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 Namesort descending Size Water Use Sun Exposure Native Plant? Evergreen? Remarks
Cercidium Desert Museum Desert Museum Palo Verde 20 ' H & W Little to moderate Full sun No No

Deciduous Tree- Hybrid - Clean, thornless and few seedpods and litter - Prune only to enhance form - Don't prune in summer
Forestiera neomexicana Desert Olive 12-18'H 12'W Little to moderate Full sun No No

Deciduous Tree or Shrub - Flame resistant - Fairly fast grower - Can be trained to be a small multi-trunked Tree
Phlox tenuifolia Desert Phlox 2' H & W Moderate Full sun, Partial shade Yes No

Perennial - Mounded white flowers
Salvia dorrii Desert Sage 1-3' H 2-4' W Moderate Full sun No Yes

Shrub - Flame resistant - Good in dry desert garden
Quercus turbinella Desert Scrub Oak 10' H & W Little Full sun Yes Yes

Shrub - Water during dry spells - Can be trained as a small Tree
Dasylirion wheeleri Desert Spoon 3-5' H 4-5' W None to little Full sun, Partial shade Yes Yes

Shrub - Spherical clump - In fall, 9 -15' flower spikes - Prized in dry arrangements
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
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
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
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
Thymophylla spp. Dyssodia (Includes Dogweeds,Dahlberg Daisy and Golden Fleece)) 4"-1'H 4"-1.5'W Moderate Full sun Yes Yes

Perennial, some grown as Annuals - Mounds - Blooms summer to fall - When plants get ragged, pull them out - Can easily be started from seed
Quercus emoryi Emory Oak 50'H 40'W Little Full sun Yes Yes

Semi- Tree - Hollylike leaves - Tolerates a variety of soils - May shed leaves in spring
Opuntia englemannii Engleman's Prickly Pear 4' H 10' W None Full sun Yes Yes

Cactus - Most common prickly pear in Arizona
Eucalyptus spp. Eucalyptus See remarks None to little Full sun No Yes

Tree or Shrub - Flammable - Check with nursery for hardiness and size - Prolonged freezes can kill even large Trees - Susceptible to eucalyptus redgum lerp psyllid
Euphorbia spp. Euphorbia See remarks Little Partial shade Yes Yes

Water requirements, exposure, and size vary by species - Some native - Some deciduous, some evergreen - Annual, perennial or biennual - Toxic, All euphorbias have a milky -white sap that is toxic on contact, including gopher plants and poinsettas - About 2000 species in genus - Only buy plant species that use moderate or less water - Can also be be trees or shrubs.

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