Ice Plant – Drosanthemum speciosum
Height: 1 – 2 feet Width: 1 – 2 feet Bloom color: Red-Orange Flowering season: Spring, Summer USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 20° F
Gregg’s Mist Flower – Conoclinium greggii
This low-growing herbaceous perennial is a butterfly favorite which makes it a people favorite too! Fuzzy, lavender-purple flowers are borne in clusters atop branches of brilliant green, finely-textured foliage from early spring through fall. During this time, Gregg’s Mistflower can be recognized from afar by the constant butterfly traffic jam occurring around it. Though it…
Ground Morning Glory – Convolvulus sabatius
Height: 6 – 12 inches Width: 1 – 3 feet Bloom color: Lavender Purple Flowering season: Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
Goldylocks Mexican Sunflower – Tithonia fruticosa ‘Goldylocks’ American Beauties ®
This rare giant perennial has soft, velvety leaves and stems, and is best known for its sunny yellow flowers with broad, orange centers. Unlike true sunflowers that usually feature one large flower per plant, Mexican Sunflowers continuously support hundreds of blooms per plant from spring until the first winter frost. This extended blooming season brings…
Goodding’s Verbena – Verbena gooddingii
Goodding’s verbena is an Arizona native that butterflies go absolutely bonkers over. Its fragrant, lilac-purple flowers begin opening in clusters just above the fuzzy grey-green foliage in spring, and will continue to bloom through fall if given supplemental water through the heat of the summer. Specimens grown without extra irrigation will bloom heaviest in spring…
Goodwin Creek Lavender – Lavandula ‘Goodwin Creek’
Height: 2 – 3 feet Width: 3 – 4 feet Bloom color: Purple Flowering season: Late Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
Gopher Plant – Euphorbia rigida
Euphorbias are well known for their variability in appearance and their carefree characteristics. These drought and sun tolerant shrubs and perennials often look and act more like succulents or cacti, and they’re highly resistant to browsing by even the hungriest of critters. Gopher plant, also known as silver spurge, is no exception. This evergreen shrub…
Golden Butterfly Weed – Asclepias curassavica ‘Silky Gold’
Golden butterfly weed is an all-around crowd pleaser that attracts hummingbirds, several kinds of butterflies (including the Monarch), tolerates heat, resists grazing by rabbits and deer, and is incredibly easy to grow! This small and unobtrusive perennial fits snugly into containers and garden beds or borders where it provides reliable color and constant interest from…
Golden Columbine – Aquilegia chrysantha
Golden columbine is an Arizona native with one of the most unique and distinctive flowers to bloom in our climate. Appearing in abundance from late spring until fall, cheery yellow flowers rise above the lacy green foliage to show off elongated, nectar-collecting spurs that protrude from the back of each petal. Extra nectar means more…