Some Like It Hot

Landscape plants for Low Desert Yard

The beauty of these plants is more than skin deep; they thrive in dry, dusty conditions. Blooming Arizona is especially proud of this list because we are fortunate to carry these plants.

Low Growers
Angelita daisy (Hymenoxys aucalis)
Blackfoot daisy (Melampodium leucanthum)
Sun Drops (Calylophus hartwegii)
Chocolate Flower (Berlandiera lyrata)
Damianita (Chrysactinia mexicana)
Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiatea)
Paper Flower (Psilostrophe cooperi)
Gazania (Gazania spp.)
Golden dyssodia (Dyssodia pentachaeta)
Goodding verbena (Verbena gooddingii)
Lemon dalea (Dalea capitata)
Penstemon
Trailing Indigo bush (Dalea greggii)
Tufted evening primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
Verbena
Bahia (Bahia absinthifolia)

Shrubs & Flowering Perennials
Baja fairy duster (Calliandra californica)*
Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa)*
Bulbine (Bulbine frutescens)*
Chaparral sage (Salvia clevelandii)*
Chuparosa (Justicia californica)*
Coral Fountain (Russelia Equisetiformis)
Dalea (Dalea spp.)*
Desert bird of paradise (Caesalpnia gilliesii)*
Desert honeysuckle (Anisacanthus quadrifidus v. brevilobus)*
Desert mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)*
Desert plumbago (Plumbago scandens)*
Desert Ruellia (Ruelia peninsularis)*
Emu bush (Eremophila spp.)*
Hop seed bush (Dodonea viscosa)*
Little leaf cordia (Cordia parvifolia)*
Lycium (Lycium fremontii)*
Mealy Cup Sage (Salvia farinacea)*
Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha)*
Mexican honeysuckle (Justicia spicigera)*
Orange Jubillee (Tecoma stans - Orange Jubilee)*
Penstemon*
Pink fairy duster (Calliandra eriophylla)*
Red bird of paradise (Caesalpnia pulcherrima)*
Sacred datura (Datura wrightii)
San Marcos Hibiscus (Gossypium harknessii)
Texas olive (Cordia boissieri)*
Texas sage (Leucophyllum spp.)*
Yellow bells (Tecoma stans)*

Vines

Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea brasiliensis)*
Coral vine (Antigonon leptopus)*
Lady banks rose (Rosa banksiae)*
Lilac vine (Hardenbergia compontiana)*
Pink trumpet vine (Podranea ricasoiana)*
Yellow morning glory (Merremia aurea)*

Accent

Agave (Agave spp.)*
Aloe (Aloe spp.)*
Blue euphorbia (Euphorbia rigida)
Deer Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens)*
Desert milkweed (Asclepia subulata)*
Desert spoon (Dasylirion wheeleri)*
Hesperaloe (Hesperaloe parviflora)*
Muhlenbergia (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
Night blooming cereus (Cereus hildmannianus)*
Ocotillo (Fouquieria spendens)*
Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.)*
Yucca (Yucca sp.)*

Trees

Blue palo verde (Cercidium floridum)*
Cascalote (Casealpinia cacalaco)*
Chilean Mesquite (Prosopis chilensis)*
Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)*
Desert fern (Lysiloma microphylla v. thornberi)*
Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis)*
Evergreen Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)*
Freemont Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Ironwood (Olneya tesota)*
Little leaf palo verde (Cercidium microphyllum)*
Mexican fan palm (Washingtonia robusta)*
Palo Blanco (Acacia williardina)*
Shoestring acacia (Acacia stenophylla)*
Sonoran palo verde (Cercidium praecox)*
Sweet Acacia (Acacia smallii)*
Texas ebony (Pithecellobium flexicaule)*
Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secudiflora)*
Velvet Mesquite (Prosopis veluntina)*

Shade
Bat Faced Cuphea (Cuphea llavea)
Golden columbine (Aquelegia chrysantha)
Hummingbird Trumpet (Zauschneria californica v. latifolia)*
Monkey flower (Mimulus cardinalis)
Rain Lilly (Zephranthes sp.)
Sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
Shrimp Plant (Justicia brandegeana)

* Denotes Low Water Use Plant as designated by the Arizona Depart of Water Resources (August 1998)