Desert Garden - Page 2 of 6
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Plant GuideSpiral aloe
Aloe polyphyllaThe spine-tipped leaves of this aloe grow in a beautiful spiral; mature plants have five rows of leaves growing either clockwise or counterclockwise.
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Plant GuideCandelilla
Euphorbia antisyphiliticaCandelilla forms an upright clump of slender, waxy gray-green stems.
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Plant GuideMescal
Agave parryiThis plant has a dense rosette of fleshy blue-gray leaves and produces tall, cream-colored flowers tinged with red or pink in summer.
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Plant Guide
Hardy hummingbird trumpet
Zauschneria arizonicaThis heat-loving native Southwestern species has gray-green leaves and grows to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide.
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Plant GuideAmerican aloe
Agave americanaThis plant has a rosette of broad sword-like, succulent, gray-green leaves.
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Plant GuideBlue beargrass tree
Nolina nelsoniiThis yucca-like Mexican plant has bold bluish leaves to 3 feet long that have tiny serrations on the edges.
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Plant GuideSoapweed
Yucca glaucaThis clumping evergreen shrub with narrow leaves produces a startling, 3- to 4-foot-tall flower stalk.
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Plant GuideRed yucca
Hesperaloe parvifloraA clump-forming succulent, red yucca has arching, leathery, linear foliage rising to between 2 and 3 feet tall.
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Plant GuidePrairie zinnia
Zinnia grandifloraThis native perennial wildflower of the American Southwest bears a profusion of bright yellow to golden yellow flowers atop 4-inch high plants that spread to 15 inches wide.
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