Green Carpet Dwarf Natal Plum – Carissa macrocarpa ‘Green Carpet’
Height: 12 – 15 inches Width: 3 – 4 feet Bloom color: White Flowering season: Spring, Summer USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 20° F
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Green Cloud Texas Ranger – Leucophyllum frutescens ‘Green Cloud’
Green Cloud is among the largest of the cold tolerant, drought resistant, heat loving plants known as Texas Rangers. If you’ve ever seen one in full bloom, you have a good idea of why these are some of the most popular plants used in Southwestern residential and commercial landscapes. Though the bell-shaped, rose-purple flowers will…
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Glossy Abelia – Abelia x grandiflora
This beloved botanical old-timer is a hybrid between two species of Abelia that both hail from China. Although it is the most popular Abelia in cultivation, commonly seen in gardens across the southern states, it has a somewhat diminished presence in modern southwestern landscapes. This is unfortunate because, in the right location, Glossy Abelia is…
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Glossy Privet – Ligustrum lucidum
Glossy Privet is an evergreen standard, widely used across the southern United States as hedges, screens, windbreaks, and accents. In Tucson, they are most commonly seen as hedges, as they are extremely well-suited to heavy pruning with their dense, glossy foliage and intricate branching patterns. Glossy Privet can also be grown as a small but…
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Gold Spot Euonymus – Euonymus japonicus ‘Aureo-variegatus’ (Gold Spot)
Finding cold tolerant, broadleaf, evergreen shrubs that take excessive heat and sun can be a difficult task for Tucson gardeners. Thankfully, Gold Spot Euonymus fills this niche with gusto, providing the Southwest with an excellent foundation plant that also offers eye-catching year-round color! This shrub’s modest flowers are hidden within its dense foliage, so brilliant…
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Gold Star Tecoma – Tecoma stans ‘Gold Star’
Height: 6 – 7 feet Width: 5 – 7 feet Bloom color: Yellow Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 20° F
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Four-wing Salt Bush – Atriplex canescens
Many plants and animals across the arid regions of western U.S. and northern Mexico owe their livelihood to the prolific Fourwing Saltbush. In nature, it commonly protects young tender seedlings from the elements, and also provides food, shelter, and nesting sites for a variety of birds. In more manicured spaces, it is employed as an…
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French Lavender – Lavandula dentata
Height: 3 – 4 feet Width: 4 – 6 feet Bloom color: Purple Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 20° F
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Fairy Duster – Calliandra eriophylla
Plant one of these low-maintenance beauties and forget about messy hummingbird feeders and sugar water! The red, feather-like plumes of the Baja Fairy Duster will have hummers visiting your garden from early spring through fall while furnishing your garden with color nearly year-round. Exceptional heat and drought tolerance, ferny semi-evergreen foliage and the open, rounded…
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