Tara’s Pink Cape Mallow – Anisodontea ‘Tara’s Pink’
Height: 6 – 8 feet Width: 5 – 6 feet Bloom color: Pink Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 18° F
Sweet Bay – Laurus nobilis
Sweet Bay is an upright, classic evergreen shrub used for picturesque spheres, boxes, and other topiary sculptures, as it is very accepting of clipping and shearing. Its natural growth habit is shrubby and conical in shape, but can easily be trained as a small, bushy tree. The dark green, leathery green leaves of Sweet Bay…
Sweet Katie Burgundy Desert Willow – Chilopsis linearis ‘Sweet Katie Burgundy’
Desert Willow is a gem of a tree requiring little care and gracing southwestern landscapes with year-round intrigue. It retains a charming, architectural winter silhouette when the tree is bare, and attracts hummingbirds and butterflies with its profusion of fragrant, orchid-like flowers for the rest of the year. Civano Nursery introduces a new selection of…
Summertime Blue Emu Bush – Eremophila x ‘Summertime Blue’
Height: 5 – 6 feet Width: 6 – 8 feet Bloom color: Lilac Blue Flowering season: Spring, Summer USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 15° F
Star Jasmine – Trachelospermum jasminoides
Once you smell the incredible fragrance of a star jasmine in bloom, you’re sure to want at least one growing near your patio! This woody, vining shrub is an absolute delight in late spring and early summer when clusters of sweet-smelling, snow white, star shaped flowers appear amongst its glossy, dark green foliage. It can…
Sticks-A-Fire – Euphorbia tirucalli
Height: 6 – 8 feet Width: 4 – 6 feet Bloom color: Inconspicuous Flowering season: n/a USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 30° F
Stokes Dwarf Yaupon Holly – Ilex vomitoria ‘Stokes Dwarf’
Height: 3 – 4 feet Width: 3 – 4 feet Bloom color: Inconspicuous; Greenish White Flowering season: Spring, Summer USDA minimum zone: 8 Cold hardiness: 10° F
Sparkle Autumn Sage Hybrid – Salvia x greggii ‘Sparkle’
There are many Salvia greggii hybrids available on the market today, each with a unique variation on flower size and color, temperature preference, vigor, and stamina. Civano Nursery takes the guesswork out of choosing the best plants for Tucson’s tough climate by testing new varieties at our local farm; selecting and propagating only the top…
Sparky Tecoma Hybrid – Tecoma x ‘Sparky’ PPAF
Tecoma has long been a hot garden favorite for its blooming habits, high heat tolerance, fast growth rate, and versatility in the landscape. Developed in Phoenix by an esteemed horticulturalist and ASU professor, and named after the ASU mascot, ‘Sparky’ shows its school’s colors with large apricot yellow blooms that have reddish-orange throats. This designer…