Planting Proposal | Kimberly Tidwell | The Garden Nerd
Planting proposal

Kimberly's Yard

Prepared by The Garden Nerd

Kimberly, this is your updated planting plan. The areas are the same ones we walked, but the planting style is different. Instead of long runs of one plant and a clean, clipped look, every area is now layered: taller plants in the back, medium in the middle, low flowers and grasses up front, with three or four different plants repeating in a loose pattern. There's a lot of purple woven through the whole yard. It's all desert adapted, it's planted dense, and the result is a lush, natural yard with height, texture, and something blooming in every season.

Your sissoo trees, the rosemary, the fountain, the existing honeysuckle and ruellia, and the new trees all stay part of the plan. Below is each area with what goes where, then the full pricing at the end.

Front Yard

Front Entry, Along the Walkway

Front entry along the walkway

Right up against the house on both sides of the walkway, and wrapping around the west corner once the door there comes out. This becomes a layered entry bed with height against the house and color stepping down to the walkway. There's a lot of purple in this mix, which really pops against the white walls, with pink, red, and yellow mixed in.

Against the house: pink muhly grass, desert lavender, and Mexican bush sage, rotating, for height, silver foliage, and movement.

Middle: autumn sage, penstemon, Baja ruellia, and Greg's mistflower in loose groups of two or three, mixed up so no two of the same sit side by side.

Walkway edge: trailing lantana in purple spilling toward the path, with lilac verbena and angelita daisy tucked in between.

Pink Muhly Grass

Pink Muhly Grass

Soft, fine-textured grass that turns into a cloud of pink plumes every fall. Adds movement and catches the light beautifully.

5 × 5 gal
Desert Lavender

Desert Lavender

Native shrub with silvery, fragrant leaves and spikes of small purple flowers. Gets 5 to 6 feet with a soft, airy shape, and bees love it.

4 × 5 gal

Mexican Bush Sage

Tall, arching stems with velvety purple flower spikes from late summer through fall. Adds height and a soft, full look. Cut it back once in late winter.

4 × 5 gal
Autumn Sage

Autumn Sage

Small shrub covered in red, pink, or white flowers spring and fall. A hummingbird magnet and easy to tuck in anywhere.

5 × 5 gal
Penstemon

Penstemon

Tall flower spikes in red, pink, or purple in spring. Adds height and vertical lines between the rounded plants, and feeds hummingbirds and native bees.

5 × 5 gal
Baja Ruellia

Baja Ruellia

Upright, bright green shrub covered in purple trumpet flowers most of the warm season. Fills in fast and gives you easy purple.

4 × 5 gal
Greg's Mistflower

Greg's Mistflower

Native with fuzzy lavender flowers that butterflies cover from spring through fall. Does great in pots.

4 × 5 gal
Trailing Lantana

Trailing Lantana

Low, spreading lantana with purple flower clusters almost all year. Butterflies love it, and it spills nicely over edges.

5 × 5 gal

Lilac Verbena

Mounding verbena with clusters of lilac-purple flowers spring through fall. Butterflies are on it constantly.

4 × 5 gal
Angelita Daisy

Angelita Daisy

Small mound of fine leaves with little yellow daisies almost all year. Fills the front edge and the gaps.

4 × 5 gal

44 plants (all 5 gallon)

West Side Yard (Sissoo Trees and Rosemary Bed)

West side yard with sissoo trees and rosemary

The established rosemary stays. It's happy and already gives this bed some structure. Around it, we add a taller layer so the bed has real dimension under the sissoo trees, plus a mix of ground covers for color in every season.

Tall accents: desert milkweed and firecracker plant scattered through the bed, with globe mallow and lavender globe mallow in between.

Ground layer: bush morning glory (white), sunrise emu (yellow), desert marigold (yellow), trailing indigo bush (purple), and desert verbena (purple) drifting together and weaving around the rosemary.

Desert Milkweed

Desert Milkweed

Native milkweed with tall, upright gray green stems and creamy flowers. A host plant for monarch butterflies and a great vertical accent.

5 × 5 gal
Firecracker Plant

Firecracker Plant

Upright stems with bright red tubular flowers that hummingbirds love. A different, linear texture next to rounded shrubs.

