Stop guessing how to water
your desert trees.
Most desert trees in the Phoenix metro die from overwatering, not drought. Answer 8 quick questions and get a month-aware watering plan tuned to your tree, soil, sun, and recent rain — built on Sonoran-specific guidelines, not generic landscape advice.
Free · No account required · Surprise · West Valley · Phoenix metro
- Built by Treelation · Arizona since 2012
- Sonoran-specific watering logic
- Field-informed & arborist-reviewed
Sample result
Water every 14–30 days
Mesquite · Established · Spring · Full sun · Typical desert soil
- • Soak to 24–36″ at the drip line
- • Skip the next cycle if heavy rain
- • Don't water against the trunk
Why generic advice fails desert trees
A mesquite and a citrus tree have nothing in common when it comes to water. Same goes for July versus February. Our recommendation engine encodes both.
Month-aware, not 'seasonal'
Five Sonoran month-groups (winter, spring, dry heat, monsoon, fall) — because May and August aren't the same thing.
Stage-aware
Newly planted, establishing, young, and established trees each get a different schedule.
Symptom-aware
Yellow leaves on wet soil don't mean "water more." We catch overwatering, drainage, and compaction signals before they kill the tree.
Trees we support in v1
Eleven species that can realistically thrive in the Sonoran Desert — grouped by how they actually want water.
Desert native (ultra-low)
- Mesquite
- Palo Verde
- Ironwood
Desert-adapted (low)
- Desert Willow
- Texas Ebony
- Pistache
Moderate shade
- Live Oak
Citrus
- Lemon
- Lime
- Orange
- Grapefruit
Field-informed, Sonoran-specific, honestly built.
Built by Treelation, an Arizona tree-care practice serving the Phoenix metro since 2012. The recommendation engine is grounded in nearly three decades of hands-on experience with trees, irrigation, and soil — and is being continually refined through field use, ongoing arborist study, and review against real desert-tree conditions.
Educational guidance for homeowners. Site-specific issues may still require an on-site assessment.
Read the full story- Sonoran-specific: built for desert conditions, not generic landscape rules.
- Month-aware: May, July, and October are not the same watering month.
- Symptom-aware: catches overwatering and drainage problems, not just thirst.
- Always learning: currently studying for the ISA Certified Arborist exam and additional summer coursework in desert watering and rainwater harvesting.
- Reviewed: the engine is being reviewed by working arborists ahead of and after launch.
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