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 […]
Penstemon
Penstemon belongs to a large genus of herbaceous perennials native to North and Central America from Alaska to Guatemala and coast to coast. In the Southwest desert, Penstemon grows natively […]
Texas Mountain Laurel – Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
The upright, evergreen grows to heights of eight to fifteen feet and six to ten feet wide with a grayish black trunk that darkens at the plant matures. It […]
Mediterranean Fan Palm – Chamaerops humilis
This attractive, low-maintenance palm grows to heights of five to fifteen feet with an equal spread. It has up to eight shaggy trunks at maturity and triangular, fan-shaped, deep green […]
Foxtail Fern, Asparagus densiflorus ‘Meyersii’
This low-growing evergreen has feathery, upright, bright green, needlelike stems and trailing branches. It is not a true fern but has fernlike foliage and a dense growth habit, growing […]