Sierra Vista Area Plant List
| Botanical Name | Common Name | Size | Water Use | Sun Exposure |
Native Plant? |
Evergreen? | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yucca glauca | Plain Soapweed | 3-4' H & W | None to little | Full sun | No | Yes |
Succulent - In the summer green-white flowers are borne on narrow spikes 4' above foliage |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Poppy Mallow | 5" H 24-30"W | Little to moderate | Full sun | No | No |
Perennial - Wine-red flowers with a white eye all summer - Good cascader |
| Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Sky' | Prairie Sky | 4 - 5'H 2'W | Moderate | Full sun | No | No |
Warm season grass - Tight growing upright columns of sky blue foliage |
| Stanleya pinnata | Prince's Plume | 36"H 18"W | Little | Full sun | No | No |
Perennial - Clear yellow flowers - Cut off entire flower spike after blooming to fill out the plant |
| Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' | Purple Fountain Grass | 5' H & W | Little | Full sun, Partial shade | No | No |
Warm season grass - This attractive pennisetum variety usually does not self-sow - The green variety is invasive |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | 18" H & W | Little to moderate | Full sun | No | No |
Marginal - Heavy summer bloomer |
| Atriplex lentiformis | Quail Bush | 3-10'H 6-12'W | None to little | Full sun | No | No |
Deciduous Shrub - Flame resistant - Cut back by one third before spring growth - Useful as a salt-tolerant informal hedge or windbreak |
| Salvia hybrid | Raspberry Delight | 3' H & W | Moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | No | Yes |
Shrub - Flame resistant - Deep green foliage has an herbal fragrance when crushed - Attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies |
| Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Red Bird of Paradise | 2-4' H & W | None to little | Full sun | No | No |
Deciduous Shrub - Marginal - Dies to ground in winter - Prune before spring growth - Red flowers |
| Kniphofia uvaria | Red Hot Poker | 3' H & W | Moderate | Full sun | No | No |
Perennial - Marginal - Easy to grow - Grasslike foliage - Red & yellow spikes in summer |
| Achillea serbica | Serbian Yarrow | 4" H 15" W | Moderate | Full sun | No | Yes |
Perennial - Flame resistant - Slow-growing mats of leaves covered with numerous white flowers |
| Helianthus maximiliana | Sante Fe Helianthus | 6-8' H 4' W | Moderate | Full sun | No | No |
Annual or Perennial - Fall bloomer has large golden-yellow flowers - Grows in any soil |
| Santolina spp. | Santolina | See remarks | Little | Full sun | No | Yes |
Shrub - Flame resistant - Size varies by species - Cut back yearly before spring growth - In harsh winters some plants may die to the ground, but will should back |
| Salvia microphylla | Scarlet Sage | 4' H & 3' W | Moderate | Full sun | No | Yes |
Shrub - Usually 3-4'H 3-6'W - Available in various colors |
| Artemisia filifolia | Sand Sagebrush | 4' H 5' W | None to little | Full sun | No | No |
Perennial - Toxic, noticed primarily by people who suffer from allergies - From spring through fall, yellowish white flowers bloom - Many-branched shrub |