Shrubs Archives - Arizona Living Landscape & Design https://landscapearizona.com/blog/category/arizona-desert-plants/shrubs/ Arizona's #1 Landscape Designer Contractor Tue, 27 May 2025 14:59:44 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Firecracker Bush – Hamelia Patens https://landscapearizona.com/blog/firecracker-bush/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 18:11:24 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=3280 Firecracker Bush –Hamelia patens The Firecracker bush has brilliant red/orange flowers that attract hummingbirds.  It is a semi-evergreen bush, medium growing bush with summer blooms .   It does well in full sun or partial shade.  It grows 4′ x 4′.  Low litter, no thorns, and hardy to 25 degrees.

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]]> Angelita Daisy – Hymenoxys Acaulis https://landscapearizona.com/blog/angelita-daisy-hymenoxys-acaulis/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:57:39 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=2306 Angelita Daisy Hymenoxys Acaulis The Angelita Daisy is a medium growing clumping evergreen. It loves full sun and is drought resistant.  It blooms spring to fall and sometimes all through our mild winters.  Angelita daisy will  spread to 18″ wide and 12″ high. It is also frost resistant. The Angelita Daisy has a clump of ... Read More about Angelita Daisy – Hymenoxys Acaulis

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]]> Dwarf Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis Little John https://landscapearizona.com/blog/dwarf-bottlebrush-callistemon-viminalis-little-john/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:41:16 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=2297 Dwarf Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis ‘Little John’ The Little John Bottle Brush bush is a great choice for Arizona desert gardening.  This little plant looks amazing in the winter/spring.  It does great in full sun to partial shade.  It has little bottle brush shaped flowers that bloom repeatedly all over the bush. Once established, the Little ... Read More about Dwarf Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis Little John

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]]> Hearts and Flowers -Aptenia Cordifolia https://landscapearizona.com/blog/hearts-flowers-aptenia-cordifolia/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:55:42 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=2284 Hearts and Flowers – Aptenia Cordifolia   Hearts and Flowers is a fast growing spreading perennial ground cover.  This plant likes sun but does better if partial afternoon shade.  Hearts and Flowers is a great plant to add color to your yard and also does well draping out of a pot. It spreads up to ... Read More about Hearts and Flowers -Aptenia Cordifolia

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]]> Yellow Ice Plant Malephora Luteola https://landscapearizona.com/blog/yellow-ice-plant-malephora-luteola/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:36:02 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=2274 Yellow Ice Plant  – Malephora Luteola The Yellow Ice Plant is a hearty, fast-growing trailing succulent.  It loves full sun in Arizona and is a great choice for color on a mound, draping over a pot, or any location in a desert or tropical landscape design. The Yellow Ice Plant is a very drought resistant ... Read More about Yellow Ice Plant Malephora Luteola

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]]> Damianita Chrysactinia Mexicana Shrub https://landscapearizona.com/blog/damianita-chrysactinia-mexicana-shrub/ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:16:35 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=1639 Damianita Chrysactinia Mexicana Shrub Plant The Damianita or Crysactinia Mexicana is a low mounding, flowering, evergreen shrub.  It grows to 12″ tall by 2′ wide and blooms late April through September in Arizona. The Damianita had needle-like, resinous, aromatic leaves and the flowers on daisy-like, yellow about 1″ in diameter and they are also fragrant. ... Read More about Damianita Chrysactinia Mexicana Shrub

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]]> Easter Egg Emu Eremophila Racemosa Plant https://landscapearizona.com/blog/easter-egg-emu-eremophila-racemosa/ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:52:34 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=1628 Easter Egg Emu Plant “Eremophila Racemosa” The Easter Egg Emu is a fast growing evergreen shrub and loves full sun.  It is a very drought resistant, cold and heat hardy plant.  The Easter Egg Emu requires very little maintenance and is a great choice for your Arizona Desert Landscape. The Easter Egg Emu has soft, ... Read More about Easter Egg Emu Eremophila Racemosa Plant

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]]> Valentine Bush https://landscapearizona.com/blog/valentine-bush/ Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:38:35 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=1183 Eremophila Maculata Valentine or Emu Bush. The Valentine bush is an evergreen shrub with lush, green foliage.  It will grow to 4′ high by 5′ wide and produces red tubular flowers from winter to early spring.  The leaves are tinged red in winter.  This is an excellent choice for gardens needing some winter color.  It ... Read More about Valentine Bush

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]]> Red Bird of Paradise https://landscapearizona.com/blog/red-bird-of-paradise/ Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:21:10 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=1177 Caesalpinia pulcherrima – Red Bird of Paradise   This sub-tropical shrub is used extensively in low-elevation zones for its extravagant, showy flowers and its incredible heat tolerance. Red Bird of Paradise is a rounded, open shrub with light green, feathery, compound leaves. The inch-wide flowers have slightly ruffled petals that are a deep orange color ... Read More about Red Bird of Paradise

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]]> Hopseed Bush https://landscapearizona.com/blog/hopseed-bush/ Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:58:48 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=1172 The Hopseed is found throughout Arizona.  It is a slow-growing evergreen shrub that can grow 12 – 15 ft. tall with an equal width. It blooms greenish yellow flowers in spring and fall. The Green Hopseed Bush is an ideal xeriscape plant in Phoenix.   It can be grown as an informal hedge or a patio ... Read More about Hopseed Bush

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