Common Emu Bush – Eremophila glabra
Height: 4 – 5 feet Width: 3 – 10 feet Bloom color: Red, Orange, Yellow or Green Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 20° F
Compact Orange Bulbine – Bulbine frutescens ‘Tiny Tangerine’
Orange Bulbine is a unique little succulent from South Africa that works wonders for southwestern landscapes when placed in rock or cactus gardens, near pools, in borders or tight spaces, and in planters or containers. Vibrant spikes of flowers seem to defy gravity as they hover well above the foliage on thin stems from spring…
Chocolate Flower – Berlandiera lyrata
These adorable little daisy-like flowers will brighten your warm-season mornings with sunny yellow color and the unmistakable scent of chocolate! The maroon center of the flower provides a perfect landing pad for the butterflies that flock to it for nectar. Native to northern Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and Texas; the hardy Chocolate Flower will tolerate temperatures…
Cigar Plant – Cuphea ignea
Height: 1 – 2 feet Width: 1 – 2 feet Bloom color: Orange-Red Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 28° F
Catmint – Nepeta x faassenii
Height: 1 – 2 feet Width: 1 – 3 feet Bloom color: Purple Flowering season: Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 4 Cold hardiness: -20° F
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
Blue Grama Grass – Bouteloua gracilis
Height: 1 – 2 feet Width: 1 feet Bloom color: Brownish Purple Flowering season: Summer USDA minimum zone: 5 Cold hardiness: -20° F