In 1993 I bought a pack of seeds from a local tourist trap road side store here in Utah. At home in Nevada I planted the seeds in a flower pot and one seed actually grew and did well. In 1995 when I bought my new house I planted the small tree in the side yard. It grew to about 15' tall.
The house will be selling soon so instead of leaving the tree behind I drove down Sunday morning to get the tree and bring it to the new home here in Utah. The night before the ground was soaked well to soften the sandy, rocky soil and surprisingly we had the tree dug out and lying on the ground in 20 minutes and wrapped in canvas and placed into the trailer within 45 minutes of arrival.
Monday afternoon (yesterday) I dug the new hole and had the tree planted and stabilized within 2 hours. Rain is expected this evening and the next several days, the daily temperatures here have steadied off between 70* and 80* and with winter coming soon it is the ideal time to transplant Joshua trees. With a little luck the tree will take and continue to grow and beautify the front of the house. If it doesn't survive I would have lost it when the house sold anyways so it's worth the effort to try and keep my tree.
The house will be selling soon so instead of leaving the tree behind I drove down Sunday morning to get the tree and bring it to the new home here in Utah. The night before the ground was soaked well to soften the sandy, rocky soil and surprisingly we had the tree dug out and lying on the ground in 20 minutes and wrapped in canvas and placed into the trailer within 45 minutes of arrival.
Monday afternoon (yesterday) I dug the new hole and had the tree planted and stabilized within 2 hours. Rain is expected this evening and the next several days, the daily temperatures here have steadied off between 70* and 80* and with winter coming soon it is the ideal time to transplant Joshua trees. With a little luck the tree will take and continue to grow and beautify the front of the house. If it doesn't survive I would have lost it when the house sold anyways so it's worth the effort to try and keep my tree.