Wow, so glad you chimed in! I need some advice from an expert! Yes my Desert museum is the palo verde. We are thinking about taking both of them out. I really like our Mesquite a lot better. It just looks so much more lush and grows way faster. Just hoping the caterpillars don't like the Mesquite or ever find it. It's weird, one of the Museums got eaten up but the other one that's like 5 feet away didn't.
We do have a lot of plants that are doing well. In fact only the eaten up museum is the only one.
So far we have:
Mesquite
2 Passi floras (not blooming though, can you offer insight?)
4 Cat's claw vines (2 under the patio cover, two on the roof deck)
6 Boston ivys (two are doing REALLY well!)
4 purple wisterias (doing so so)
2 Queen's wreath (also so so. Moved them into more shade, they seem happier)
1 Maverick tree (doing very well)
2 Humming bird bush/Firecracker growing like weeds
and then a ton of succulents on the roof deck that I don't know most of the names.
We had a bunch of stuff die too though. Ruelia (sp?), Parrots beak, countless veggies and herbs.
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