Sierra Vista Area Plant List

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The Sierra Vista Area Plant List, with common name, botanical name, and other plant information
Botanical Name Common Name Size Water Usesort descending Sun Exposure Native Plant? Evergreen? Remarks
Justicia californica Chuparosa 3'H 4'W Little to moderate Full sun, Partial shade No Yes

Semi- or deciduous Shrub - Marginal - May freeze to ground in winter, but will come back quickly in spring
Melampodium leucanthum Blackfoot Daisy 1' H & W Little to moderate Full sun Yes No

Perennial - If straggly, cut back in fall - Grows best in decomposed granite
Baccharis sarothroides Desert Broom 5' H & W Little to moderate Full sun Yes Yes

Shrub - Purchase male plants only, females produce messy cottony seed clusters - Extremely drought tolerant and can take poor soil
Artemisia spp. Artemisia spp. See remarks Little to moderate Full sun Yes Yes

Some Perennials & shrubs - Many species - Inquire at nursery for size, exposure and hardiness
Purshia mexicana Cliffrose 6' H & W Little to moderate Full sun Yes Yes

Shrub - Flammable - Fragrant creamy flowers
Senecio viravira Dusty Miller (Senecio viravira) 4' H & W Little to moderate Full sun, Partial shade No Yes

Shrub - Flame resistant - Fuller in full sun - Tip-pinch young plants to keep them compact
Jacobaea maritima Dusty Miller (Jacobaea maritima) 2' H & W Little to moderate Full sun No Yes

Shrub - Flame resistant - Gets legggy unless sheared occasionally - Has heads of yellow or creamy yellow flowers
Centaurea cineraria, Senecio spp. Dusty Miller See remarks Little to moderate Full sun No Yes

Annual, Perennial or Biennial - Common name given to many plants with lovely gray foliage - Height & width varies
Funastrum cynanchoides Climbing Milkweed 10' long Little to moderate Full sun, Partial shade Yes No

Deciduous Vine - Starlike white flowers bloom May to September
Baccharis `starn' Baccharis 'Starn' 3-4' H 4-5' W Little to moderate Full sun No Yes

Shrub - Tolerates desert heat & resists root rot - The male cultivar does not produce seed clusters
Sporobulos wrightii Big Sacaton 4-5'H & W Little to moderate Full sun Yes No

Warm season grass - Arching blue-green leaves form a clump 3-4' high and wide. Feathery golden yellow seedheads nearly double the plants height in late summer to early fall
Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow 15-30'H 10-20'W Little to moderate Full sun Yes No

Deciduous Tree or Shrub - Flame resistant - Flowers spring to fall, producing trumpet-shaped blossoms that attract hummingbirds - Sterile varieties not messy - Usually multi-trunked - Thin growth to enhance picturesque shape
Acacia crassifolia Butterfly-leaf Acacia 10-15'H & W Little to moderate Full sun, Partial shade No Yes

Tree - Leaves butterfly-winged shaped
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste Tree 25' H&W Little to moderate Full sun No No

Deciduous Tree or Shrub - Leaves aromatic - Blooms summer to fall - Available with white, blue or pink flowers
Hyptis emoryi Desert Lavender 3-10'H - 3-8'W Little to moderate Full sun No Yes

Shrub - Marginal - Erect or spreading Shrub - May die to roots in winter - Plants give off pleasant lavender fragrance following rains or when brushed against

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