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PLANTS SUITABLE FOR USE OUTSIDE GARDEN WALLS AT CATALINA PUEBLO
Tucson,
Arizona (Suggestive, not prescriptive) A list of plants follows this introduction; read this intro first. The
list below identifies plants that are drought tolerant and suitable to the Catalina Pueblo streetscape outside the walls of
your front patio. It does not pertain to what you plant inside your garden walls. Nor are you restricted solely to plants
on this list. It is an ideas list to help you get started. Our CC&Rs provide
general guidelines: - Use of boulders, rock groundcovers. Any crushed
rock or decomposed granite used as groundcover must resemble native soil and rock both in color and material; no colored rock
or stones shall be used.
- Plant materials. Plant materials in
areas outside of patio walls shall be natural (no plastic or artificial), native or drought-tolerant. Any
grass grown inside patios must be a pollen-free variety. This wording harks back
to 1930s antecedents when the original foothills developer meticulously preserved the foothills thornscrub biome as a natural
garden and selling point for houses carefully integrated with the landscape. Our CC&R wording
allows native plants, and plants from other deserts. But not all deserts have similar climates, and some
foreign plants may not thrive here while others may become invasive. Do your research. Avoid
plants that need irrigation, as they violate the intention of the CC&Rs. Plants are listed
below by their binomial name (botanical Latin). These names are often unfamiliar to readers, but will make
it easier for to research the plant. The binomial name indicates genus followed by species. When searching
online, be sure to bracket the pair of words in a single set of quotation marks in order to find information on the intended
species (e.g.: “Dasylirion longissima” or “Dasylirion wheeleri” to see the difference
between these two species within the single genus of Dasylirion). After
each botanical name, the common or folk names are listed. You’ll see from these that there are all
kinds of recycled and overlapping names that are informally and confusingly applied to unrelated plants. For example, the
folk names for Hesperaloe parviflora are “red yucca” and “red aloe,” but this plant is neither
a yucca nor an aloe. When you’ve
narrowed your choice to a short list of personal interest, jot down both the Latin name and folk name and take it with you
to a nursery to look at actual plants before making any final decisions. The botanical names will be very helpful in conversations
with nursery staff, and will be handy when checking labels on plants offered for sale. The
list below is sorted into basic categories to help you find plants that will grow to the size you want for a specific place.
Click on the names below to jump to a category you’d like to see, or scroll down: Flowers
and wildflowers Sub-shrubs and small shrubs
Bigger shrubs Trees Cacti
Other succulents Vines Grasses
Unsuitable plants Some plants are listed in more than one category. When choosing a plant, be sure to research its ultimate size
and plant it with mature size in mind.
At the end of the idea list, is a list of some plants to
avoid. Some of these are well-suited to the garden inside your walls. You are discouraged from using them outside
your walls for several reasons. Some are out-of-scale or look glaringly out of place along our streets.
Others require permanent irrigation. Some are invasive, or are fire hazards, or will host packrats and snakes, or have noxiously
high pollen counts. If you admire any plants from the discouraged list, do your research and limit it to placement inside
your garden walls, taking care to avoid invasive and fire-hazard plants. Note that a few on the “discouraged”
list are already growing outside garden walls; these specimens are grandfathered. Additional
to the plants listed here, you can learn more at: http://ag.arizona.edu/pima/gardening/aridplants/
