Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Home Horticulture:
Environmentally Responsible
Gardening & Landscaping in the Low Desert
A Selection of Landscape Plants
for the Southwest
Alphabetical by Botanical 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
- Abelia grandiflora (glossy abelia)
- Acacia abyssinica (Abyssinian acacia)
- Acacia aneura (mulga)
- Acacia berlandieri (guajillo)
- Acacia constricta (whitethorn acacia)
- Acacia greggii (catclaw acacia)
- Acacia minuta (sweet acacia)
- Acacia redolens (freeway acacia or acacia redolens)
- Acacia salicina (willow acacia)
- Acacia stenophylla (shoestring acacia)
- Acacia willardiana (palo blanco)
- Acanthus mollis (bear's breech)
- Agave bouvicornuta (cowshorn agave)
- Agave americana (century plant)
- Agave colorata (mescal ceniza)
- Agave victoriae-reginae (Queen victoria agave)
- Agave vilmoriniana (octopus agave)
- Aloe barbadensis (aloe vera)
- Aloe ferox (tree aloe)
- Aloe saponaria (mediterranean aloe)
- Ailanthus altissima (Tree of heaven)
- Anisacanthus quadrifidus v. wrightii (flame anisacanthus)
- Antigonon leptopus (queens wreath)
- Aquilegia chrysantha (golden columbine)
- Arecastrum romanzoffianum (queen palm)
- Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri' (sprenger asparagus)
- Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' (gold dust plant)
B
- Baccharis x 'Centennial' ('Centennial' desert broom)
- Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)
- Baileya multiradiata (desert marigold)
- Bambusa oldhamii (giant bamboo)
- Bauhinia unguiguiaris (Chihuahuan orchid shrub)
- Bougainvillea brasiliensis (bougainvillea)
- Brachychiton populneus (bottle tree)
- Brahea armata (Mexican blue palm)
- Buddleia marrubiifolia (wooly butterfly bush)
- Butia capitata (pindo or jelly palm)
C
- Caesalpinia gilliesii (desert or yellow bird of paradise)
- Caesalpinia mexicana (Mexican bird of Paradise)
- Caesalpinia pulcherrima (red bird of paradise)
- Calliandra californica (red fairy duster)
- Calliandra eriophylla (fairy duster)
- Callistemon viminalis (weeping bottle brush)
- Campsis radicans (Common Trumpet Creeper)
- Carissa grandiflora (Natal Plum)
- Carnegiea gigantea (saguaro)
- Carya illinoensis (pecan)
- Cassia artemisioides (feathery cassia)
- Cassia nemophila (desert cassia)
- Cassia phyllodinea (silverleaf cassia)
- Cassia wislizenii (carob)
- Celtis reticulata (western hackberry)
- Ceratonia siliqua (carob tree)
- Cercidium floridum (blue palo verde)
- Cercidium praecox (palo brea)
- Chamaerops humilis (Mediterranean fan palm)
- Chilopsis linearis (Desert willow)
- Chorisia speciosa (silk floss tree)
- Cocculus laurifolius (laurel leaf cocculus)
- Convolvulus mauritanicus (ground morning glory)
- Cordia boissieri (Texas olive)
- Cordia parvifolia (littleleaf cordia)
- Cortaderia selloana (Pampas Grass)
- Cotoneaster lacteus (red clusterberry)
- Cotoneaster buxifolius (bright bead cotoneaster)
- Cycas revoluta (sago palm)
- Cynodon dactylon 'hybrid' (Bermudagrass)
- Cynodon dactylon (bermuda grass)
- Cyperus alternifolius (umbrella plant)
D
- Dalea frutescens (black dalea)
- Dalea greggii (trailing indigo bush)
- Dalea pulchra (bush dalea)
- Dasylirion wheeleri (desert spoon)
- Dichondra micrantha (ponyfoot, dichondra)
- Dietes bicolor (fortnight lily)
- Dodonaea viscosa (desert hackberry)
- Drosanthemum speciosum (iceplant)
E
- Echinocactus grusonii (golden barrel)
- Encelia farinosa (white brittlebush)
- Eriobotrya japonica (loquat)
- Eucalyptus erythrocorys (red-cap gum, illyarrie)
- Eucalyptus Leucoxylon 'Rosea' (White Ironbark)
- Eucalyptus microtheca (tiny capsule eucalyptus)
- Eucalyptus polyanthemos (silver dollar gum)
- Eucalyptus spathulata (swamp mallee)
- Euonymus japonica (euonymus)
F
- Fatsia japonica (Japanese aralia)
- Feijoa sellowiana (pineapple guava)
- Ferocactus wislizeni (fishhook barrel cactus)
- Ficus pumila (creeping fig)
- Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo)
- Fraxinus velutina 'Fan-Tex' (Rio Grande ash)
- Gaillardia pullchella (firewheel)
- Gleditsia triacanthos inermis (honey locust)
- Gossypium harknesii (san carlos cotton)
