Sierra Vista Area Plant List
Botanical Name | Common Name | Size | Water Use | Sun Exposure | Native Plant? | Evergreen? | Remarks |
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Condalia lycioides, mexicana, spathulata | Crucillo | 8-' H - 10' W | Little | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Shrub - Impenetrable security barrier - Slow growing |
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 |
Celtis pallida | Desert Hackberry | 10' H & W | Little to moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | No |
Deciduous Tree or Shrub - Flame resistant - Good choice for screen barrier or erosion control or near buildings |
Baileya multiradiata | Desert Marigold | 1.5' H & 1' W | Little | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Annual or Perennial - Flame resistant - Short-lived, but freely reseeds |
Phlox tenuifolia | Desert Phlox | 2' H & W | Moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | No |
Perennial - Mounded white flowers |
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 |
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 |
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. |
Oenothera spp. | Evening Primrose | See remarks | Little to moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | No |
Perennial - Flame resistant - Open during day - Stems die back in winter All except Oenothera elata hookeri OK for our area - Sizes variable, check with nursery |
Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac | 12' H & W | Little to moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | Yes |
Shrub - Use as informal hedge or as background for other plants - Good choice for understory beneath tall Trees |
Calliandra eriophylla | Fairy Duster | 1-3' H - 4' W | None to little | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | No |
Deciduous Shrub or Groundcover - Flame resistant - No irrigation needed, but blooms will last longer with some summer water |