3 × 5 gal
Globe Mallow

Globe Mallow

Native perennial with apricot orange cup flowers in spring. Fast, tough, and reseeds a little, which helps the natural look.

3 × 5 gal

Lavender Globe Mallow

The lavender-flowered form of our native globe mallow. Same toughness and spring show, in a color most people have never seen on a mallow.

3 × 5 gal
Bush Morning Glory

Bush Morning Glory

Silvery mound with white funnel flowers spring through fall. The silver leaves brighten up a bed.

5 × 5 gal
Sunrise Emu

Sunrise Emu

Low spreading ground cover with gray green leaves and yellow flowers late winter into spring. One of my favorites for hot spots.

5 × 5 gal
Desert Marigold

Desert Marigold

Native with soft gray leaves and bright yellow flowers spring through fall. Low and easy, and it reseeds a little.

4 × 5 gal
Trailing Indigo Bush

Trailing Indigo Bush

Low silvery ground cover with purple flowers in spring. Spreads wide and softens edges.

4 × 5 gal

Desert Verbena

Low native verbena with bright purple-pink flower clusters in spring. Spreads and reseeds a little, perfect for filling gaps.

4 × 5 gal

36 plants (all 5 gallon)

Street Side, Between the Sissoo Trees

Street side gap between the sissoo trees

This is the front of the house and the first thing you see pulling in, so this is where we make a statement. Instead of one plant running between the two sissoo trees, this becomes a big, mixed border built around grasses. Tall grasses give it height and movement, and flowering shrubs in purple, pink, orange, and yellow fill in around them so there's color in every season.

Anchors: a Texas mountain laurel at each end, near the sissoo trees, for evergreen structure and purple spring flowers.

Back row, rotating: bamboo muhly, desert lavender, deer grass, red bird of paradise, coral fountain grass, repeat.

Middle: pink fairy duster, Cleveland sage, and globe mallow in groups between the grasses.

Street edge: trailing lantana (purple), purple heart, and angelita daisy (yellow) alternating along the front.

Texas Mountain Laurel

Texas Mountain Laurel

Evergreen small tree with glossy leaves and big clusters of purple flowers in early spring that smell like grape soda. Slow growing and very tough. The seeds are toxic, so keep that in mind with pets.

2 × 15 gal
Bamboo Muhly

Bamboo Muhly

Tall, airy grass with fine, feathery leaves on bamboo-like stems. Moves with every breeze and adds height without bulk.

3 × 5 gal
Desert Lavender

Desert Lavender

Native shrub with silvery, fragrant leaves and spikes of small purple flowers. Gets 5 to 6 feet with a soft, airy shape, and bees love it.

3 × 5 gal
Deer Grass

Deer Grass

Native bunch grass that forms a big, fountain-shaped clump with tall, wheat-colored flower spikes. Strong structure and movement.

3 × 5 gal
Red Bird of Paradise

Red Bird of Paradise

Big orange and red flower clusters late spring through fall, on a plant that gets 6 to 8 feet. Loves heat and gives you height fast.

2 × 5 gal
Coral Fountain Grass

Coral Fountain Grass

Soft, arching grass with coral-tinted plumes. Adds movement and a different texture next to the flowering shrubs.

4 × 5 gal
Pink Fairy Duster

Pink Fairy Duster

Native low shrub with soft pink puffball flowers in spring. Delicate texture and a nice break from the reds and oranges.

3 × 5 gal

Cleveland Sage

Gray green, very fragrant leaves with whorls of lavender-purple flowers in spring. Brush past it and the whole area smells like sage.

3 × 5 gal
Globe Mallow

Globe Mallow

Native perennial with apricot orange cup flowers in spring. Fast, tough, and reseeds a little, which helps the natural look.

3 × 5 gal
Trailing Lantana

Trailing Lantana

Low, spreading lantana with purple flower clusters almost all year. Butterflies love it, and it spills nicely over edges.

4 × 5 gal
Purple Heart

Purple Heart

Deep purple leaves with small pink flowers. Spreads easily and gives you purple all year from the foliage alone. Dies back with frost and returns in spring.

