Elegant Lady Cape Mallow – Anisodontea ‘Elegant Lady’
Height: 5 – 6 feet Width: 4 – 5 feet Bloom color: Pink Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 20° F
Elephant’s Food – Portulacaria afra
Elephant’s Food is a versatile succulent that has been known by many names around the world throughout its long reign of popularity. Originally from Africa, it is extremely drought, heat, and sun tolerant, while also accepting more moisture than our desert succulents. This plant’s segmented stems are bright red to reddish-brown; beautifully contrasting its rounded,…
Engelmann’s Hedgehog – Echinocereus engelmannii
Height: 4 – 24 inches Width: 2 – 3 feet Bloom color: Magenta to Lavender Pink Flowering season: Spring USDA minimum zone: 7 Cold hardiness: 10° F
Engelmann’s Prickly Pear – Opuntia engelmanii
Height: 4 – 6 feet Width: 6 – 10 feet Bloom color: Assorted; Yellow to Orange Flowering season: Spring USDA minimum zone: 7 Cold hardiness: 10° F
English Lavender – Lavandula angustifolia
Height: 8 – 24 inches Width: 8 – 24 inches Bloom color: Purple Flowering season: Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 5 Cold hardiness: -10° F
Eureka Lemon – Citrus Lemon Eureka (Standard)
Harvest time is September to January in Tucson. Height: 15 – 20 feet Width: 15 – 20 feet Bloom color: White Flowering season: Spring USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 26° F
Euryops Daisy – Euryops pectinatus ‘Viridis’
Height: 3 – 5 feet Width: 3 – 5 feet Bloom color: Yellow Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 20° F
Everblooming Gardenia – Gardenia jasminoides ‘Veitchii’
Gardenia is notorious for the intense perfume emitted by its large, creamy-white, rose-like flowers from spring to fall. ‘Veitchii’ is the oldest variety of Gardenia grown today, and it is still recognized as the most prolific bloomer, as well as the best variety for Tucson’s harsh desert climate. Gardenia’s dense, compact, evergreen foliage is dark…
Easter Lily Cactus – Echinopsis oxygona
Height: 10 – 12 inches Width: 10 – 12 inches Bloom color: Pink to White Flowering season: Spring, Summer USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F