http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/josiasjoesler/index.html http://wc.pima.edu/Bfiero/tucsonecology/plants/list_cn.htm http://www.gardeninginsights.com/html/articles/totallyTucson.htm http://www.tucsonbotanical.org/gardening/tree-connections/ http://www.tucsonbotanical.org/desertconnections/page_search.php http://www.desertmuseumdigitallibrary.org/public/species.php?c=plants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_by_common_name_%28Sonoran_Desert%29 http://www.desertmuseum.org/invaders/invaders_buffelgrass.php http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/natresources/az1482.pdf http://wc.pima.edu/Bfiero/tucsonecology/plants/list_cn.htm http://www.gardeninginsights.com/html/articles/totallyTucson.htm A SAMPLE LIST OF PLANTS SUITABLE FOR PLANTING OUTSIDE YOUR GARDEN WALLS:
Flowers & Wildflowers: | Flowers & Wildflowers: |
| | | | Botanical Name | Common (Folk) Name | | Abutilon incanum
| Indian mallow, hoary abutilon, sweet Indian mallow |
| Abutilon parishii | Tucson Indian
mallow | | Abutilon abutiloides
| Shrubby Indian mallow | | Abutilon parishii | Parish's Indian mallow, Pima Indian mallow |
| Anemone tuberosa | Desert windflower,
desert anemone | | Anisacanthus
quadrifidus | Flame anisacanthus |
| Anisacanthus thurberi | Chuparosa,
desert honeysuckle | | Hybrid
Cloak Fern | Hybrid cloak fern | | Baileya multiradiata
| Desert marigold | | Beloperone
californica [syn. Justicia California] | Chuparosa |
| Calylophus hartweggii | Sundrops,
sierra sundrop | | Castilleja
exserta |
Owl’s clover, exserted Indian paintbrush
| | Chrysactinia mexicana
| Damianita daisy | | Crossosoma
bigelovii |
Bigelow ragged rock flower |
| Crossosoma californicum | California
rock flower | | Datura wrightii
|
Sacred datura | | Dichelostemma pulchellum | Small-flowered
covena, bluedick, wild hyacynth | | Dicliptera
resupinata | Dicliptera |
| Dyssodia pentachaeta | Dogweed,
golden dyssodia | | Encelia
farinosa |
Brittle bush | | Ericameria laricifolia | Turpentine
bush | | Eschscholzia mexicana
| Mexican gold poppy | | Glandularia
gooddingii | Goodding verbena |
| Hedeoma nanum | Dwarf false
pennyroyal | | Justicia candicans
| Red justicia, firecracker plant | | Justicia californica [syn. Beloperone californica] | Chuparosa, beloperone, hummingbird bush | | Justicia
spicigera |
Mexican honeysuckle | | Lupinus succulentus | Canyon
lupine | | Lupinus arizonicus
| Arizona lupine | | Menodora
scabra |
Yellow menodora | | Mimulus guttatus | Seep-spring
monkey flower | | Mirabilis
multiflora |
Colorado four o’clock |
| Notholaena standleyi | Star
cloak fern | | Oenothera berlandieri
| Mexican evening primrose | | Oenothera stubbei | Satillo primrose, baja primrose,
Chihuahuan evening primrose | | Oenothera
caespitosa |
White primrose | | Pellaea truncate | Spiny cliff
brake fern | | Penstemon dasyphyllus
| Cochise or beardtongue penstemon | | Penstemon parryi | Parry’s
penstemon | | Penstemon pseudospectabalis
| Canyon or desert penstemon | | Penstemon thurberi | Desert surprise penstemon
| | Penstemon eatonii |
Firecracker penstemon | | Phacelia campanularia | Desert bluebell |
| Phyla nodiflora |
Frogfruit | | Psilostrophe
cooperi |
Paperflower, cooper paper flower |
| Ruellia brittoniana | Common
ruellia, Mexican barrio ruellia, desert petunia | | Ruellia
nudiflora |
Violet wild petunia, violet Ruellia |
| Senecio parryi |
Parry’s groundsel, mountain ragwort | | Salvia chamaedryoides | Blue
Mexican sage | | Salvia leucantha
|
Mexican bush sage | | Salvia clevelandii | Cleveland
sage | | Salvia columbariae
| Desert chia | | Salvia
greggii |
Autumn sage | | Salvia hispanica | Chia
| | Salvia lemmonii Lemmon’s sage
| Lemmon’s sage | | Senecio cineraria | Dusty miller |
| Senecio lemmoni |
Lemmon’s butterweed, Lemmon’s groundwort, Lemmon’s groundsel
| | Senecio longilobus
| Threadeaf groundsel | | Senecio salignus | Willowleaf groundsel
| | Sphaeralcea ambigua
| Globe mallow | | Tagetes
lemmonii |
Mount Lemmon marigold |
| Trixis californica | Trixis