3 × 5 gal
Angelita Daisy

Angelita Daisy

Small mound of fine leaves with little yellow daisies almost all year. Fills the front edge and the gaps.

4 × 5 gal

2 Texas mountain laurel (15 gallon), 35 shrubs, grasses, and ground covers (5 gallon)

Fountain Area

Fountain area

Lush and layered rather than a single low ring. Three spaces to plant: the ground around the fountain, the retaining wall ring, and the four pots on the wall. Grasses and pollinator plants around the water will bring hummingbirds, butterflies, and movement right to the fountain.

In the ground around the fountain: pink muhly, Mexican bush sage, and penstemon for height, autumn sage, Greg's mistflower, Baja ruellia, and pink fairy duster in the middle, and angelita daisy, lilac verbena, purple heart, and trailing indigo bush filling the front.

Retaining wall ring: autumn sage and trailing lantana alternating, with trailing rosemary planted at the edge so it drapes over the wall.

The four pots: red yucca in two, Greg's mistflower in the other two, alternating around the ring.

Pink Muhly Grass

Pink Muhly Grass

Soft, fine-textured grass that turns into a cloud of pink plumes every fall. Adds movement and catches the light beautifully.

4 × 5 gal

Mexican Bush Sage

Tall, arching stems with velvety purple flower spikes from late summer through fall. Adds height and a soft, full look. Cut it back once in late winter.

3 × 5 gal
Penstemon

Penstemon

Tall flower spikes in red, pink, or purple in spring. Adds height and vertical lines between the rounded plants, and feeds hummingbirds and native bees.

4 × 5 gal
Autumn Sage

Autumn Sage

Small shrub covered in red, pink, or white flowers spring and fall. A hummingbird magnet and easy to tuck in anywhere.

10 × 5 gal
Greg's Mistflower

Greg's Mistflower

Native with fuzzy lavender flowers that butterflies cover from spring through fall. Does great in pots.

6 × 5 gal
Baja Ruellia

Baja Ruellia

Upright, bright green shrub covered in purple trumpet flowers most of the warm season. Fills in fast and gives you easy purple.

4 × 5 gal
Pink Fairy Duster

Pink Fairy Duster

Native low shrub with soft pink puffball flowers in spring. Delicate texture and a nice break from the reds and oranges.

3 × 5 gal
Angelita Daisy

Angelita Daisy

Small mound of fine leaves with little yellow daisies almost all year. Fills the front edge and the gaps.

4 × 5 gal

Lilac Verbena

Mounding verbena with clusters of lilac-purple flowers spring through fall. Butterflies are on it constantly.

3 × 5 gal
Purple Heart

Purple Heart

Deep purple leaves with small pink flowers. Spreads easily and gives you purple all year from the foliage alone. Dies back with frost and returns in spring.

3 × 5 gal
Trailing Indigo Bush

Trailing Indigo Bush

Low silvery ground cover with purple flowers in spring. Spreads wide and softens edges.

3 × 5 gal
Trailing Lantana

Trailing Lantana

Low, spreading lantana with purple flower clusters almost all year. Butterflies love it, and it spills nicely over edges.

4 × 5 gal
Trailing Rosemary

Trailing Rosemary

Low, spreading rosemary that drapes over the edge of a wall. Fragrant, evergreen, with small blue flowers.

4 × 5 gal
Red Yucca

Red Yucca

Grass-like clumps with tall coral red flower spikes from spring into fall. Gives instant height and hummingbirds love it. No sharp tips.

2 × 5 gal

57 plants (all 5 gallon)

Either Side of the Front Walkway

Beds on both sides of the front walkway

A desert willow stands in the middle of each bed. In place of the privet, each bed gets a matching mix around the tree, so the two sides balance without looking clipped and formal.

Each bed: a dark purple desert willow (Bubba or Burgundy) in the center, deep violet Texas sage and Baja fairy duster around it for medium height, pink muhly and penstemon tucked between them, Baja ruellia for purple, and trailing lantana around the outer edge.

