Sierra Vista Area Plant List
Botanical Name | Common Name | Size | Water Use | Sun Exposure | Native Plant? | Evergreen? | Remarks |
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Thymus lanuginosus | Woolly Thyme | 2" H 18" W | Moderate | Full sun | No | Yes |
Perennial - Low maintenance variety with tiny, felted, gray leaves - Good for high traffic areas - |
Buddleja marrubiifolia | Wooly Butterfly Bush | 5' H & W | Little to moderate | Full sun | No | Yes |
Shrub - Small, ball shaped, orange flower clusters in spring and summer - Wooly foliage - Prune after bloom |
Aloysia wrightii | Wright's Bee Bush | 5' H & W | Moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | No |
Deciduous Shrub - Blooms spring through fall - Sweet-scented flowers can be used to flavor teas and iced drinks |
Eriogonum wrightii | Wright's Buckwheat | 18" H 24" W | None to little | Full sun | Yes | No |
Perennial - Flammable - Tiny white or pink flowers appear in clusters midsummer through fall |
Anisacanthus quadrifidus wrightii | Wright's Desert Honeysuckle | 3' H - 4' H | Little to moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | No | No |
Deciduous Shrub - For compact shape and prolific bloom, cut back to 1/2 to 1/3 before spring growth - Bright red-orange tubular flowers spring, summer, fall - Attracts hummingbirds - Rabbits love new shoots, so protect. |
Xylosma congestum | Xylosma | 8-10' H & W | Moderate | Full sun, partial shade | No | Yes |
Evergreen or deciduous Tree or Shrub - Single or multi-stemmed - Stems zigzag and branches droop - X. compacta grows slowly to half the size of species |
Tecoma stans | Yellow Bells | 8' H 5' W | Little to moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | No |
Tall shrub - Will die back in winter, but will recover quickly - Bright yellow "bell" flowers summer-fall |
Caesalpinia gilliesii | Yellow Bird of Paradise | 5-10 'H 4' W | None to little | Full sun | No | No |
Deciduous Tree or Shrub - Toxic, pods and seeds are poisonous if ingested - Yellow flowers with red stamens - Naturalized |
Erodium chrysanthum | Yellow Stork's Bill | 5" H 12"W | Moderate | Full sun | No | No |
Perennial - Late spring blooming - Primrose yellow flowers with lacy greeen foliage |
Zexmenia hispida | Zexmenia | 2-3' H & W | Little to moderate | Full sun, Partial shade | No | No |
Perennial - common name "Devil's River" - Yellow daisy-like flowers in fall - freezes back in winter - trim frozen material in late winter |