Agave phillipsiana
This bluish-green to deep green agave grows to three feet high and wide with serrated teeth along its edges and looks similar to Agave americana. It sometimes produces offsets for reproduction. This agave develops a ten-…
Leucophyllum frutescens ‘Green Cloud’
Green Cloud™ is a trademarked variety of <em>Leucophyllum frutescens</em>with larger leaves and darker flower color than its close relatives. It has an upright, spreading form that can reach 8 feet tall by 8 feet across.…
Cassia nemophila (Senna artemisioides filifolia)
Green Feathery cassia is an evergreen shrub that grows four to six feet tall and wide. The shape is rounded and dense. It has leaves that are narrowly pinnate, forming feathery sprays of silvery foliage. Its showy yellow…
Dasylirion acrotrichum
Green spoon is an excellent accent plant that blends well with many other desert shrubs and ground covers. It can be used in all zones of a landscape, looking right at home in the mini-oasis as well as the dry zone. This…
Acacia berlandieri
Guajillo is a small, spreading tree that grows to 12 feet tall by 12 feet wide. It is very shrub-like but can be trained into a small accent tree. Naturally multi-trunked, it is evergreen in the low elevation zones and b…
Aloe tomentosa
This aloe gets its name from its unique greenish-white flowers that are covered in thick wool. Its species name, tomentosa, means dense wool. The plant forms a large, solitary rosette to two feet tall and about four feet…
Lonicera japonica
The dense, vigorous evergreen or semi-deciduous vine has twining stems and climbs fifteen to thirty feet tall to cover a large area quickly with its sprawling branches and dense foliage. It has deep green, medium-sized,…
Calylophus hartwegii subsp. fendleri
This fast-growing, bushy, perennial with linear, green foliage and showy flowers grows one foot high and two inches wide. During the spring and early summer, it develops small, yellow, buttercup-like blossoms. The flower…
Agave havardiana
The striking plant has silvery blue to bluish-gray, spiny, wide foliage, tapering to a tip. The teeth are larger towards the upper end of the leaf and are smaller towards the lower end. It grows to two to three feet tall…
Aptenia cordifolia
Hearts and Flowers <em>(Aptenia cordifolia)</em> is a fast growing, perennial succulent commonly used as a ground cover. This sprawling plant forms a dense mat that spreads in 3-foot wide clumps reaching a height of 6 to…
Prosopis glandulosa
Honey mesquite is a willow-like, deciduous tree with an open, spreading crown and low growing, twisted branches. It reaches heights of thirty-five feet with a thirty- to forty-foot spread. The tree has a delicate leaf ca…
Dodonaea viscosa
Hop Bush (also known as Hopseed Bush) is a drought-tolerant shrub with an upright, branching form. It reaches a height of 12 feet with a 10 foot spread. Its willow-like leaves are 4 inches long. The foliage is a bronzy-g…
Drosanthemum speciosum ‘rosea’
Ice Plant mixes well with other desert-adapted plants either as a filler in containers or as a ground cover. It forms a dense mat of sparkling leaves and brilliant colored flowers. The small, pill-shaped leaves have tiny…
Opuntia ficus indica
This immense, branching cactus with a massive trunk grows to fifteen feet tall and ten feet wide. It produces large, oblong pads that are either spineless, or have a few spines. The cup-shaped blossoms appear in late spr…
Jacaranda mimosifolia
This magnificent, tropical beauty grows twenty-five to forty feet with an equal spread. Its tall canopy has an open, irregular shape and usually develops multiple trunks. Jacaranda produces soft, delicate, velvety, fernl…
Crassula ovata
Jade plant is noted for its interesting green, oval-shaped succulent foliage that grows out from a multi-branching trunk. The shrub can grow as tall as twelve feet in its native habitat of South Africa. However, in the S…
Phlomis fruticosa
Jerusalem sage is a fast-growing, warm-season plant that reaches three to four feet tall with an equal spread. The semi-woody evergreen plant has fuzzy, grayish-green, textured leaves and bright yellow, wooly blossoms in…
Yucca brevifolia
This magnificent, slow-growing plant is the largest of all the yucca species, reaching thirty feet or more in height with a fifteen-foot spread. The species is an important wildlife plant in its natural environment. Nati…
Euphorbia macrocarpus
The attractive, slow-growing succulent is recognized by its bright red flowers that resemble an elegant shoe or slipper. The plant grows six feet tall and wide in a clumping, upright growth habit, with small pencil-like…
Dalea capitata
The sprawling, aromatic plant grows eight inches tall and three feet wide with lush, fine-textured, light green foliage and small, yellow flowers. It is fast-growing and forms a mound of dense foliage that makes it a gre…