Desert Willow (Bubba or Burgundy)

Desert Willow (Bubba or Burgundy)

Small native tree. Bubba and Burgundy are the dark purple-burgundy flowering varieties, blooming all summer and loved by hummingbirds. Light, airy shade.

2 × 15 gal
Texas Sage (Thunder Cloud or Rio Bravo)

Texas Sage (Thunder Cloud or Rio Bravo)

Silvery leaves and the deepest violet flowers of the Texas sage family, blooming after humid monsoon days. Tough and takes less water than plants that aren't desert adapted.

4 × 5 gal
Baja Fairy Duster

Baja Fairy Duster

Bright red puffball flowers most of the year and a hummingbird favorite. Medium sized with an open, airy shape.

4 × 5 gal
Pink Muhly Grass

Pink Muhly Grass

Soft, fine-textured grass that turns into a cloud of pink plumes every fall. Adds movement and catches the light beautifully.

4 × 5 gal
Penstemon

Penstemon

Tall flower spikes in red, pink, or purple in spring. Adds height and vertical lines between the rounded plants, and feeds hummingbirds and native bees.

4 × 5 gal
Baja Ruellia

Baja Ruellia

Upright, bright green shrub covered in purple trumpet flowers most of the warm season. Fills in fast and gives you easy purple.

4 × 5 gal
Trailing Lantana

Trailing Lantana

Low, spreading lantana with purple flower clusters almost all year. Butterflies love it, and it spills nicely over edges.

6 × 5 gal

2 desert willow (15 gallon), one per side; 26 shrubs and grasses (5 gallon), split evenly between the two beds

East of the Driveway, Near the House

East of the driveway near the house

The thornless mesquite still goes here for shade and balance. Underneath it we add a loose planting so the tree isn't just sitting in bare rock.

Under the canopy: brittlebush and turpentine bush for structure, with globe mallow and desert marigold drifting between them, all kept a few feet off the trunk.

Thornless Mesquite

Thornless Mesquite

Fast growing shade tree with dappled shade and no thorns. Balances the front yard once it fills in.

1 × 15 gal
Brittlebush

Brittlebush

Native silver-leaved mound covered in yellow daisies in spring. Fast and bright.

3 × 5 gal
Turpentine Bush

Turpentine Bush

Native, compact, bright green year round with a flush of yellow flowers in fall, when a lot of other plants are resting.

3 × 5 gal
Globe Mallow

Globe Mallow

Native perennial with apricot orange cup flowers in spring. Fast, tough, and reseeds a little, which helps the natural look.

3 × 5 gal
Desert Marigold

Desert Marigold

Native with soft gray leaves and bright yellow flowers spring through fall. Low and easy, and it reseeds a little.

3 × 5 gal

1 thornless mesquite (15 gallon), 12 understory plants (5 gallon)

East Side Yard

East side yard where a tree used to be

The ironwood goes in where the old tree was. A small planting around it ties it into the yard.

Around the ironwood: green feathery senna for height, chuparosa for winter color, penstemon for spring, and desert honeysuckle for summer and fall, so something is always flowering.

Ironwood

Ironwood

Beautiful, long living native tree with lavender spring flowers. A great anchor for this side of the yard.

1 × 15 gal
Green Feathery Senna

Green Feathery Senna

Fine, needle-like green leaves and yellow flowers in late winter and spring. Grows 4 to 6 feet, soft and airy.

2 × 5 gal
Chuparosa

Chuparosa

Native shrub with green stems and red tubular flowers in winter and spring, when hummingbirds need them most.

3 × 5 gal
Penstemon

Penstemon

Tall flower spikes in red, pink, or purple in spring. Adds height and vertical lines between the rounded plants, and feeds hummingbirds and native bees.

3 × 5 gal
Desert Honeysuckle

Desert Honeysuckle

Native shrub with orange tubular flowers summer into fall. Easy, and brings in hummingbirds.

3 × 5 gal

1 ironwood (15 gallon), 11 understory plants (5 gallon)

Backyard

East Fence Line

East backyard fence line

This long stretch still needs privacy and color. Instead of 50 of the same plant, four different tall plants rotate in the same pattern the whole way down the fence. It reads as one consistent screen from end to end, but up close you get different greens, textures, and flowers, and if one plant ever struggles, it doesn't leave a hole in a solid hedge.

