Sierra Vista Area Plant List
Botanical Name | Common Name | Size | Water Use | Sun Exposure | Native Plant? | Evergreen? | Remarks |
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Gutierrezia sarothrae | Snakeweed | 18' H 2' W | None to little | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Shrub - Low-growing Shrub with July to Sept flowers can brighten a desert garden |
Gossypium thurberi | Wild Cotton | 2 - 6' H 3' W | Little to moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | No |
Deciduous Shrub - Flammable - Head back fast growing terminal branches to side buds for a more compact plant |
Gilia spp. | Gilia | See remarks | Little to moderate | Full sun | Yes | No |
Some Annual - Check nursery for sizes - Flowers late spring to early fall |
Gaura lindheimeri | Gaura | 2-4' H 2-3' W | Little to moderate | Full sun | No | No |
Perennial - Flame resistant - Several varieties - Remove seed-bearing spikes to improve appearance - Long bloom period |
Garrya wrightii | Silk Tassel | 8' H 6'W | None to little | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | Yes |
Shrub - Flame resistant - Can be used as an informal hedge - Grown mainly for their pendulous male and female catkins |
Gaillardia spp. | Gaillardia | 2-4' H 1 1/2' W | Little to moderate | Full sun | Yes | No |
Some Annual or Perennial - Flame resistant - Height of the several species vary - Check with nursery |
Funastrum cynanchoides | Climbing Milkweed | 10' long | Little to moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | No |
Deciduous Vine - Starlike white flowers bloom May to September |
Fraxinus velutina 'Rio Grande' | Arizona Ash | 30'H 30-40'W | Moderate | Full sun | Yes | No |
Deciduous Tree - Flame resistant -''Rio Grande', Fan-tex ash is the recommended ash for this area - Thrives in hot, dry climates and alkaline soils - Foliage resistant to wind burn |
Fraxinus greggii | Little-leaf Ash | 25'H 20'W | Little | Full sun | No | Yes |
Semi- Tree - May be multi-trunked - Good size ash for small yards |
Frangula californica | Coffeeberry, Buckthorn | 3-15' H - 8' W | Moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | Yes |
Shrub - No irrigation needed when established - Check with nursery for size & color |
Fouquieria splendens | Ocotillo | 8-15'H 5-10'W | None to little | Full sun | Yes | No |
Deciduous Shrub - Attractive long red flower clusters resemble candles - Does not regularly have leaves |
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 |
Ferocactus wislizenii | Fishhook Barrel Cactus | 10' H 3' W | None | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Cactus - Yellow or yellow-edged flowers in fall - Hooked spines like fishhooks |
Fendlera rupicola | False Mockorange | 4'H & 4'W | Moderate | Full sun | Yes | No |
Deciduous Shrub - Fragrant white flowers bloom in spring |
Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume | 4-6' H 5' W | None | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Shrub - Pruning usually not needed - Seed heads are feathery pink, like an Apache headdrress |