Greenest months in Phoenix (HOA, houses, landscaping)

[LBTRS]

Originally Posted by DetroitN8V

I guess we'll need the OP to clarify what they want to know. Most people have this brown, drab image of Phoenix and it couldn't be further from the truth, despite the fact that people are the ones who 'greened' in up.

It doesn't matter what the area was or what type of environment it was built in, what I stated is what it IS now. Look out from any high-point and you see green treetops more than anything. Just because they were put there doesn't make them any less part of the current landscape.

Sure but that view doesn't change throughout the year, you can always see the green treetops, green golf courses, green master planned communities, etc. so that isn't answering the OP's question. The months when there are more natural desert plants alive and "green" and changes the view you're talking about, would be the answer to the question.

Posting pictures of the artificial greenery isn't a proper way to answer the OP's question.

If a person wanted to know the "snowiest" months in Flagstaff you wouldn't post pictures of the artificial snow at Snowbowl to answer the question, you'd post pictures of the natural snow the area gets.

The picture Ponderosa posted is a better example of "greener", unfortunately that isn't seen much in the valley.

[kent_moore]

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[caryberry]

Drought: Water levels at Nevada's Lake Mead drop to new low - Washington Times

Will the debate over "green" (natural or faux) even be relevant in another year or two?

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by LBTRS

Sure but that view doesn't change throughout the year, you can always see the green treetops, green golf courses, green master planned communities, etc. so that isn't answering the OP's question. The months when there are more natural desert plants alive and "green" and changes the view you're talking about, would be the answer to the question.

Posting pictures of the artificial greenery isn't a proper way to answer the OP's question.

If a person wanted to know the "snowiest" months in Flagstaff you wouldn't post pictures of the artificial snow at Snowbowl to answer the question, you'd post pictures of the natural snow the area gets.

The answer would be, it's pretty much the same level of greenness year-round because most of the plants that make up our landscape are evergreens and we plant winter grass. When I read a question regarding "the Phoenix area" I don't think of desert scrub bushes and cacti. If he wanted to know about the Sonoran desert outside of Phoenix, he likely would have specified that.

Either way, OP, the Phoenix area is pretty much the same level of green year-round. Outside of the Phoenix area, in the open desert, Spring tends to be slightly greener.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by caryberry

Drought: Water levels at Nevada's Lake Mead drop to new low - Washington Times

Will the debate over "green" (natural or faux) even be relevant in another year or two?

Not to get off topic but that story is slanted for what it fails to say. The Colorado R. watershed had above normal snow pack and runoff this season and there are no shortages or restrictions in sight for the next two years at least. Beyond that, we never know. But, signs are pointing to an El Nino year which, historically, is good water news for the southwest.

[AZguy99]

The greenest months in Phoenix are usually the winter months of December, January, February, and March, which is the wettest season of the year.

[yukon]

I think you have to appreciate the natural green and what it goes thru to exist, to be able to 'see' the green. I'm not saying it right, but an example might help - I live in ABQ. We're far more brown than PHX is (at least PHX residents plant flowers!) but in the summer, the foothills and wild areas become green, even the ones no where near the bosque. No, not lush tropical green like FL, but green nonetheless. And every year it awes and amazes me, because those wild green areas don't get drip irrigation or man-made watering, they have to survive on whatever snow we might have received over the winter (most years zilch), what little rain we get during the monsoon season, and probably the random humid day. Basically, not much. But somehow, the green manages to grow, year after year after year. And I'm not talking trees, either. Groundcover, wild grass (don't know the name), desert shrubs (sage maybe?). Amazing what nature overcomes to exist.

In PHX, you have it even better. In addition to some of the same natural green we have, you have more flowering cactus than we do, so your desert blooms in techno-color when the spring and summer rains hit. I remember that as a kid, growing up in PHX and it took me years to figure out why I didn't see it here (no blooming cactus to speak of).

[BlueCat1105]

I noticed that in ABQ too, Yukon. VERY brown. In comparison, Phoenix is quite colorful. I still kind of wish they didn't embrace the brown quite so much in their housing color choices though...

[Java Jolt]

Just about any month can be green in Phoenix.

All that's needed is a grass lawn, shadetrees, and some shrubbery.

Not everywhere has to have sand, gravel, and cactus for landscape.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by Java Jolt

Just about any month can be green in Phoenix.

All that's needed is a grass lawn, shadetrees, and some shrubbery.

Not everywhere has to have sand, gravel, and cactus for landscape.

And thats the reason why the rivers and lakes are drying up. Too many idiots moving here and planting non-native flora that require too much dang water. Pointless waste of precious resources! If I were in charge of this city, Id fine everyone who has grass, oversized pools, etc. If you dont like the desert, then dont move here and try and change it into something its not!