Plant #3:

This one has little pink flowers with white on the inside but has been really sad this year.

Plant #4:

Normally has little orange flowers but hasn't bloomed.

Plant #5:

Normally has little yellow flowers but hasn't bloomed.

Thank you, I'll try that.

My queen palms look almost like that. My neighbor's - way much better. When I tried to get some advise from him, the only thing he said that they are heavy feeders. Not sure you want to feed them right now in the heat though... I read that once it's happy it won't adjust color on existing leaves but the new ones will be healthier. Also, even nursery told us that queen palms won't be too much happy in our climate no matter what you do.

Plant #3. when did you prune this bougainvillea last time? the more you prune it less flowers you will get. This year we left it untrimmed and man, oh man, it's flowering in abundance :)

Can't say anything about others as I don't grow them. Good luck!

Thanks for your reply Natasha. I'm in the same boat, my neighbors queen palms look way better then mine. He says he waters for 20min a day and uses some food spikes. Right now I'm watering the palms using 2x 2GPH for 60min a day. I used to do 3 hours per day 3 times a week but that didn't help much so I just recently switched to daily to see if that helps.

Thanks for the identification. The bougainvillea was trimmed a little bit two weeks ago since it wasn't blooming and has some crispy leaves.

Richard, plant #1 (after your queen palm) is a crape myrtle bush. I had a large one several years ago that was beautiful. If the plant is established (in the ground for at least a year), you shouldn't need to water it more than once a week (but deeply when you do.) Don't give up on it- they're awesome bushes/ small trees. I had to give mine zinc applications to keep it healthy. They drop their leaves in the late fall. By the looks of the photo, it looks underwatered, not overwatered.

Plant #2 is a hibiscus, but you probably knew that. They like lots of water and lots of feedings. Use a water soluble fertilizer like Miracle-Gro about every other week.

I've had lousy luck with my queen palms, even after supplementing them with iron, manganese and zinc :( Not worth the bother IMO. Other palms are easier here.

I agree with richsd, when my queen palms die I won't be replacing them...

During summer water is a key for everything since you don't want to feed your plants while it's that hot. During heat plants are stressed out and are not able to take up all that food that you give them. And especially you don't want to give them anything that is high in nitrogen right now, it will burn plants. When it's cooled down to about 90 during the day you can start adding some fertilizer of your choice.

And watering... well, you need to figure out how much is enough and not too much. Never thought that you can overwater plants in the desert. Ask me how I learned that :)

Hi Richard. We are going to echo what a lot of people have already said here. The plant need to be watered deeply and not as frequently to get them looking healthy. What you are seeing is a combo of heat and water stress. The plants are getting water daily but the water is not getting deep enough on the rootball to keep them growing strong and healthy. We recommend backing your watering off to a schedule that will allow you deep water your trees and plants. Also, we recommend that you treat the trees with Super Charged Moon Juice, this is a root stimulator that will help keep the roots healthy and growing while not adding harsh fertilizers that will burn.

If you have more questions about watering, this guide we developed may help, https://www.moonvalleynurseries.com/tree-care/watering-basics or you can always stop in or shoot us a message here.