Plants for the Middle Desert

(PLANTS ON THIS LIST ARE HARDY TO ABOUT 5-10 DEGREES F.)

Acacia aneura...Mulga (marginal)
Acacia berlandieri...Guajillo
Acacia constricta...Whitethorn acacia
Acacia craspedocarpa...Leatherleaf acacia (marginal)
Acacia greggii...Cat claw acacia
Acacia redolens Desert Carpet ™ (marginal)
Acacia rigidula...Blackbrush acacia
Acacia schaffneri...Twisted acacia
Acacia smallii...Sweet acacia
Agave americana...Century plant
Agave colorata
Agave murpheyi
Agave parryi
Agave scabra
Ambrosia deltoidea...Triangleleaf bursage
Ambrosia dumosa...White bursage
Amsonia palmeri
Anisacanthus 'Parras'tm
Anisacanthus quadrifidus v. brevilobus Mountain Flame™
Anisacanthus quadrifidus v. wrightii Mexican Flame ™
Aquilegia chrysantha...Golden columbine
Aristida purpurea...Red three awn
Artemesia ludoviciana...Prairie sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata...Big sagebrush
Atriplex canescens...Four wing saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis...Quailbush
Baccharis hybrid ‘Starn’ Thompson™ (P.P.A.F.)
Baccharis sarothroides (male)...Desert broom
Baileya multiradiata...Desert marigold
Bauhinea congesta...Anacacho orchid tree
Berlandiera lyrata...Chocolate flower
Buddleya marrubifolia...Wooly butterfly bush
Caesalpinia gilliesii...Yellow bird of paradise
Caesalpinia mexicana...Evergreen bird of paradise (marginal)
Calliandra californica...Red fairy duster (marginal)
Calliandra eriophylla...Pink fairy duster
Cassia artemisioides...Feathery cassia (marginal)
Cassia nemophila...Green cassia
Cassia phyllodinea...Silvery cassia (marginal)
Cassia wislizenii...Shrubby senna
Celtis pallida...Desert hackberry
Celtis reticulata...Canyon hackberry
Cercidium floridum...Blue palo verde (marginal)
Cercidium microphyllum...Foothill palo verde (marginal)
Cercidium spp. 'Desert Museum' (marginal)
Cercis canadensis v. texensis...Redbud
Cercocarpus montanus...Mountain mahogany
Chilopsis linearis...Desert willow
Chilopsis linearis Lucretia Hamilton™
Chrysactinia mexicana...Damianita
Chrysothamnus nauseosus...Rabbitbrush
Convolvulus cneorum...Bush morning glory
Cordia parvifolia...Little leaf cordia
Cowania mexicana...Cliff rose
Dalea bicolor var. bicolor Monterrey Blue™
Dalea capitata Sierra Gold™
Dalea dorycnioides Cerro Azul™
Dalea frutescens Sierra Negra™
Dalea greggii...Trailing indigo bush
Dalea lutea Sierra Moonrise™
Dalea pulchra...Indigo bush
Dalea versicolor var. sessilis Mountain Delight™
Dasylirion acrotriche...Green desert spoon
Dasylirion wheeleri...Desert spoon
Drosanthemum speciosum...Iceplant (marginal)
Dyssodia acerosa...Shrubby dogweed
Dyssodia pentachaeta...Golden dyssodia
Encelia farinosa...Brittle bush (marginal)
Ephedra spp....Mormon tea
Ericameria laricifolia...Turpentine bush
Ericameria laricifolia Aguirre™
Eriogonum fasciculatum...Flattop buckwheat
Eriogonum wrightii...Wright's buckwheat
Eupatorium greggii Boothill™
Euphorbia biglandulosa...Gopher plant
Fallugia paradoxa...Apache plume
Fraxinus greggii...Little leaf ash
Gaura lindheimeri
Gazania rigens 'Sungold' (marginal)
Hamelia patens...Texas firecracker bush (marginal)
Hesperaloe funifera...Giant hesperaloe
