Plants by Common Name
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Garden |
| American Century Plant | Agave deserti | Native |
| Acacia Berlandieri | Acacia berlandieri-Guajillo | Cultivated |
| African (Madagascan) Ocotillo | Allaudia procera | |
| Agave Ocahui | Agave ocahui | Cultivated |
| Alamos Pea Tree | Brongniartia alamosana | Cultivated |
| American Agave | agave americana | Cultivated |
| Agave mediopicta alba | Variegated American Agave | |
| Angelita Daisy | Hymenoxys acaulis | Cultivated |
| Apple 'Anna'& 'Dorsette Golden' | Malus "Anna" & "dorsette golden" | Cultivated & Trop/Water |
| Arizona Ash | Fraxinus velutina | Cultivated |
| Arizona Lupine | Lupinus arizonicus | Native |
| Arizona Poppy | Kallstroemia grandiflora | Yuma county |
| Asian Pear | Pyrus Serotina | Emblem Garden |
| Asparagus Fern | Asparagus densiflours "sprengeri" | Children's |
| Australian Bottle Tree | Brachychiton populneus | Children's |
| Australian Willow | Geijera parvaflora | Cultivated |
| Autumn Sage | Salvia greggii | Cultivated |
| Avacado "Santana" | Persea americana "santana" | Trop/Water |
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| Baja Fairy Duster | Calliandra californica | Healing |
| Baja Wolfberry | Lycium brevipes | |
| Bananas | Ensete spp. | Trop/Water |
| Barrel Cactus | Ferocactus cylindraceus acanthodes | Native |
| Basil, sweet | Ocimum basilicum | Healing |
| Bearded Iris in Garden | Iridaceae | Cultivated |
| Beaver tail Cactus | Opuntia basilaris | Native |
| Berlanders Acacia | Acacia berlandieri | Cultivated |
| Big Galleta | Hilaria rigida | Native & Healing |
| Bigelow Nolina | Nolina bigelovii bigelovii | Cultivated & Native |
| Bird of Paradise | Strelitzia reginae | Trop/Water |
| Blackberry | Rubus ursinus "roseborough" | Cultivated |
| Blue Palo Verde | Cercidium floridum | Healing & Native |
| Borage | Borago officinalis | Healing |
| Bottle Tree | Brachychiton populneus | Children's |
| Bougainvilla, "Afterglow" | Bougainvillea "afterglow" | Trop/Water |
| Boxwood | Boxus microphylla japonica | Cultivated Garden |
| Brazilian Pepper | Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi | Cultivated |
| Brittle Bush | Encelia farinosa | Healing & Native |
| Buckhorn Cholla | Opuntia acanthocarpa | Native |
| Bush Dalea | Dalea pulchra | Cultivated |
| Bush Lantana | Lantana camara | Children's |
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Cultivated |
| Cacti overview | ||
| California Chicory | Rafinesquia californicus | Native |
| California Poppy | Eschscholizia californica | Cultivated |
| Canary Island Date Palm | Phoenix canariensis | By gazebo entrance |
| Candelilla | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Healing |
| Canna Lilly "Tropicanna" | Canna X generalis "tropicana" | Trop/Water |
| Cape Aloe | Aloe ferox | Cultivated |
| Cape Honeysuckle | Tecomaria capensis | Children's |
| Cape Plumbago | Plumbago auriculata | Children's |
| Cardon Grande | Echinopsis terscheckii, Trichocereus terscheckii | Xeriscape |
| Cardon, Mexican Giant Cactus | Pachycereus pringlei | Xeriscape |
| Cat-claw Acacia | Acacia greggii | Healing |
| Catnip | Nepeta cataria | Healing |
| Catclaw Vine, Cat's Claw | Macfadyena unguis cati | Cultivated |
| Celantro | Coriandrum sativum | Healing |
| Central Mexico Organ Pipe | Pachycereus or Stenocereus marginatus | Xeriscape |
| Century Plant | Agave deserti | Native |
| Century Plant | Agave americana "mediopicta" 'alba' | Xeriscape |