One row along the fence, about every 5 feet: orange jubilee, Arizona rosewood, hopseed, twisted myrtle, repeat the full length. Nothing planted in front.

Orange Jubilee

Orange Jubilee

Fast growing with big clusters of orange trumpet flowers spring through fall. Hummingbirds even nest in it.

10 × 5 gal
Arizona Rosewood

Arizona Rosewood

Native evergreen with dark green leaves. Dense and tall, a solid screen.

10 × 5 gal
Hopseed

Hopseed

Fast evergreen with narrow bright green leaves. Tall and full, a lighter green than the rosewood.

10 × 5 gal
Twisted Myrtle

Twisted Myrtle

Evergreen with small glossy, slightly twisted leaves and fragrant white flowers. Dense and refined, a darker green than hopseed.

10 × 5 gal

40 plants (all 5 gallon)

Some of the old hopseed stumps along this line will need to come out before we plant. That removal isn't part of this quote. See What's Not Included below.

Grass Border Infill

Grass border with gaps in the ruellia

The ruellia that's alive stays. Instead of filling the dead gaps with more of the same, we mix in new plants so the border looks fuller and more varied.

In the gaps: autumn sage, Baja ruellia, purple heart, angelita daisy, desert marigold, and trailing lantana, mixed so no two of the same sit side by side.

Autumn Sage

Autumn Sage

Small shrub covered in red, pink, or white flowers spring and fall. A hummingbird magnet and easy to tuck in anywhere.

3 × 5 gal
Baja Ruellia

Baja Ruellia

Upright, bright green shrub covered in purple trumpet flowers most of the warm season. Fills in fast and gives you easy purple.

3 × 5 gal
Purple Heart

Purple Heart

Deep purple leaves with small pink flowers. Spreads easily and gives you purple all year from the foliage alone. Dies back with frost and returns in spring.

3 × 5 gal
Angelita Daisy

Angelita Daisy

Small mound of fine leaves with little yellow daisies almost all year. Fills the front edge and the gaps.

3 × 5 gal
Desert Marigold

Desert Marigold

Native with soft gray leaves and bright yellow flowers spring through fall. Low and easy, and it reseeds a little.

3 × 5 gal
Trailing Lantana

Trailing Lantana

Low, spreading lantana with purple flower clusters almost all year. Butterflies love it, and it spills nicely over edges.

3 × 5 gal

18 plants (all 5 gallon)

Northwest of the Grass Area

Northwest corner of the grass area

This spot still needs a large shade tree for afternoon relief. The tipu tree stays: it looks a lot like your sissoo trees out front, and it grows fast.

Tipu Tree

Tipu Tree

Fast growing shade tree that looks a lot like your sissoo trees, with yellow flowers in late spring.

1 × 15 gal

1 tipu tree (15 gallon)

Bench Area

Bench area with existing honeysuckle

The existing honeysuckle stays and forms the U. We fill it out with taller, mixed plants to turn it into a little hidden garden, a private nook surrounded by flowers, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

Filling the U: desert milkweed and coral fountain grass for height in the back, desert honeysuckle, chuparosa, and firecracker plant in the middle, with penstemon, Mexican bush sage, and Greg's mistflower tucked in toward the bench.

Desert Milkweed

Desert Milkweed

Native milkweed with tall, upright gray green stems and creamy flowers. A host plant for monarch butterflies and a great vertical accent.

2 × 5 gal
Coral Fountain Grass

Coral Fountain Grass

Soft, arching grass with coral-tinted plumes. Adds movement and a different texture next to the flowering shrubs.

2 × 5 gal
Desert Honeysuckle

Desert Honeysuckle

Native shrub with orange tubular flowers summer into fall. Easy, and brings in hummingbirds.

2 × 5 gal
Chuparosa

Chuparosa

Native shrub with green stems and red tubular flowers in winter and spring, when hummingbirds need them most.

2 × 5 gal
Firecracker Plant

Firecracker Plant

Upright stems with bright red tubular flowers that hummingbirds love. A different, linear texture next to rounded shrubs.

