| A sheet of industrial steel with mailbox-flag cutouts serves as wall art in Margaret Joplin’s yard. Planted below is a colorful mix of heat-hardy desert flora. “Margaret loves to try new things and comes to our nursery when she is looking for something different,” says Gene Joseph, co-owner of Plants for the Southwest in Tucson. “The thing I really like about her is her enthusiasm for plants, especially the strange and wonderful types. It is not unusual for her to come into the nursery looking for something for a customer, and then as she’s finishing up, saying, ‘Maybe I should get one for myself, too.’” | |