Wheeler’s Dwarf Mock Orange – Pittosporum tobira ‘Wheeler’s Dwarf’
Height: 2 – 3 feet Width: 4 – 5 feet Bloom color: White Flowering season: Spring USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
Weeping Bottlebrush – Callistemon viminalis
Height: 15 – 25 feet Width: 10 – 15 feet Bloom color: Red Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
Wax-Leaf Privet – Ligustrum japonicum
Wax-leaf privet is an old fashioned plant that has been popular in landscapes for years. It has been commonly used for hedging, screening, and topiary because of its dense growth and how well it responds to pruning. Ornamental blossoms cover thick, waxy leaves in late spring and summer, transforming into berries that birds adore. Wax-leaf…
Velvet Pod Mimosa – Mimosa dysocarpa
Height: 3 – 6 feet Width: 2 – 4 feet Bloom color: Pink Flowering season: Summer USDA minimum zone: 7 Cold hardiness: 10° F
Variegated Dwarf Myrtle – Myrtus communis ‘Compacta Variegata’
This hardy, evergreen shrub is a smaller version of the True Myrtle that has been highly valued by many cultures and cultivated for centuries. It takes very well to heavy shearing, and is often used to create a clipped hedge or topiary. If left unclipped, it develops into a dense, rounded shrub that is useful…
Variegated Euonymus – Euonymus japonicus ‘Aureo-marginatus’
Height: 5 – 6 feet Width: 3 – 4 feet Bloom color: Inconspicuous; White Flowering season: Spring USDA minimum zone: 6 Cold hardiness: 0° F
Variegated Mock Orange – Pittosporum tobira ‘Variegata’
Mock Orange is named for its springtime clusters of small white flowers that have a scent reminiscent of orange blossoms. Though their fragrance is delightful, Variegated Mock Orange is valued more for its greenery than for its flower power. This evergreen shrub is densely packed with glossy green and yellow foliage that forms a uniform…
Valentine Emu Bush – Eremophila maculata ‘Valentine’
Here at Civano Nursery, we’re not sure who loves the Valentine Emu Bush more; the snowbirds or the hummingbirds! This rounded, evergreen shrub is an essential landscape addition for desert dwellers who yearn for flashy color in the dead of winter. Lower temperatures bring on masses of fuchsia to deep red tubular flowers from January…
Tuscan Blue Upright Rosemary – Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’
Height: 4 – 6 feet Width: 4 – 5 feet Bloom color: Blue Flowering season: Spring, Summer USDA minimum zone: 7 Cold hardiness: 15° F