Drought Tolerant SHADE TREES: Southeastern, AZ | Low Water Use, Fast-Growing, Beautiful & Resilient

This video features some of our favorite beautiful shade trees with very low water needs. They are easy to care for, can grow quite quickly with a little extra love, provide the shade you're looking for, and can be a great addition to your property.
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[@christinebluerirish]

New to southern Arizona and I'm surprised there aren't many many more trees growing. They would help so much with the heat

[@tikilee7172]

Thanks Bill from Whetstone

[@ginninadances]

I think what makes it sound so unreal, is not having to hear breath breaks

[@maryhysong]

Great information! I would love to find a plain old catalpa tree, the flowers are so pretty and I don't mind volunteers!

[@jdrodgers1884]

The leaf cutters have stripped my vitex 3 times already this year. The trees keep coming back but I do stamp my foot every time! lol

[@skyethewylder]

I am in zone 7B in New Mexico. One of my all time pet peeves is that Lowes and Home Depot will sell trees that have NO business being planted in New Mexico. For the love, STOP selling maples trees here. We have figured out that mimosas, desert willows, and the good old elm tree (albeit we give a yearly systemic to keep the bug from eating that one) do the best here. I am envious of you folk who live in warmer desert southwest that can have palo verde or madrone trees.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

We live in New Mexico also. We have two vitex,also know as chaste . We have a purple flower and a white white. We also have a mulberry in the front yard. We’ve had them for twenty years and are beautiful. One tree I absolutely hate are the Chinese elms.

[@skyethewylder]

@@samueljaramillo4221 I had some Vitex that were doing well but a freak early freeze took them out. Yet, the cemetery down the road has a line of them, zero care, and they survived. I think ours were too pampered. They are super nice trees.

[@TheAureliac]

They do that everywhere. In the south they sell tons of firs and cypress , but not those that might thrive here. They both also sell a lot of invasive plants.

[@skyethewylder]

@@TheAureliac I will see bald cypress selling here in eastern New Mexico. Of all places. And willow trees. I made so many mistakes planting what was sold without first checking on where they actually thrive. Had to learn the hard way. Now when I am in gardening areas of big box stores I will check on my iphone about the plant before buying. It is super frustrating. One would think they would only sell what grows well in an area. Bwaa ha ha!

[@vickywhitesell7482]

To keep the worms out of the Elm trees, I wraped duck tape sticky side out around the base of the tree a few times. The tape catches all the caterpillars crawling up the tree, but the ants and spiders can go under the tape and don't get trapped. After a couple of years or so all the caterpillars got caught, and my Elm has remained bug free. If they come back, wrap some more tape around the tree. The moth lays it's eggs in the dirt at the base of the Elm tree.

[@michelel1852]

We are zone 8b Sierra Vista AZ and wanted to get a Chinese Pistache but if you look online, which we did, it says it needs a lot of water. Some say it doesn’t so we decided not to get one. So what is the truth? Where can we get the truth about water needs we can trust? No offense. Thanks for doing this video.

[@jerrybarker2455]

I am in central Texas and have grown mine for 17 years. Mine require very little water and care. When small, you should water regularly, but not over water. Good drainage is important. Marvelous trees.

[@archstanton9703]

What about a Red Push Pistache? There supposed to be drought and cold tolerant.

[@paulsmith1411]

Great you Share with us ,Native Trees are Amazing

[@scrunchiiface]

Thank you!