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Delosperma cooperi

Trailing Ice Plant Hardy Ice Plant Perennial ground cover  This trailing perennial ground cover has an upright growth habit and fleshy green foliage that is two to three inches long and flat on the top. It produces a mass of brilliant blooms in late spring through the fall. The magenta,

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Celtis ehrenbergiana

Desert Hackberry Small tree This gnarly, thorny tree or large shrub with semi-evergreen foliage grows to twelve feet and spreads to eight to ten feet. It has smooth, grayish brown stems and a trunk armed with spines. This tree produces small, oval, bright grayish green foliage with slightly serrated edges. The

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Agave ‘Blue Glow’

Low-Water-Use Accent Plant 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 broad leaf structure

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Firecracker Penstemon

This showy penstemon has lush, pointed, dark- green foliage that grows into a mounded shape to one to two feet tall and two to three feet wide. In late winter through the spring, it develops two feet tall clusters of tubular, bright red flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies. It

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What a Water Feature Can Do for Your Yard

With the arid surrounding environment, it is not surprising that water features are increasingly popular in Tucson landscapes. Water adds a unique element to the desert surroundings and turns them into lush landscapes. Water features are available in a variety of styles and sizes, allowing you to find one that

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Don’t Miss These Books! “The Art of Southwest Landscaping” and “Design Build & Bloom” By Dawn Fried, Vice President at Horticulture Unlimited

The Art of Southwest Landscaping is the second in a series on landscaping in the desert regions of the Southwest. It is dedicated to the wide variety of delightful desert accents, cacti, groundcovers, ornamental grasses, palms, shrubs, succulents, trees and vines that can beautify landscapes. The author,Dawn Layna Fried, Vice

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