When you move to the High Desert/Victor Valley area from down the hill some of the plants your accustomed to gardening will not do as well as you might think. Take for instance ferns. Ferns to not do too well out here due to the drop in temperature at night. During winter, the nights can get quite chilly and you might want to bring those ferns indoors or into your garage to avoid the cold damaging their leaves.
When we moved out to Victorville California we did not know what kind of plants or trees would do well and survive out here. In fact the day we moved out here nature decided it was going to snow. We got a good amount of snow that day. Sad thing was that many of our plants did not make it through the snow.
Couple of months later we ended up going to the Victorville swap meet located at the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds and ended up meeting Tony. He owns a nursery out in Apple Valley called Siesta Tree Farm. On the weekends you can find him at the swap meet selling his plants at or below wholesale prices. He specializes in selling plants and trees for the high desert. He was a wellspring of information. He is an expert.
Tony sells plants, cactus and trees. We picked his brain about what fruit trees do well out here in the Victor Valley area and he said many do well like apple, peach, pomegranate.
We didn't buy anything that day but he gave us his flyer with information about his nursery out in Apple Valley. A couple of weeks went by then we decided one day to go take a visit.
His nursery sits on 5 acres of all the plants and trees that do good up here in the high desert. He took us on a educational tour of his nursery explaining the process of how he raises these palms, plants and trees. I really learned a lot from him. We ended up purchasing a bunch of italian cypress to make as a fence in our front yard.
If you are in need of some plants or trees give Tony a call at 760-220-0016 and tell him Winston sent you. He'll take great care of you
The following is just a sample of what he carries:
- Mediterranean
- Canary
- Windmill
- Pindo
- Mexican Fan
- Roses
- Cedars
- Cypress
- Plum Trees
- Apple Trees
- Palms
- Yuccas
- Pines
- Shade Trees
Winston Westbrook is a licensed California Real Estate Broker and Notary Public servicing the cities of Victorville, Adelanto, Hesperia, Apple Valley and the surrounding Victor Valley High Desert communities of Southern California in the County of San Bernardino.
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