| Chaparral Sage | Salvia clevelandii | Cultivated |
| Chaste Tree | Vitex agnus castus | Cultivated |
| Cheeseweed | Malva parviflora | Healing |
| Chia | Salvia columbariae | Healing |
| Chihuahuan Rain Sage | leucophyllum laevigatum | Xeriscape |
| Chile Pepper | Capsicum annum | Healing |
| Chives | Allium schoenoprasum | Healing |
| Chocolate Flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Cultivated |
| Chuperosa, Hummingbird Bush | Justica californica | Xeriscape |
| Coldenia | Coldenia plicata | Native |
| Common Mallo | Malva neglecta | Healing |
| Compass Barrel Cactus | Feroccactus cylindraceus | Healing |
| Coral Fountain | Russelia equisetiformis | Cultivated |
| Ceape Myrtle "Peppermint Lace" | Lagerstroemia indica | Cultivated |
| Creosote Bush | Larrea tridentata | Native & Healing |
| Crimson Bottlebrush | Callistemon phoenicus | Cultivated |
| Crucifixion Thorn | Canotia holacantha | Healing |
| Date Palm | Phoenix dactylifera | Trop/Water |
| Dawes Aloe | Aloe dawei | Cultivated |
| Desert Agave | Agave deserti | Healing |
| Desert Blazing Star | Mentzelia involucrata | Native |
| Desert Blue Bells | Phacelia campanularia | Native |
| Desert Cassia | Cassia nemophila | Children's |
| Desert Clematis Vine | Clematis drummondii | Cultivated |
| Desert Gold Poppy | Eschscholtzia glyptosperma | Native |
| Desert Hibiscus | Hibiscus denudatus | Native & Healing |
| Desert Hyacinth | Dichelostemma | Cultivated |
| Desert Hyacinth | Triteleia palmeri | Native |
| Desert Ironwood | Olneya tesota | Native |
| Desert Lantana | Lantana horrida; Lantana camara | Cultivated |
| Desert Lavender | Hyptis emoryi | Native & Healing |
| Desert Marigold | Baileya pleniradiata | Native |
| Desert Mariposa Lily | Colochortus kennedyi | Native |
| Desert Milkweed | Esclepias subulata | Native & Healing |
| Desert Museum | Cercidium hybrid | Xeriscape |
| Desert Pincushion | Chaenactis stevioides | Native |
| Desert Plaintain , Indian Wheat | Plantago insularis | Native |
| Desert Spoon, Sotol | Dasylirion wheeleri | Xeriscape |
| Desert Star | Monoptilon belloides | Native |
| Desert Sunflower | Geraea canescens | Native |
| Desert Unicorn, Martynia | Proboscidea altheaefolia | Native |
| Desert Willow | Chilopsis linearia | Native & Healing |
| Desert Zinnia | Zinnia acerosa | Cultivated |
| Dill | Anethhum graveolens | Rotunda |
| Dune Evening Primrose | Oenothera deltoides | Native |
| Dwarf Myrtle | Myrtle communis |
| Eastern Redbud "Oklahoma" | Cercis canadensis "oklahoma" | Cultivated |
| Elephant Garlic | Alium scorodoprasum | |
| Elephant Tree | Bursera microphylla | Native & Healing |
| Emory's Rockdaisy | Perityle emoryi | Native |
| Emu Bush | Eremophila "valentine" | Xeriscape |
| Engelmann's Prickly Pear | Opuntia engelmannii | Native |
| Epazote, Mexican Tea | Chenopodium ambrosiodes | Healing |
| Ephedra, Mormon Tea | Ephedra species | Native |
| Evening Primrose | Oenothera primiveris | Healing |
| Fairchild Tangerine | Citrus reticulata "fairchild" | Trop/Water Garden |
| Fairy Duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Cultivated & Native & Healing |
| Fanleaf Crinklemat | Tiquilia plicata | Native |
| Feather Bush | Lysiloma microphylla thornberi | Children's |
| Eernleaf Acacia | Acacia pennatula | Xeriscape |
| Feathery Cassia | Cassia artemisioides | Children's |
| Fennel | Foeniculum vulgare | Healing |
| Fenugreek | Trigonella foenum-graecum | Healing, Rotunda |
