Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Home Horticulture:
Environmentally Responsible
Gardening & Landscaping in the Low Desert
A Selection of Landscape Plants
for the Southwest
Alphabetical by Common Name
NOTE:
These links take you to material developed by Dr.
Margaret Livingston,
University of Arizona Landscape Architecture,
for the Plant Sciences
Course 520
A
- Abyssinian acacia (Acacia abyssinica)
- African bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae)
- African sumac (Rhus lancea)
- aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis)
- annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum)
- Arizona rosewood (Vauquelinia californica)
- Arizona sycamore (Platanus wrightii)
- Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
- autumn sage (Salvia greggii)
- baja ruellia (Ruellia peninsularis)
- bear's breech (Acanthus mollis)
- beargrass (Nolina microcarpa)
- bearded iris (Iris germanica)
- bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon)
- bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon 'hybrid')
- black dalea (Dalea frutescens)
- blue palo verde (Cercidium floridum)
- blue chihuahuan sage (Salvia chaemedryoides)
- blue yucca (Yucca rigida)
- bottle tree (Brachychiton populneus)
- bougainvillea (Bougainvillea brasiliensis)
- bright bead cotoneaster (Cotoneaster buxifolius)
- buckthorn cholla (Opuntia acanthocarpa)
- bush dalea (Dalea pulchra)
- bush lantana (Lantana camara)
- California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera)
- California pepper (Schinus molle)
- Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis)
- cape honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)
- carob (Cassia wislizenii)
- carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua)
- catclaw acacia (Acacia greggii)
- cat claw vine (Macfadyena unquis-cati)
- 'Centennial' desert broom (Baccharis x 'Centennial')
- century plant (Agave americana)
- Chihuahuan orchid shrub (Bauhinia unguiguiaris)
- Chihuahuan rain sage (Leucophyllum laevigatum)
- Chilean mesquite (Prosopis chilensis)
- chinaberry (Melia azedarach 'Umbraculifera')
- Chinese date (Ziziphus jujuba)
- Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
- Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
- common privet (Ligustrum lucidum)
- common trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans)
- compact myrtle (Myrtus communis 'Compacta')
- cork oak (Quercus suber)
- cowshorn agave (Agave bouvicornuta)
- crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
- creeping fig (Ficus pumila)
- creosote bush (Larrea tridentata)
- date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)
- desert bird of paradise (Caesalpinia gilliesii)
- desert broom (Baccharis sarothroides)
- desert cassia (Cassia nemophila)
- desert hackberry (Dodonaea viscosa)
- desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata)
- desert spoon (Dasylirion wheeleri)
- desert willow (Chilopsis linearis)
- dichondra (Dichondra micrantha)
- dwarf heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica 'Nana')
- dwarf star jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
- euonymus (Euonymus japonica)
- evergreen pear (Pyrus kawakami)
- evergreen sumac (Pistache lentiscus)
- evergreen sumac (Rhus choriophylla)
- fairy duster (Calliandra eriophylla)
- feather bush (Lysiloma thornberi)
- feathery cassia (Cassia artemisioides)
- firewheel (Gaillardia pullchella)
- fishhook barrel cactus (Ferocactus wislizeni)
- flame anisacanthus (Anisacanthus quadrifidus v. wrightii)
- fortnight lily (Dietes bicolor)
- Fraser's photinia (Photinia x fraseri)
- freeway acacia (Acacia redolens)
- fruitless white mulberry (Morus alba 'Fruitless')
- germander (Teucrium chamedrys 'Prostratum')
- giant bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii)
- glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
- gold dust plant (Aucuba japonica 'Variegata')
- goldenbamboo (Phyllostachys aurea)
- golden barrel (Echinocactus grusonii)
- golden columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha)
- golden leadball (Leucaena retusa)
- Grecian laurel (Lauris nobilis)
- ground morning glory (Convolvulus mauritanicus)
- guajillo (Acacia berlandieri)
- heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica)
- hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
- holly oak (Quercus ilex)
- honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos inermis)
- iceplant (Drosanthemum speciosum)
- illyarrie (Eucalyptus erythrocorys)
- Indian fig (Opuntia ficus-indica)
- Indian hawthorn (Raphiolepis indica)
- ironwood (Olneya tesota)
- jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia)
- Japanese aralia (Fatsia japonica)
- Japanese mock orange (Pittosporum tobira)
- jelly palm (Butia capitata)
- jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)
- jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
- lady bank's rose (Rosa banksiae)
- laurel leaf cocculus (Cocculus laurifolius)
- lilyturf (Liriope muscari)
- littleleaf cordia (Cordia parvifolia )
- London plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia)
- loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
- marigold (Tagetes sp.)
