Planting a tree

The west side of your house should be a good place for roses.
The one shown here,"Hermosa", is an example of what's available
at one of the growers in Tyler (click onimage):

Believe it or not, I've actuallystarted some plants!

Let's see, I planted...

Jerusalem Sage




Lantana



Stone Crop



Creeping Phlox



Gazania



Verbena



vinca



mexican heather




No tree yet, but I think we are going to go with an ornamental pear.

Wow!

I'd love to see pictures, if you're comfortable with that. I love before-and-after stuff.

Rereading this thread. Just noticed I was going on about California live oak, Quercus agrifolia, which is a different tree than Quercus virginiana, which I don't know about.

I finally figured out that Chai's front of house is facing south... don't want to trace back now to how I thought it was facing north.