| Fishhook Barrel Cactus | Ferocactus wislezenii | Healing |
| Foothills Palo Verde | Cercidium microphyllum | Healing |
| Fortnight Lily | Dietes vegeta | Children's |
| Frangipani Tree | Plumeria rubra acutifolia | Trop/Water |
| Fragrant Elephant Tree | Bursera fagaroides | Cultivated |
| Fraser Photinia | Photinia fraseri | Children's |
| Garlic | Allium sativum | Healing |
| Geranium, Pelargronium | Pelargronium XHortum | Gazebo & Screenhouse |
| Ghost Gum , Wand Flower | Eucalyptus papuana | Cultivated |
| Giant Hesperaloe | Hesperaloe funifera | Cultivated |
| Globe Mallow, Desert Mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Native & Healing |
| Golden Barrel Cactus | Echinocactus grusonii | Xeriscape |
| Grape, Red Flame | Vitis "red flame" | Cultivated |
| Grape, Thompson Seedless | Vitis "thompson seedless" | Cultivated |
| Grapefruit | Citrus spp | Trop/Water |
| Green Brittle Bush | Encelia frutescens | Healing |
| Green Desert Spoon | Dasylirion acrotriche | Xeriscape |
| Green Santolina | Santolina rosmarinifolia, (virens) | Children's |
| Guajillo | Acacia berlandieri-guajillo | Cultivated |
| Guava 'Pink' | Guava tropicana | Trop/Water |
| Guyacan | Guaiacum angustifolium | Healing |
| Hall's Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica 'Halliana' | Children's |
| Harrisson Berry | Berberis harrisoniana | Cultivated |
| Hedgehog Cactus | Echenocereus engelmanii | Native & Healing |
| Heliotrope Phacelia | Phacelia crenulata | Native |
| Honey Mesquite | Prosopis juliflora glandulosa | Native |
| Hopseed Bush | Dodonaena viscosa | Children's |
| Horsetail | Equisitum hyemale | Healing |
| Hummingbird Trumpet Bush | Zauschneria californica | Cultivated |
| Incense Cedar | Calocedrus decurrens | Cultivated |
| Indian Rosewood | Dalbergia sissoo | Children's |
| Indigo Bush | Psorothamnus schotti | Healing |
| Ironwood | Olneya tesota | Healing |
| Jacaranda Tree | Jacaranda mimisofolia |
Trop/Water |
| Japanese Boxwood | Buxus microphylla japonica | Cultivated |
| Jasmine, Arabian, | Jasminum"sambac" | Trop/Water |
| Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Healing |
| Lantana, "New Gold" | Lantana camara "new gold" | Xeriscape |
| Lantana, Trailing | Lantana montevidensis | Trop/Water |
| Lavender | Lavandula spp | Healing |
| Lavender Cotton | Santolina chamaecyparissus | Children's |
| Lax Flower | Baileya pauciradiata | Native |
| Lemon | Citrus limonia 'lisbon' | Trop/Water |
| Lemon Thyme | Thymus X citriodorus | Healing |
| Little Leaf Palo Verde , Foothills PV | Circidium microphyllum | Native |
| Lobelia, Annual "Chrystal Palace" | Erinus "chrystal palace" | Cultivated |
| Luffa Sponge Gourd | Luffa Cylindrica | Healing |
| Madagascan Ocotillo | Alluaudia procera | Cultivated |
| Mango 'Manila' | Mangifera indica 'manila' | Trop/Water |
| Marjaram, Wild | Origanum vulgare | Healing |
| Mexican Bird of Paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Cultivated |
| Medeterranian Fan Palm | Chamaerops humilis | Cultivated |
| Mexican Evening Primrose | Oenothera berlandieri | Children's & Xeriscape |
| Mexican Blue Palm | Brahea armata | Trop/Water |
| Mexican Fan Palm | Wasingtonia robusta | Trop/Water |
| Mexican Grass Tree | Dasylirion longissima | Cultivated |
| Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Cultivated |
| Mexican Petunia, Chi Chi | Ruellia brittoniana 'chi chi' | Trop/Water |
| Mexican Grass Tree | Dasylirion quadrangulatum | Children's |