Hesperaloe parviflora...Yellow yucca, Red yucca
Hesperaloe spp....Bell flower hesperaloe
Hymenoxys acaulis...Angelita daisy
Keckiella antirrihoides
Lantana spp. (marginal)
Lantana 'New Gold' (marginal, but best of the lantanas)
Larrea tridentata...Creosote bush
Leucaena retusa...Golden leadball
Leucophyllum candidum Silver Cloud™
Leucophyllum candidum Thunder Cloud™
Leucophyllum frutescens...Texas sage
Leucophyllum frutescens 'Compacta'
Leucophyllum frutescens Green Cloud™
Leucophyllum frutescens Rain Cloud™
Leucophyllum frutescens White Cloud™
Leucophyllum laevigatum...Chihuahuan sage
Leucophyllum langmaniae Rio Bravo™
Leucophyllum pruinosum Sierra Bouquet™
Leucophyllum revolutum Houdini™
Leucophyllum revolutum Sierra Magic Mix™
Leucophyllum zygophyllum Cimarron™
Melampodium leucanthum...Blackfoot daisy
Mirabilis multiflora...Colorado Four O'clock
Muhlenbergia capillaris Regal Mist™
Muhlenbergia dumosa...Bamboo muhley
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Autumn Glow™
Muhlenbergia rigens...Deer grass
Muhlenbergia rigida Nashville™
Nolina bigelovii
Nolina matapensis
Nolina microcarpa...Beargrass
Oenothera berlandieri...Mexican evening primrose
Oenothera caespitosa...White evening primrose
Oenothera stubbii...Baja primrose
Opuntia santa-rita Tubac™
Penstemon spp.
Pistachia chinensis...Chinese pistachio
Pithecellobium mexicana...Mexican ebony
Platanus wrightii...Arizona sycamore
Prosopis chilensis (marginal)
Prosopis glandulosa 'torreyana'...Texas honey mesquite
Prosopis juliflora...Arizona native mesquite
Prosopis pubescens...Screwbean mesquite
Psilostrophe cooperi...Paper flower
Psilostrophe tagetina...Paper flower
Quercus buckleyi (texana)...Texas red oak
Quercus engelmanii...Mesa oak
Quercus fusiformis...Escarpment live oak
Quercus gambelii...Gambel oak
Quercus lobata...California white oak
Quercus muhlenbergii...Chinquapin oak
Rhus lanceolata...Flame leaf sumac
Rhus microphylla...Littleleaf sumac
Rhus trilobata...Three leaf sumac
Ribes aureum...Golden currant
Rosmarinus officinalis...Trailing rosemary
Salvia chamaedryoides...Mexican blue sage
Salvia clevelandii...Chaparral sage
Salvia dorii var. dorii...Desert sage
Salvia greggii...Autumn sage
Salvia greggii Sierra Linda™
Salvia leucantha...Mexican sage (marginal)
Sambucus mexicana...Mexican elderberry
Santolina virens...Green santolina
Simmondsia chinensis...Jojoba
Sophora secundiflora...Texas mountain laurel
Sphaeralcea ambigua...Globe mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua Louis Hamilton™
Tecoma spp. 'Orange Jubilee'(marginal)
Tecoma stans...Arizona yellow bell (marginal)
Teucrium chamaedrys...Prostrate germander
Ungnadia speciosa...Mexican buckeye
Vauquelinia californica...Arizona rosewood
Vauquelinia corymbosa v. heterodon
Verbena gooddingii
Verbena peruviana
Verbena pulchella
Verbena rigida
Viguiera deltoidea...Goldeneye
Vitex agnus-castus...Monk's pepper tree
Yucca spp.
Zephyranthes candida...White rain lily
Zephyranthes grandiflora...Pink rain lily
Zephyranthes sulphurea...Yellow rain lily
Zinnia acerosa...Desert zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora...Prairie zinnia