H
I
J
- Jacaranda mimosifolia (jacaranda)
- Justicia brandegeana (shrimp plant)
- Justicia spicigera (Mexican honeysuckle)
L
- Lagerstroemia indica (crape myrtle)
- Lantana camara (bush lantana)
- Lantana montevidensis (trailing lantana)
- Larrea tridentata (creosote bush)
- Lauris nobilis (sweet bay, Grecian laurel)
- Leucaena retusa (golden leadball)
- Leucophyllum candidum (Silver cloud, sage)
- Leucophyllum frutescens (Texas ranger, Texas sage)
- Leucophyllum laevigatum (Chihuahuan rain sage)
- Ligustrum lucidum (common privet)
- Liriope muscari (lilyturf)
- Lolium multiflorum (annual ryegrass)
- Lysiloma thornberi (feather bush)
M
- Macfadyena unguis-cati (cat claw vine)
- Magnolia grandiflora (southern magnolia)
- Melia azedarach 'Umbraculifera' (chinaberry)
- Merremia aurea (Yellow morning glory vine)
- Morus alba 'Fruitless' (fruitless white mulberry)
- Myrtus communis 'Compacta' (compact myrtle)
N
- Nandina domestica 'Nana' (heavenly bamboo)
- Nandina domestica (dwarf heavenly bamboo)
- Nerium oleander (oleander)
- Nolina microcarpa (beargrass)
O
- Oenothera berlandieri (Mexican primrose)
- Olea europaea (olive)
- Olneya tesota (ironwood)
- Ophiopogon japonicus (mondo grass)
- Opuntia acanthocarpa (buckhorn cholla)
- Opuntia ficus-indica (Indian fig, spineless cactus)
- Opuntia engelmanii (prickly pear cactus)
- Opuntia violancea 'Santa-rita' (purple, santa rita prickly pear)
- Osmanthus fragrans (sweet olive)
- Osterospermum fruticosum (trailing African daisy)
P
- Parkinsonia aculeata (Mexican palo verde)
- Pennisetum setaceum 'Cupreum' (purple fountain grass)
- Philodendron selloum (selloum philodendron)
- Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island date palm)
- Phoenix dactylifera (date palm)
- Photinia x fraseri (Fraser's photinia)
- Phyllostachys aurea (golden bamboo)
- Pistacia atlantica (Mt. Atlas pistache)
- Pistacia chinensis (chinese pistache)
- Pistache lentiscus (evergreen sumac)
- Pithecellobium flexicaule (Texas ebony)
- Pittosporum phillyraeoides (willow pittosporum)
- Pittosporum tobira (Japanese mock orange)
- Platanus wrightii (Arizona sycamore)
- Platanus x acerifolia (London plane tree)
- Plumbago auriculata (Plumbago)
- Podocarpus macrophyllus (yew pine)
- Podranea ricasoliana (pink trumpet vine)
- Prosopis chilensis (Chilean mesquite)
- Prosopis S. American Hybrid (S. American mesquite)
- Prosopis velutina (velvet mesquite)
- Prunus cerasifera 'Atropurpurea' (purple leaf plum)
- Punica granatum (pomegranate)
- Pyracantha spp. (pyracantha)
- Pyrus kawakami (evergreen pear)
Q
R
- Raphiolepis indica (Indian hawthorn)
- Rhus choriophylla (evergreen sumac)
- Rhus lancea (African sumac)
- Rosa sp. (rose)
- Rosa banksiae (lady bank's or tombstone rose)
- Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary)
- Ruellia peninsularis (baja ruellia)
- Sabal uresana (Sonoran palmetto)
- Salvia chaemedryoides (blue chihuahuan sage)
- Salvia farinacea (mealycup sage)
- Salvia greggii (autumn sage)
- Schinus molle (California pepper)
- Setcreasea pallida ('Purple Heart')
- Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba)
- Sophora secundiflora (Texas Mountain laurel)
- Strelitzia reginae (African bird of paradise)
T
- Tagetes sp. (marigold)
- Tagetes lemmonii (Mountain marigold)
- Tecoma stans (yellow bells)
- Tecomaria capensis (cape honeysuckle)
- Teucrium chamedrys 'Prostratum' (germander)
- Thevetia peruviana (Yellow oleander)
- Trachelospermum asiaticum (Asiatic, dwarf star jasmine)
- Trachelospermum jasminoides (star jasmine)
- Trachycarpus fortunei (windmill palm)
U
V
- Vauquelinia californica (Arizona rosewood)
- Verbena tenera (moss verbena)
- Viburnum suspensum (Sandankwa viburnum)
- Vigna caracalla (snail vine)
- Viola odorata (sweet violet)
- Vinca major (periwinkle)
- Vitex agnus-castus (Monk's pepper tree)
W
- Washingtonia filifera (California fan palm)
- Washingtonia robusta (Mexican fan palm)
- Wedelia trilobata (wedelia)
X
Z
To Home Horticulture in Maricopa County, AZ
Plants for the Low Desert, Alphabetical by Botanical Name
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