| Mexican Tree Ocotillo | Fouquieria macdougalii | Xeriscape |
| Mint | Mentha | Healing |
| Monks Pepper | Vitex agnus-castus | Cultivated |
| Moringa Tree | Moringa olifera | Healing |
| Morman Tea | Ephedra viridis | Healing |
| Mother of Thyme | Thymus serpyllum | Healing |
| Narrow Leaf Yucca | Yucca glauca | Cultivated |
| Night Blooming Cereus | Peniocereus greggii | Native |
| Night Blooming Hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Cultivated |
| Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Native & Healing |
| Old Man Cactus , Bearded Cactus | Cephalocereus senilis | Xeriscape |
| Old Man's Beard | Clematis drummondii | Healing |
| Oraganillo | Aloysia wrightii | Healing |
| Orange Sneezeweed | Helenium hoopesii | Healing |
| Oranges | Citrus sinensis | Trop/Water |
| Oregano | Origanum vulgare | Healing |
| Organpipe Cactus | Stenocereus thurberi | Xeriscape |
| Owl's Clover | Castilleja exserta; Orthocarpus purpurascens | Cultivated |
| Pale Face | Hibiscus denudatus | Native |
| Palm, Blue | Brahea armata | Trop/Water |
| Palm, Mediteranean | Chamaerops humilis | Trop/Water |
| Palm, Medjool Date | Phoenix dactylifera | Trop/Water |
| Palm, Mexica Blue | Brahea amata | Trop/Water |
| Palm, Pygmy | Phoenix roebelenii | Trop/Water |
| Palm, Queen | Arecastrum romanzoffianum | Trop/Water |
| Palm, Sago | Cycas revoluta | Trop/Water |
| Palmers Bajalily | Triteleia palmeri | Native |
| Palo Blanco , White Bark Acacia | Acacia willardiana | Cultivated |
| Palo Brea | Cercidiuim leucantha | Healing |
| Parry's Penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Cultivated |
| Passion Flower | Passiflora foetida | Cultivated |
| Pencil Cholla | Cylindropuntia leptocaulis; Opuntia leptocaulis | Native |
| Pennyroyal | Mentha pulegium | Rotunda |
| Peppermint | Mentha x piperita | Healing |
| Pepper Weed | Lepidium spp | Native Garden |
| Phantom Tree | Moringa ovalifolia | Healing |
| Pink Gaura | Gaura lindheimeri | Cultivated |
| Pink Mulhy; Regal Mist | Mulhenbergia capillaris | Cultivated |
| Plumeria | Plumeria rubra acutifolia | Trop/Water |
| Prarie Zinna ; Rocky Mountain Zinnia | Zinnia grandiflora | Cultivated |
| Prickly Pear, Engelmann | Opuntia engelmanii | Native |
| Pygmy Date Palm | Phoenix roebelenii | Cultivated |
| Queen's Ceape Myrtle "Peppermint Lace" | Lagerstroemia indica | Cultivated |
| Queen Palm | Syagrus romanzoffianum | Trop/Water |
| Red Bird of Paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Children's |
| Red Chihuahuan Sage | Salvia greggii | Cultivated |
| Red Yucca | Hesperaloe parviflora | Cultivated |
| Regal Mist | Muhlenbergeria | Cultivated |
| Rose "Angelface"; Floribunda | Rosa floribunda "angelface" | Trop/Water |
| Rose "Blue Girl" | Rosa 'blue Girl' | Cultivated |
| Rose "Brandy" | Rosa, "brandy" | Cultivated |
| Rose "Gemini" | Rosa "gemini" | Cultivated |
| Rose "Gene Boerner" | Rosa "gene boerner | Cultivated |
| Rose "Gold Medal" | Rosa "gold medal" | Cultivated |
| Rose "Henry Fonda" | Rosa "henry fonda" | Cultivated |
| Rose "Iceberg"; Floribunda | Rosa floribunda "iceberg" | Trop/Water |
| Rose "Medallion" | Rosa "medallion" | Cultivated |
| Rose "Mr. Lincoln" | Rosa "mr. lincoln" | Cultivated |
| Rose "Oklahoma" | Rosa "oklahoma" | Cultivated |
| Rose "Olympiad" | Rosa "olympiad" | Cultivated |
| Rose "Queen Elizabeth" | Rosa "queen elizabeth" | Cultivated |
| Rose "Tournament of Roses" | Rosa "tournament of roses" | Cultivated |
| Rose "White Lightnin" | Rosa "white lightnin" | Cultivated |
