Winter Color Archives - Arizona Living Landscape & Design https://landscapearizona.com/blog/category/arizona-desert-plants/winter-color-arizona-desert-plants/ 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 Penstemon https://landscapearizona.com/blog/firecracker-penstemon/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 18:26:20 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=3282 Firecracker Penstemon – Penstemon eatonii The Firecracker Penstemon is a great plant in our Arizona desert for winter color.  It has dark green foliage with deep red/orange flowers that bloom late winter to spring.  This plant attracts hummingbirds and other birds.  It is an evergreen plant that has low litter and is great poolside.  It ... Read More about Firecracker Penstemon

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]]> Yellow Dot Wedelia Trilobata https://landscapearizona.com/blog/yellow-dot-wedelia-trilobata/ Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:51:56 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=3255 Yellow Dot Wedelia Trilobata Plant Yellow Dot is a fast growing trailing evergreen ground cover.  It loves full sun and has waxy looking green leaves with little yellow daisy like flowers.  The Yellow Dot plant can be slightly frost sensitive but it usually only affects the top part of the busy.  You can remove the ... Read More about Yellow Dot Wedelia Trilobata

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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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]]> Cascalote Tree https://landscapearizona.com/blog/cascalote-tree/ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:17:01 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=1289 Cascalote Tree The Cascalote Tree is a great xeriscape plant.   – aka Caesalpinia cacalaco, Synonym:Russellodendron cacalaco, Coulteria mexicana, Poinciana horrida Fabaceae. The Cascalote tree produces large spikes of light yellow flowers in most of winter and attractive copper-colored pods.  It is native to Mexico and does very well in the Arizona desert.   The Cascalote ... Read More about Cascalote Tree

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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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]]> Mexican Bird of Paradise https://landscapearizona.com/blog/mexican-bird-of-paradise/ Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:27:11 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=1158 Caesalpinia mexicana – Mexican Bird of Paradise The Mexican Bird of Paradise, is a lush, desert plant with yellow flower spikes.  The leaves are dark green rounded leaflets, which contrast with the bright yellow flower spikes that appear on the branch tips during the warm season.  The Mexican bird is a fast grower and can ... Read More about Mexican Bird of Paradise

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