- mealycup sage (Salvia farinacea)
- Mediterranean aloe (Aloe saponaria)
- Mediterranean fan palm (Chamaerops humilis)
- mescal ceniza (Agave colorata)
- Mexican bird of Paradise (Caesalpinia mexicana)
- Mexican blue palm (Brahea armata)
- Mexican fan palm (Washingtonia robusta)
- Mexican honeysuckle (Justicia spicigera)
- Mexican palo verde (Parkinsonia aculeata)
- Mexican primrose (Oenothera berlandieri)
- mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)
- monk's pepper tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
- moss verbena (Verbena tenera)
- mountain marigold (Tagetes lemmonii)
- Mt. Atlas pistache (Pistacia atlantica)
- mulga (Acacia aneura)
- ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
- octopus agave (Agave vilmoriniana)
- oleander (Nerium oleander)
- olive (Olea europaea)
- palo blanco (Acacia willardiana)
- palo brea (Cercidium praecox)
- pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana)
- pecan (Carya illinoensis)
- pendulous yucca (Yucca recurvifolia)
- periwinkle (Vinca major)
- pindo palm (Butia capitata)
- pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana)
- pink trumpet vine (Podranea ricasoliana)
- plumbago (Plumbago auriculata)
- pomegranate (Punica granatum)
- ponyfoot (Dichondra micrantha)
- prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmanii)
- 'Purple Heart' (Setcreasea pallida)
- purple leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera 'Atropurpurea')
- purple prickly pear (Opuntia violancea 'Santa-rita')
- pyracantha (Pyracantha ssp.)
- Queen Victoria agave (Agave victoriae-reginae)
- queen palm (Arecastrum romanzoffianum)
- queen's wreath (Antigonon leptopus)
- red bird of paradise (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)
- red clusterberry (Cotoneaster lacteus)
- red fairy duster (Calliandra californica)
- red-cap gum (Eucalyptus erythrocorys)
- Rio Grande ash (Fraxinus velutina 'Fan-Tex')
- rose (Rosa sp.)
- rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
- sage (Leucophyllum candidum)
- sago palm(Cycas revoluta)
- saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea)
- San Carlos cotton (Gossypium harknesii)
- Sandankwa viburnum (Viburnum suspensum)
- santa rita prickly pear (Opuntia violancea 'Santa-rita')
- selloum philodendron (Philodendron selloum )
- shoestring acacia (Acacia stenophylla)
- shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeana)
- silk floss tree (Chorisia speciosa)
- silver cloud (Leucophyllum candidum)
- silver dollar gum (Eucalyptus polyanthemos)
- silverleaf cassia (Cassia phyllodinea)
- snail vine (Vigna caracalla)
- soaptree yucca (Yucca elata)
- Sonoran palmetto (Sabal uresana)
- South American mesquite (Prosopis S. American Hybrid)
- southern live oak (Quercus virginiana)
- southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
- spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica)
- sprenger asparagus (Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri')
- star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides)
- swamp mallee (Eucalyptus spathulata)
- sweet acacia (Acacia minuta)
- sweet bay (Lauris nobilis)
- sweet olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
- sweet violet (Viola odorata)
- Texas ebony (Pithecellobium flexicaule)
- Texas mountain laurel (Sophora secundiflora)
- Texas olive (Cordia boissieri)
- Texas ranger (Leucophyllum frutescens)
- Texas sage (Leucophyllum frutescens)
- tiny capsule eucalyptus (Eucalyptus microtheca)
- Tombstone rose (Rosa banksiae)
- trailing African daisy (Osterospermum fruticosum)
- trailing indigo bush (Dalea greggii)
- trailing lantana (Lantana montevidensis)
- tree aloe (Aloe ferox)
- tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
- wedelia (Wedelia trilobata)
- weeping bottle brush (Callistemon viminalis)
- western hackberry (Celtis reticulata)
- white brittlebush (Encelia farinosa)
- white ironbark (Eucalyptus Leucoxylon 'Rosea')
- whitethorn acacia (Acacia constricta)
- willow acacia (Acacia salicina)
- willow pittosporum (Pittosporum phillyraeoides)
- windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei)
- wooly butterfly bush (Buddleia marrubifolia)
- yellow bells (Tecoma stans)
- yellow bird of paradise (Caesalpinia gilliesii)
- yellow morning glory vine (Merremia aurea)
- yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana)
- yew pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
To Home Horticulture in Maricopa County, AZPlants for the Low Desert, Alphabetical by Common Name
Last Updated September 14, 2000
© 1997 The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cooperative Extension, in Maricopa County.
Author: Sandy Cielaszyk, Master Gardener, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Maricopa County
Reviewed by: Lucy Bradley, BradleyL@ag.arizona.edu 4341 E. Broadway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85040, Voice: (602) 470-8086 ext. 323, Fax (602) 470-8092
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