‘Sticks On Fire’ – Euphorbia tircucali
This endangered species is recognized for its light green, pencil-thin, bushlike branches with miniature leaflets. It is fast-growing, reaching heights of eight to ten feet or more in the southwest […]
Artichoke Agave – Agave parryi var. truncata
This slow-growing, clumping agave has short blue-gray leaves and grows two to three feet tall and two to four feet wide, resembling an artichoke, as its common name implies. It […]
Announcing 2023 Excellence in Landscaping Awards from ALCA
2023 Excellence in Landscaping Awards from ALCA The 2023 Annual Arizona Landscape Contractors’ Association awards was held on November 18th, celebrating 47 years for this prestigious landscaping award competition. We […]
Golden Rain Tree – Koelreuteria paniculata
Golden rain tree is a deciduous, single-trunk specimen with a multiple spreading branch pattern up to thirty or forty feet tall and wide. It produces a rounded canopy with dense […]
Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash – Fraxinus velutina
This fast-growing, deciduous tree reaches thirty to forty-five feet and spreads twenty-five to forty-five feet or more, depending on conditions. It produces dark green, three- to six-inch-long leaves that are […]
Jerusalem Sage, Phlomis fruticosa (Medium-sized, perennial shrub)
Jerusalem sage is a fast-growing, warm-sea- son plant that reaches three to four feet tall with an equal spread. The semi-woody evergreen plant has fuzzy, grayish green, textured leaves and […]
Texas Olive – Cordia boissieri
Texas olive is an evergreen to semi-deciduous tree, reaching fifteen to twenty feet tall and about twenty-five feet wide. It has multiple trunks with a dark gray bark and deep […]
Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac – Buddleja davidii
The medium to fast-growing semi-evergreen produces long, arching canes and grows in a weeping habit to eight to ten feet tall, spreading four to eight feet. As its name implies, […]
Cape Plumbago – Plumbago auriculata
The evergreen is admired for its brilliant sky blue flowers with a loose, sprawling growth habit and grows four to six feet tall and four to ten feet wide. It […]
Queen Victoria Agave – Agave victoriae-reginae
This rare, striking agave named for Queen Victoria in England forms a small, symmetrical, rosette of dark green foliage with white markings on the side of its toothless leave a […]