2 × 5 gal
Penstemon

Penstemon

Tall flower spikes in red, pink, or purple in spring. Adds height and vertical lines between the rounded plants, and feeds hummingbirds and native bees.

2 × 5 gal

Mexican Bush Sage

Tall, arching stems with velvety purple flower spikes from late summer through fall. Adds height and a soft, full look. Cut it back once in late winter.

2 × 5 gal
Greg's Mistflower

Greg's Mistflower

Native with fuzzy lavender flowers that butterflies cover from spring through fall. Does great in pots.

2 × 5 gal

16 plants (all 5 gallon)

Scattered Color, Backyard Open Space

Open areas around the backyard

This one should feel random and organic. Instead of single plants dotted around, we plant small drifts of three or four mixed together, so color and height pop up here and there as you move through the yard.

Each drift: one taller plant (brittlebush, pink muhly, or deer grass) with two or three lower ones (globe mallow, lavender globe mallow, desert verbena, desert marigold, angelita daisy, bush morning glory) around it. Mix up the combinations so no two drifts look the same.

Brittlebush

Brittlebush

Native silver-leaved mound covered in yellow daisies in spring. Fast and bright.

3 × 5 gal
Pink Muhly Grass

Pink Muhly Grass

Soft, fine-textured grass that turns into a cloud of pink plumes every fall. Adds movement and catches the light beautifully.

3 × 5 gal
Deer Grass

Deer Grass

Native bunch grass that forms a big, fountain-shaped clump with tall, wheat-colored flower spikes. Strong structure and movement.

3 × 5 gal
Globe Mallow

Globe Mallow

Native perennial with apricot orange cup flowers in spring. Fast, tough, and reseeds a little, which helps the natural look.

3 × 5 gal

Lavender Globe Mallow

The lavender-flowered form of our native globe mallow. Same toughness and spring show, in a color most people have never seen on a mallow.

3 × 5 gal

Desert Verbena

Low native verbena with bright purple-pink flower clusters in spring. Spreads and reseeds a little, perfect for filling gaps.

3 × 5 gal
Desert Marigold

Desert Marigold

Native with soft gray leaves and bright yellow flowers spring through fall. Low and easy, and it reseeds a little.

3 × 5 gal
Angelita Daisy

Angelita Daisy

Small mound of fine leaves with little yellow daisies almost all year. Fills the front edge and the gaps.

3 × 5 gal
Bush Morning Glory

Bush Morning Glory

Silvery mound with white funnel flowers spring through fall. The silver leaves brighten up a bed.

3 × 5 gal

27 plants (all 5 gallon)

Backyard Pots

Empty pots around the backyard

Native, low-fuss plants that flower without swapping them out every season. The two larger pots still get agave for structure. The other five get a mix so they don't all look alike.

Greg's Mistflower

Greg's Mistflower

Native with fuzzy lavender flowers that butterflies cover from spring through fall. Does great in pots.

2 × 5 gal
Autumn Sage

Autumn Sage

Small shrub covered in red, pink, or white flowers spring and fall. A hummingbird magnet and easy to tuck in anywhere.

2 × 5 gal
Trailing Lantana

Trailing Lantana

Low, spreading lantana with purple flower clusters almost all year. Butterflies love it, and it spills nicely over edges.

1 × 5 gal
Agave

Agave

Bold, sculptural rosette that gives the larger pots structure and presence year round.

2 × 5 gal

7 plants (all 5 gallon)

Pomegranate Replacement

Current pomegranate trees

Your two pomegranates come out (removal not included), and it's your call what goes in. Peach if you want fruit next to the citrus grove, or red push pistache if you'd rather skip the fruit and get fall color. Priced the same either way.

Peach Tree

Peach Tree

Low chill peach that ripens in May, right next to your citrus grove.

2 × 15 gal
Red Push Pistache

Red Push Pistache

Red new growth in spring and great fall color, with no fruit drop.

or 2 × 15 gal

2 trees (15 gallon), your choice of variety

How we plant

Every plant goes in with native soil as backfill and a little compost in the hole. Then compost on top of the soil and mulch over the compost, not worked in, with mulch kept back from the trunk of every tree. Each new tree gets a water well with mulch instead of rock. Dense, layered plantings like these shade the soil, hold moisture, and fill in fast.

