Agave americana var. marginata
The plant forms a large rosette of twisted silvery-green leaves and strips of bright yellow along its leaf margins, giving it the appearance of a striped ribbon. Its sword-like leaves stand upright to about four to six feet tall and wide, growing in a…
Agave americana medio picta f. alba
This striking agave with its creamy, whitish-yellow, central leaf color and bluish-gray margins grows three to four feet tall. It has short, thick leaves that arch downward to a sharp tip. The leaves have indentations along their edges with…
Agave Blue Glow
Blue Glow is a hybrid that produces a glow-like appearance in bright sunlight. It grows two feet tall and wide, forming a single rosette with a clumping growth habit. This agave is a cross between Agave ocahui and Agave attenuata. It gets its…
Ulmus parvifolia
This fast-growing shade tree grows thirty to forty feet tall with an equal spread and develops a broad, vase-like shape with a pendulous, weeping branch habit. It is semi-deciduous, losing its leaves in late December in the Southwest desert, but …
Quercus virginiana
This majestic evergreen grows forty to fifty feet tall and almost as wide with a broad, rounded canopy, horizontal branches, and thick, leathery, green leaves. During cold winters, the tree defoliates and new green leaves emerge in the spring. …
Pyrus kawakamii
This semi-evergreen has an upright, rounded appearance and produces single or multiple trunks with drooping branches. It grows moderately from fifteen to thirty feet with a ten- to fifteen-foot spread. This tree has dark green, glossy, oval…
Prunus cerasifera
The attractive, deciduous tree has an upright, spreading habit with a rounded crown, and is a moderate- to fast-grower reaching fifteen to twenty-five feet tall and about fifteen to twenty feet wide. In spring, beautiful cranberry-burgundy foliage…
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 canopy and gray, sculptural…
Prosopis velutina
This mesquite is a magnificent, deciduous, multi-trunk tree with a wide, spreading crown that grows twenty to forty feet tall with a spread of fifteen to twenty-five feet. Mature trees have brownish-black, shaggy bark, and in spring through fall…
Prosopis chilensis
The semi-deciduous tree has become popularized over the years and is one of the most widely used trees in Southwest landscapes. It grows thirty feet tall and wide with dark, rich bark that is rough and turns blacker with age. Chilean mesquite…