Tough Plants for a DRY SUNNY spot.

I'm in the Central Oregon High Altitude Desert in zone 6. I have a side easement that needs some major work. Here to start that out and take you along.
#desert #zone6 #nativeplants #gardening #permaculture

[@Karoline_g]

I adore Merlin :)

[@GreenLadyUrbanFarm]

I gave him a duck treat each time someone brings him up in the comments. He appreciates you! 🖖😉

[@Karoline_g]

@@GreenLadyUrbanFarm *laugher* oh he is going to be spoiled then. Such a gorgeous boy.

[@peterellis4262]

The mention of "New Mexico Olive" piqued my curiosity. Turns out that, indeed, it is a true olive and the fruit is "edible" but like all the other olives it has oleuropein that makes it really bitter. However - just like all the other olives - the oleuropein is water soluble and you can get it out of the fruit, producing the various kinds of olives ready for eating that many of us know and love. I had no idea that there might be a variety of olive that was hardy in zone 6. Which leaves the question, does the New Mexico Olive produce fruit of a size and quantity to be worth the processing? ;)

[@GreenLadyUrbanFarm]

Exactly. The olive and the utah serviceberry are more for the birds, but I'm interested in playing around with them.... in a few years. 🖖😉

[@Karoline_g]

Oh interesting! I never thought of olives as something the average gardener could actually DO.

[@GreenLadyUrbanFarm]

@Karoline_g they are a very narrow climate plant. Hot & dry but not big temp swings. Arid coastal seems to be the range. That's why the new mexico privet us so interesting to me. We will see if it works. 🤞