Here in Arizona, grapes aren’t planted only for their tasty fruit! When given the support of an arbor, fence, or trellis, this fast growing, deciduous vine gives filtered shade through the summer while allowing extra light and warmth during winter. Its broad leaves soak up our high heat and bright sunlight with no complaints, softening…
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Texas Olive is not a true Olive, and it doesn’t produce fruit that people find very palatable. Birds quite enjoy the flavor, however, while butterflies and hummingbirds are partial to nectar from its flowers, making Texas Olive a lively hub of garden activity nearly year-round. Large, dark green, leathery leaves are the perfect backdrop for…
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We get a lot of inquiries about Texas Mountain Laurel when they start blooming in spring. Everyone wants to know about the plants covered with wisteria-like purple flowers that smell like grape bubble gum! There’s really no other plant quite like it, so this is an easy one for us to identify by description alone.…
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Figs are mentioned in many of our earliest texts, as these broad, deciduous trees have been in cultivation for thousands of years. The fig tree’s leaf, in particular, is a widely familiar shape that has provided some of the world’s most famous statues and paintings with strategic covering and a modicum of modesty. In the…
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Height: 5 – 12 feet Width: 3 – 10 feet Bloom color: White Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
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There are many desert dwellers who will tell you that the most attractive tree you can grow here is the Texas Ebony. It features a twisted but picturesque canopy of dense dark-green foliage, and dons fragrant cream to yellow flower puffs in early summer and sometimes again in fall. Distinctive, thorny, zig-zagging branches create a…
DetailsHeight: 20 – 30 feet Width: 15 – 25 feet Bloom color: Cream Yellow Flowering season: Late Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
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Height: 5 – 6 feet Width: 2 – 4 feet Bloom color: Greenish Yellow Flowering season: Spring, Early Summer USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
DetailsHarvest time is January to March in Tucson. Height: 20 – 25 feet Width: 20 – 25 feet Bloom color: White Flowering season: Spring USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 26° F
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