| | Verbena gooddingii [syn. Glandularia
gooddingii] | Goodding’s verbina |
| Verbena tenuisecta [syn. Verbena
pulchella] | Moss verbena |
| Viguiera deltoidea parishii | Desert
sunflower, desert goldeneye, Parish’s sunflower | | Viguiera
tomentosa [syn. Bahiopsis tomentosa] | Goldeneye, tecote | | Zauschneria
latifolia |
Hummingbird trumpet | | Zauschneria californica | California
fuschia | | Zinnia acerosa |
Desert zinnia | Subshrubs and small Shrubs: | Subshrubs and small Shrubs:
| | | | | Botanical Name | Common (Folk) Name | | Acacia redolens | Prostrate acacia, ground cover acacia
| | Ambrosia deltoidea
| Triangleleaf bursage | | Ambrosia dumosa | Burrobush, burro-weed, white bursage
| | Anisacanthus quadrifidus
| Flame anisacanthus | | Anisacanthus
thurberi |
Chuparosa, desert honeysuckle |
| Artemisia californica | California
sagebrush | | Artemisia filifolia
| Sand sagebrush | | Artemisia
ludoviciana | Western mugwort |
| Artemisia tridentate | Big
sagebrush | | Asclepias linaria |
Pineleaf milkweed | | Asclepias
sublata |
Desert milkweed | | Astrolepis cochisensis | Cochise
scaley astrolepis fern | | Astrolepis
x integerrima | Hybrid cloak fern |
| Astrolepis sinuate | Wavy
astrolepis fern | | Astrolepis
standleyi |
Standley astrolepis fern |
| Beloperone californica [syn. Justicia California] | Chuparosa | | Bebbia
juncea |
Bebbia | | Calliandra eriophylla | Native
pink fairy duster, mock mesquite, false mesquite | | Calliandra
californica | Baja fairy duster, red fairy duster
| | Calliandra conferta
| Rio Grande stickpea | | Carlowrightia arizonica | Arizona wrightwort, Arizona carlowrightia
| | Dalea greggii |
Trailing indigo bush, prostrate indigo bush | | Dasylirion acrotriche | Green
desert spoon | | Dasylirion
longissima | Toothless desert spoon |
| Dasylirion wheeleri
| Desert spoon, sotol | | Dicliptera resupinata | Dicliptera |
| Encelia farinosa | Brittle bush
| | Ericameria laricifolia
| Turpentine bush | | Garrya
wrightii | Wright silktassel | | Gaura
lindheimeri | Whirling butterflies, white or pink gaura
| | Gazania rigens |
Gazania | | Fallugia
paradoxa |
Apache plume | | Fendlera rupicola [syn. Fendlera tomentella Thornber] | Cliff fendler bush, mock orange | | Gutierrezia
californica | Snakeweed, matchweed |
| Haplopappus laricifolia | Turpentine
bush | | Hesperaloe parviflora
| Red yucca, red aloe | | Hibiscus cardiophyllus | Heartleaf hibiscus |
| Hibiscus denudatus
| Paleface hibiscus; rock hibiscus | | Hibiscus coulteri | Desert
rose mallow | | Janusia
gracilis |
Janusia, slender janusia |
| Jatropha cardiophylla | Limber
bush, heart leaf limber bush | | Justicia
candicans |
Red justicia, firecracker plant |
| Justicia californica | Chuparosa,
beloperone, hummingbird bush | | Justicia
spicigera |
Mexican honeysuckle | | Krameria grayi | White rhatany,
crimson beak, cosahui | | Marah
gilensis |
Big root, Gila manroot |
| Nolina bigelovii | Bear grass
| | Nolina microcarpa |
Bear grass | | Osteospermum
fruticosum | Perennial african daisy |
| Pellaea truncate |
Spiny cliff brake fern | | Salvia leucantha | Mexican bush sage |
| Salvia clevelandii
| Cleveland sage | | Salvia
greggii |
Autumn sage | | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Globe
mallow | | Tagetes lemmonii |
Mount Lemmon marigold | | Tiquilia canescens | Shrubby tiquilia, woody crinklemat,
shrubby coldenia, gray coldenia | | Tumamoca
macdougalii | Tumamoc globeberry |
| Zauschneria latifolia | Hummingbird
trumpet | | Zauschneria californica
| California fuschia | | Ziziphus
obtusifolia, canescens | Greythorn, white crucillo, lotebush
| Medium to Big Shrubs:
|
Medium
to Big Shrubs: | | Botanical Name
| Common (Folk) Name
| | | | | Agave
americana |
Mague, century plant | | Agave Americana var. Marginata |
| | Agave Americana var. ‘Medica
picta |
| | Agave chrysantha | Golden-flowered
agave | | Agave geminiflora |
Twin-flowered agave | | Agave palmeri | Palmer's agave |
| Agave parryi huachucensis
| Parry’s agave, Ft. Huachuca agave | | Agave schottii | Amole
