Plant of the Month – March
Desert Marigold Baileya multiradiata Plant Form: Perennial Flower Water Use: Very Low Mature Size: 18”- 20” tall & wide Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Time: Spring – Summer, Fall (April – July, and again in Oct. if summer rain occurs or if watered) Native to: All of Western US and Mexico at elevations below 6,000 feet Hardiness: Cold Hardy to 10°F Desert Marigold is a cheery, fast-growing but short-lived perennial with bright yellow flowers from spring through fall. At lower […]
Plant of the Month – July
‘Bells of Fire’ Tecoma Tecoma stans ‘Bells of Fire’ Plant Form: Semi-deciduous shrub Water Use: Low, moderate Mature Size: 3-6 ft. tall x 3-5 ft. wide Exposure: Full sun, part sun Bloom Time: Spring (May), Summer (June-Aug), Fall (Sept-Oct) Native to: Hybrid of parents from the Americas Hardiness: Cold hardy to 25°F ‘Bells of Fire’ Tecoma catches everyone’s eye with its large clusters of red-orange, trumpet-shaped flowers adorning its deep-green, fern-like foliage. Besides attracting humans, hummingbirds and butterflies will flock […]
Plant of the Month
Toyon, Christmas Berry Heteromeles arbutifolia Plant Form: Evergreen shrub/tree Water Use: Low Mature Size: 8-15 (to 25) ft. tall x 8-10 ft. wide Exposure: Full sun, part sun Bloom Time: Summer (June – Aug) Native to: So. California Hardiness: Cold hardy to 0°F Toyon, also called Christmas Berry and California Holly, is a very giving evergreen shrub or small tree from California’s chaparral communities. The city of Hollywood was named after this plant. This very adaptable, dense shrub is valued […]
Plant of the Month – November
Pink Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris Plant Form: Ornamental grass Water Use: Low, moderate Mature Size: 2-3 ft. tall & wide Exposure: Full sun, part sun Bloom Time: Summer (July – Aug), Fall (Sept – Nov) Native to: Texas, Northern Mexico Hardiness: Cold hardy to -10°F Pink Muhly Grass is a traffic-stopper with its masses of airy, pink to purple flower plumes in late summer and fall. Plant on the east or west side of your yard to collaborate with the […]
Plant of the Month – October
Golden Toothed Aloe Aloe nobilis Plant Form: Succulent Water Use: Very low Mature Size: 1-2 ft. tall x 3-4 ft. wide Exposure: Full sun, part sun, filtered sun Bloom Time: Spring (Mar – May), Summer (June – Aug) Native to: South Africa Hardiness: Cold hardy to 20°F Golden Toothed Aloe is a rosette-forming succulent that can create a mounded colony of close rosettes spreading up to 3-4 feet wide. Its fleshy leaves are bright green when grown in light shade, […]
Plant of the Month – August
Cimarron Sage Blue Ranger Leucophyllum zygophyllum Plant Form: Evergreen shrub Water Use: Low Mature Size: 3 ft. tall x 3-4 ft. wide Exposure: Full sun, reflected sun Bloom Time: Summer (June – Aug), Fall (Sept – Oct) Native to: Texas, Mexico, SW US Hardiness: Cold hardy to 10°F Cimarron Sage is a petite variety of normally much larger Texas Rangers, all known for their masses of flowers produced in response to summer and fall rains. This evergreen shrub is prized […]