| Rose Mineature Red | Rosa spp. "cherry hi" | Cultivated |
| Rose 'T' Roses | Rosa 'T' roses | Cultivated |
| Rose Tree Rose | Tree Roses | |
| Rosemary | Rosemary officinalis |
Children's & Healing |
| Rosemary "Miss Jessop's Upright" | Rosemanus officinalis 'fastigiatus' | Cultivated |
| Roses in Moody Garden | ||
| Rough Stemmed Blazing Star | Mentzelia oreophila; Syn, Mentzelia puberula | Native |
| Royal Poinciana | Delonix regia | Trop/Water |
| Ruellia, Desert Petunia | Ruellia "katie" | Cultivated |
| Saguaro, Giant Cactus | Cereus giganteus | Native |
| Sago Palm | Cycas revoluta | Tropical Water |
| Sand Paper Verbena | Verbena rigida; venosa | |
| Santa Rita Prickly Pear | Opuntia violaecea "santarita" 'tubac' | Xeriscape |
| Screwbean Mesquite | Prosopis pubescens | Native & Healing |
| Senita | Pachycereus schottii | Cultivated |
| Shoestring Acacia | Acacia stenophylla | Children's |
| Sierra Linda | Salvia greggii | Cultivated |
| Silver Leaf Cassia ; Silver Acacia | Cassia phyllodinia | Children's & Xeriscape |
| Silver Thyme | Thymus X citiodorus "argenteus" | Healing |
| Smoke Tree | Psorothamnus spinosa; Dalea spinosa | Native & Healing |
| Smooth Agave | Agave desmettiana | Xeriscape |
| Snail Vine | Vigna caracalla | Children's |
| Snap Dragon | Antirrhinum majus | Trop/Water |
| Spanish Needle | Palafoxia linearis | Native |
| Spearmint | Mentha spicata | Healing |
| Strawberry | Rosa "sequoia" | Cultivated |
| Sweet Alyssum | Lobularia maritima | Trop/Water |
| Teddybear Cholla | Opuntia bigelovii | Native |
| Temple Tree | Plumeria rubra acutifolia | Trop/Water |
| Texas Ebony | Pithecellobium flexicaule | Xeriscape & Healing |
| Texas Guaiacum | Guaiacum angustifolium | Cultivated |
| Texas Mountain Laurel | Sophora Secundiflora | Cultivated Garden |
| Tipu Tree | Tipuana tipu | Trop/Water |
| TombstoneRose ; Lady Banks Rose | Rosa banksiae | Trop/Water |
| Toothless Desert | Dasyliron longissima | Cultivated |
| Trailing Lantana | Lantana montevidensis | Children's |
| Tree Rose "Scentsational" | Rosa "scentsational" | Cultivated |
| Triangle-leaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | |
| Twin Flowered Agave | Agave geminiflora | Xeriscape |
| Twisted Myrtle | Myrtus communis "boetica" | Cultivated |
| Umbrella Plant | Cyperus alternifolius | Children's |
| Valentine | Eremophila "valentine" | Xeriscape |
| Variegated American Agave | Agave americana "mediopicta alba" | Cultivated |
| Wedelia | Wedelia trilobata | Trop/Water |
| Weeping Bottlebrush | Callistemon viminalis | Children's |
| Western Mugwort, White Sage | Artemesia ludoviciana | Healing |
| Western Red Bud | Cercis occidentalis | Cultivated |
| White Brodiaea | Triteleia hyacinthina | Native |
| White Bur Sage, Burrobush | Ambrosia dumosa | Native & Healing |
| White Desert Plumbago | Plumbago scandens | Cultivated |
| Acacia constricta | Healing | |
| Wild Cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Healing |
| Wooley Butterfly Bush | Buddleia marrubifolia | Cultivated |
| Wright's Bee Bush | Aloysia wrightii | Cultivated |
| Yellow Popinac | Leucaena greggii | Cultivated |
| Yellow Orchid Vine | Mascagnia macroptera | Cultivated |
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Location: 2200 W. 28th Street; Yuma AZ. It sits in between the Yuma Co. Public Health Dept. Bldg. & Juvenile Court Services. One block east off Avenue B.
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