Green Carpet Dwarf Natal Plum – Carissa macrocarpa ‘Green Carpet’
Height: 12 – 15 inches Width: 3 – 4 feet Bloom color: White Flowering season: Spring, Summer USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 20° F
Green Cloud Texas Ranger – Leucophyllum frutescens ‘Green Cloud’
Green Cloud is among the largest of the cold tolerant, drought resistant, heat loving plants known as Texas Rangers. If you’ve ever seen one in full bloom, you have a good idea of why these are some of the most popular plants used in Southwestern residential and commercial landscapes. Though the bell-shaped, rose-purple flowers will…
Green Desert Spoon – Dasylirion acrotrichum
Height: 3 – 6 feet Width: 3 – 6 feet Bloom color: Tan to Greenish Flowering season: Summer USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
Gold Star Tecoma – Tecoma stans ‘Gold Star’
Height: 6 – 7 feet Width: 5 – 7 feet Bloom color: Yellow Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 20° F
Golden Barrel – Echinocactus grusonii
Height: 2 – 3 feet Width: 2 – 3 feet Bloom color: Yellow Flowering season: Summer USDA minimum zone: 6 Cold hardiness: 10° F
Golden Butterfly Weed – Asclepias curassavica ‘Silky Gold’
Golden butterfly weed is an all-around crowd pleaser that attracts hummingbirds, several kinds of butterflies (including the Monarch), tolerates heat, resists grazing by rabbits and deer, and is incredibly easy to grow! This small and unobtrusive perennial fits snugly into containers and garden beds or borders where it provides reliable color and constant interest from…
Golden Columbine – Aquilegia chrysantha
Golden columbine is an Arizona native with one of the most unique and distinctive flowers to bloom in our climate. Appearing in abundance from late spring until fall, cheery yellow flowers rise above the lacy green foliage to show off elongated, nectar-collecting spurs that protrude from the back of each petal. Extra nectar means more…
Golden Dyssodia – Dyssodia pentachaeta
Decorate your garden floors with patches of golden carpet from the desert wild! Golden Dyssodia is a cute and hardy low-growing perennial that is topped with sunny-yellow daisy-like flowers from spring through summer, keeping a cheery disposition through the hottest times of the year, while many other plants go dormant. During these warm months, this…
Golden Torch Cactus – Echinopsis spachiana
Height: 3 – 6 feet Width: 2 – 3 feet Bloom color: White Flowering season: Summer USDA minimum zone: 11 Cold hardiness: 40° F