I'm sure I'll think of other plants as I think about things. ![]() I also grow queen's tears billbergia (Billbergia nutans) outside year round, and really like how durable they are. I see snake plants (Sansevierias) in a lot of places too outside, plus plumerias, lady palms, and some others, though none of those are as unusual as your plants and some of these others. There are a few specimens of "umbrella tree" or "schefflera" (Schefflera actinophylla) around town too. They've been doing great for several years. The Scottsdale Antique Market has a courtyard that has a huge area covered with good ol' pothos as an in-ground landscape plant, plus some arboricola too (Schefflera arboricola) outside in the ground year round. I'd be curious to hear from other folks too. There are some other not-super-common "houseplants" that I see planted now and then. I've not tried dracena but yours sounds neat! Any pics? We'd love to see. How are you using yours, design-wise? Berridge Nursery on Camelback in Phoenix has a small clump in the ground near their little dog-watering station near the gift store entrance. I have a few friends here in Scottsdale that grow them outside year round in huge pots and they've done great for years. I like the grassy look of their foliage and the fact they make those fun babies on runners. In chilly winters they get some frost damage but they've all always survived and become beautiful plants again by late spring. I've planted spider plants (Chlorophytum) in each of my AZ gardens and they've all done really well.
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