Fertilizing

With this many new plantings and the citrus grove already established, I want that grove getting proper nutrition every month. This is a standalone monthly program just for the fruit and citrus trees: liquid organic feeding every month and compost through the year, building the soil life that feeds the roots.

Citrus and fruit tree grove fertilizing$185/mo

Pricing

Pricing is fully installed, plant material plus planting labor combined into one price per item. 5 gallon plants run $30 material plus $55 labor, and 15 gallon trees run $150 material plus $150 labor. Any single plant at 20 or more in the 5 gallon size gets our 10% bulk labor discount (marked with an asterisk).

ItemAreaQtyUnitTotal
Front Yard
Pink Muhly GrassFront Entry, Along the Walkway5$85.00$425.00
Desert LavenderFront Entry, Along the Walkway4$85.00$340.00
Mexican Bush SageFront Entry, Along the Walkway4$85.00$340.00
Autumn SageFront Entry, Along the Walkway5$85.00$425.00
PenstemonFront Entry, Along the Walkway5$85.00$425.00
Baja RuelliaFront Entry, Along the Walkway4$85.00$340.00
Greg's MistflowerFront Entry, Along the Walkway4$85.00$340.00
Trailing LantanaFront Entry, Along the Walkway5$85.00$425.00
Lilac VerbenaFront Entry, Along the Walkway4$85.00$340.00
Angelita DaisyFront Entry, Along the Walkway4$85.00$340.00
Desert MilkweedWest Side Yard (Sissoo Trees and Rosemary Bed)5$85.00$425.00
Firecracker PlantWest Side Yard (Sissoo Trees and Rosemary Bed)3$85.00$255.00
Globe MallowWest Side Yard (Sissoo Trees and Rosemary Bed)3$85.00$255.00
Lavender Globe MallowWest Side Yard (Sissoo Trees and Rosemary Bed)3$85.00$255.00
Bush Morning GloryWest Side Yard (Sissoo Trees and Rosemary Bed)5$85.00$425.00
Sunrise EmuWest Side Yard (Sissoo Trees and Rosemary Bed)5$85.00$425.00
Desert MarigoldWest Side Yard (Sissoo Trees and Rosemary Bed)4$85.00$340.00
Trailing Indigo BushWest Side Yard (Sissoo Trees and Rosemary Bed)4$85.00$340.00
Desert VerbenaWest Side Yard (Sissoo Trees and Rosemary Bed)4$85.00$340.00
Texas Mountain LaurelStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees2$300.00$600.00
Bamboo MuhlyStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees3$85.00$255.00
Desert LavenderStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees3$85.00$255.00
Deer GrassStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees3$85.00$255.00
Red Bird of ParadiseStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees2$85.00$170.00
Coral Fountain GrassStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees4$85.00$340.00
Pink Fairy DusterStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees3$85.00$255.00
Cleveland SageStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees3$85.00$255.00
Globe MallowStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees3$85.00$255.00
Trailing LantanaStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees4$85.00$340.00
Purple HeartStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees3$85.00$255.00
Angelita DaisyStreet Side, Between the Sissoo Trees4$85.00$340.00
Pink Muhly GrassFountain Area4$85.00$340.00
Mexican Bush SageFountain Area3$85.00$255.00
PenstemonFountain Area4$85.00$340.00
Autumn SageFountain Area10$85.00$850.00
Greg's MistflowerFountain Area6$85.00$510.00
Baja RuelliaFountain Area4$85.00$340.00
Pink Fairy DusterFountain Area3$85.00$255.00
Angelita DaisyFountain Area4$85.00$340.00
Lilac VerbenaFountain Area3$85.00$255.00
Purple HeartFountain Area3$85.00$255.00
