Bush Dalea – Dalea pulchra
Height: 4 – 5 feet Width: 4 – 5 feet Bloom color: Rose Purple Flowering season: Late winter, early spring USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
Bush Morning Glory – Convolvulus cneorum
Bush Morning Glory enjoys a good deal of attention in the southwest, far from its Mediterranean origins, due to its ability to endure drought, excessive heat and full or reflected sun. The plant’s toughness is made possible in part by tiny hairs that cover the grey leaves and give the shrub an overall silvery sheen.…
Butterfly Agave – Agave potatorum
The Butterfly Agave is a native of Mexico, where the heart of the plant is fermented to make wine. It has broad greyish leaves that form an open and symmetrical rosette. Along the leaf margins are reddish, black teeth and it appears to have a ruffled look. The Butterfly Agave is a small to medium…
Fortnight Lily – Moraea bicolor (Dietes bicolor)
his delightful evergreen beauty is an essential addition to any desert oasis! With the texture of a large, clumping grass and long stems of delicate iris-like flowers, Fortnight Lily makes the perfect upright accent for poolsides and water features, as well as patios, entryways and containers. Its name comes from the plant’s tendency to issue…
Butterfly Milkweed – Asclepias tuberosa
This unique species of milkweed is native to eastern North America where it is frequently seen growing along roadsides and in open fields. Its perennial foliage emerges each spring from a hardy tuberous root that withstands temperatures much colder than our Arizona winter lows. Surprisingly, butterfly milkweed’s herbaceous stems lack the milky sap that we…
Butterfly Mist – Ageratum corymbosum
Height: 1 – 2 feet Width: 2 – 3 feet Bloom color: Light Blue to Purple Flowering season: Spring, Summer USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
California Pepper – Schinus molle
California Pepper has bright-green pendulous foliage that makes it a very graceful shade tree. Inconspicuous clusters of hanging yellow flowers turn into rose-colored berries on female trees, which birds tend to be quite fond of. Foliage has a peppery smell when crushed, making it deer resistant. As California pepper ages, its trunk can be of…
Candelilla – Euphorbia antisyphilitica
The name ‘Candelilla’ means ‘little candle’ in Spanish. The stems of the candelilla are boiled and a high quality wax is extracted to make candles, soap, polish, and ointments. This succulent landscape plant has silvery-grey leafless stems that stand upright, clumping and spreading by rhizomes. Tiny white and pink flowers gather at the tops of…
Cape Aloe – Aloe ferox
Height: 6 – 8 feet Width: 3 – 5 feet Bloom color: Reddish Orange Flowering season: Late Fall, Winter USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 20° F