Screwbean mesquite has fine textured, bluish green foliage. It has a naturally shrubby growth habit, but it can be trained as a small tree at a young age with proper pruning. In late spring, yellow catkin-type flowers appear all over the tree, morphing into unusual looking seedpods. These twisted and spiral seedpods are said to…
Sea Green Juniper is a cultivar of the highly variable Chinese Juniper, which can be found growing on almost every continent in many forms, from groundcovers to large trees. These cold hardy, drought tolerant evergreens make exemplary garden foundations with their medium to fine textures and solid colors that create a feeling of stability in…
The namesake flowers on this heat tolerant Australian native bloom nearly year-round and resemble large, crimson (…you guessed it) bottle brushes! Hummingbirds find these distinctive, spiky blooms absolutely irresistible, even though they aren’t the trumpet shape that we typically associate with hummingbird attractors. Scarlet bottlebrush’s evergreen foliage offers a medium texture and makes a fantastic…
Harvest time is between February and April in Tucson.
Height: 20 – 25 feet
Width: 20 – 25 feet
Bloom color: White
Flowering season: Spring
USDA minimum zone: 9
Cold hardiness: 26° F
Height: 4 – 6 feet
Width: 4-6 feet
Bloom color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
USDA minimum zone: 8
Cold hardiness: 15° F
Height: 12 – 18 inches
Width: 1 – 2 feet
Bloom color: Assorted; Red, Coral Red, Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
USDA minimum zone: 8
Cold hardiness: 15° F
Height: 3 – 5 feet
Width: 4 – 6 feet
Bloom color: Bicolor; Yellow/maroon
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
USDA minimum zone: 9
Cold hardiness: 25° F
Sandpaper verbena is a tough little groundcover. Not only is it drought and heat tolerant, the abrasiveness of its toothed leaves offers it some extra protection from predators like deer and rabbits. Clusters of deep purple flowers that are particularly attractive to butterflies appear for most of the warm season. This fast-growing groundcover is perfect…
Height: 10 – 15 feet
Width: 8 – 10 feet
Bloom color: Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
USDA minimum zone: 9
Cold hardiness: 20° F