Trailing Indigo BushFountain Area3$85.00$255.00
Trailing LantanaFountain Area4$85.00$340.00
Trailing RosemaryFountain Area4$85.00$340.00
Red YuccaFountain Area2$85.00$170.00
Desert Willow (Bubba or Burgundy)Either Side of the Front Walkway2$300.00$600.00
Texas Sage (Thunder Cloud or Rio Bravo)Either Side of the Front Walkway4$85.00$340.00
Baja Fairy DusterEither Side of the Front Walkway4$85.00$340.00
Pink Muhly GrassEither Side of the Front Walkway4$85.00$340.00
PenstemonEither Side of the Front Walkway4$85.00$340.00
Baja RuelliaEither Side of the Front Walkway4$85.00$340.00
Trailing LantanaEither Side of the Front Walkway6$85.00$510.00
Thornless MesquiteEast of the Driveway, Near the House1$300.00$300.00
BrittlebushEast of the Driveway, Near the House3$85.00$255.00
Turpentine BushEast of the Driveway, Near the House3$85.00$255.00
Globe MallowEast of the Driveway, Near the House3$85.00$255.00
Desert MarigoldEast of the Driveway, Near the House3$85.00$255.00
IronwoodEast Side Yard1$300.00$300.00
Green Feathery SennaEast Side Yard2$85.00$170.00
ChuparosaEast Side Yard3$85.00$255.00
PenstemonEast Side Yard3$85.00$255.00
Desert HoneysuckleEast Side Yard3$85.00$255.00
Backyard
Orange JubileeEast Fence Line10$85.00$850.00
Arizona RosewoodEast Fence Line10$85.00$850.00
HopseedEast Fence Line10$85.00$850.00
Twisted MyrtleEast Fence Line10$85.00$850.00
Autumn SageGrass Border Infill3$85.00$255.00
Baja RuelliaGrass Border Infill3$85.00$255.00
Purple HeartGrass Border Infill3$85.00$255.00
Angelita DaisyGrass Border Infill3$85.00$255.00
Desert MarigoldGrass Border Infill3$85.00$255.00
Trailing LantanaGrass Border Infill3$85.00$255.00
Tipu TreeNorthwest of the Grass Area1$300.00$300.00
Desert MilkweedBench Area2$85.00$170.00
Coral Fountain GrassBench Area2$85.00$170.00
Desert HoneysuckleBench Area2$85.00$170.00
ChuparosaBench Area2$85.00$170.00
Firecracker PlantBench Area2$85.00$170.00
PenstemonBench Area2$85.00$170.00
Mexican Bush SageBench Area2$85.00$170.00
Greg's MistflowerBench Area2$85.00$170.00
BrittlebushScattered Color, Backyard Open Space3$85.00$255.00
Pink Muhly GrassScattered Color, Backyard Open Space3$85.00$255.00
Deer GrassScattered Color, Backyard Open Space3$85.00$255.00
Globe MallowScattered Color, Backyard Open Space3$85.00$255.00
Lavender Globe MallowScattered Color, Backyard Open Space3$85.00$255.00
Desert VerbenaScattered Color, Backyard Open Space3$85.00$255.00
Desert MarigoldScattered Color, Backyard Open Space3$85.00$255.00
Angelita DaisyScattered Color, Backyard Open Space3$85.00$255.00
Bush Morning GloryScattered Color, Backyard Open Space3$85.00$255.00
Greg's MistflowerBackyard Pots2$85.00$170.00
Autumn SageBackyard Pots2$85.00$170.00
Trailing LantanaBackyard Pots1$85.00$85.00
AgaveBackyard Pots2$85.00$170.00
Peach or Red Push PistachePomegranate Replacement2$300.00$600.00
Total, full planting install$30,665.00
Full planting install$30,665.00
Citrus and fruit tree grove fertilizing (separate, ongoing)$185/mo

Planting jobs are booked with a 50% deposit.

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What's Not Included

This proposal covers plant material and installation labor only. These are separate:

  • Irrigation work of any kind: new lines, retrofits, or repairs to support these plantings
  • Removal of the two existing pomegranate trees
  • Removal of the old hopseed stumps along the east fence line
  • Removal of the existing Japanese privet in the front walkway beds
  • Any other plant or tree removal not listed above