To recover river bed land swept by the 1-in-100yrs April 2018 rains i settled on below trees/grasses that do well on sandy, water logged places and are indigenous.

1. Naivasha acacia (Scientific name: acacia xanthophloea, #fevertree, Kamba (Kimweya); Kikuyu (Murera); Maasai (Olerai) from Tree-biotech nursery at Karura.

2. Sycamore fig [Scientific name: Ficus sycomorus; Embu,Kamba,Kikuyu (Mukuyu)] seedlings found just underneath existing Mukuyu trees.

3. Bamboo Arundinaria alpina; Kamba (Muangi); Kikuyu,Embu,Meru (Murangi);Taita (Mrangi) which is the de-facto hardy bamboo grown in seasonal riverbeds in Makueni.


Wanted to try Melia Volkensii(Mukau) but the seedlings cost an arm and a leg and hard to come by and germinating the seedlings is difficult.

Good job @kawi. Been reading on mukau too and it's true the seedlings are expensive. I was told it's due to difficult propagation

Been trying to introduce Meru oak(vitex keniensis) but every time I plant, the seedlings are stolen.

Looks like these seedling thieves are everywhere. I have a neighbor, who's property I can clearly see, with plants of similar nature and age as mine. He's even building his houses (amemaliza ya kwanza yuko ya pili), using the stones I dig up, in order to plant the seedlings.

Melia is freely given out huku Kilifi, but beginning of last quarter. One must have registered. Muzungus are incorruptible, preference is given to impoverished community. They do sell. What prices do you get there?

I prefer food forests. ie Fruit trees, vegetable nut trees. I'm trying to get Pecan nut tree from South Africa and Manuka from Australia. Manuka honey is taunted to be better than our Acacia honey.

Its so hard to get information about ornamental trees. Do weeping willow trees grow in Kenya?

https://previews.123rf.c...-weeping-willow-tree.jpg

How much is the Mukau tree seedlings?