| | Agave utahensis |
Utah agave century plant | | Agave vilmoriniana | Octopus agave |
| Agave weberii |
Weber’s agave, smooth edge agave | | Aloysia gratissima | Bee
brush, whitebrush | | Aloysia
lyciodes |
Bee bush | | Aloysia wrightii | Wright’s
bee bush | | Arctostaphylos pungena
| Pointleaf manzanita | | Atriplex canescens | Four wing saltbush |
| Atriplex hymenelytra
| Desert holly | | Atriplex
lentiformis | Quail bush |
| Atriplex nummularia | Old
man desert salt bush | | Baccharis
pilularis |
Coyote brush | | Berberis haematocarpa | Red
barberry, desert barberry | | Buddleia
marrubifolia | Desert butterfly bush, wooly butterfly bush
| | Caesalpinia pulcherrima
| Red bird of paradise | | Caesalpinia gilliesii | Yellow bird of paradise
| | Calliandra eriophylla
| Native pink fairy duster, mock mesquite, false mesquite |
| Calliandra californica | Baja
fairy duster, red fairy duster | | Canotia
holacantha | Crucifixion thorn |
| Cassia – see Senna |
| | Castela emoryi [syn. Holacantha emoryi]
|
Crucifixion Thorn | | Celtis pallida | Desert gackberry
| | Celtis reticulata |
Western hackberry, netleaf hackberry | | Cercocarpus montanus | Mountain
mahogany | | Condalia lycioides
| Graythorn, thornburh, lotebush | | Condalia warnockii | Mexican crucilio, javelina bush
| | Cordia parvifolia |
Little leaf cordia | | Coursetia
microphylla | Baby bonnets |
| Coursetia glandulosa | Baby
bonnets | | Dalea bicolor-bicolor
| Monterey blue dalea | | Dalea formosa | Feather dalea |
| Dalea frutescens |
Black dalea, sierra negra | | Dalea pulchra | Indigo bush, bush dalea
| | Dodonaea viscosa |
Hopseed bush, hop bush | | Ephedra trifurca | Mormon tea, longleaf jointfir, Mexican
tea | | Eysenhardtia orthocarpa
| Kidneywood | | Garrya
wrightii |
Wright silktassel | | Gossypium thurberi | Thurbur’s
cotton | | Fouquieria splendens
| Ocotillo | | Hesperaloe
parviflora | Red yucca, red aloe |
| Heteromeles arbutifolia | Toyon,
Christmas berry | | Holacantha
emoryi [syn. Castela emoryi] | Crucifixion thorn |
| Hymenoclea monogyra
| Burro bush | | Hymenoclea
salsola |
Burro bush | | Hyptis emoryi | Desert lavender
| | Larrea tridentate |
Creosote bush, hediondilla | | Leucophyllum candidum | Silver leaf ranger, silver leaf sage,
cenizio, Silver cloud | | Leucophyllum
frutescens | Green cloud, Texas ranger |
| Leucophyllum laevigatum
| Blue Texas ranger, chihuahuan rain sage | | Leucophyllum prunosum | Fragrant
cloud, fragrant rain sage, Sierra bouquet | | Lycium
andersonii | Thornberry, waterjacket |
| Lycium berlandieri
| Berlandier wolfberry | | Lycium berlandieri, parviflorum | Berlander wolfberry
| | Lycium exsertum |
Thornbush, Arizona desert thorn, wolfberry | | Lycium fremontii | Fremont's
thorn bush/tree | | Lycium macrodon
|
Thornbush, desert thornbush, wolfberry |
| Lycium pallidium |
Pale wolfberry, pale desert thorn, wolfberry | | Lysiloma thornberi | Feather
fush | | Marah gilensis |
Big root, gila manroot | | Mimosa dysocarpa | Velvet pod mimosa, velvet pod cat
claw | | Mimosa biuncifera |
Wait-a-minute bush, cat claw mimosa | | Quercus turbinella | Sonoran
scrub oak | | Rhamnus betulaefolia
| Birchleaf buckthorn | | Rhamnus crocea | Hollyleaf buckthorn
| | Rhus ovata |
Sugar bush, sugar sumac, chaparral sumac | | Rhus trilobata | Squawbush, skunkbush
sumac | | Rhus microphylla |
Littleleaf sumac | | Ruellia
peninsularis | Desert ruellia |
| Ruellia californica | Sonoran
ruellia | | Senna artemisioides [syn. Senna
phyllodinea] | Feathery senna, silver cassia
| | Senna covesii |
Desert cassia/senna | | Senna artemisioides filifolia | Green feathery
senna; threadleaf senna | | Senna
phyllodinea [syn. Senna artemisioides] | Feathery senna |
| Senna purpusii |
Baja California senna | | Senna wislizeni | Shrubby senna |
| Simmondsia Chinensis
| Jojoba | | Tithonia
fruticosa |
Mexican sunflower | | Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican
buckeye | | Vauquelinia californica
| Arizona rosewood | | Yucca
aloifolia |
Spanish bayonet | | Yucca brevifolia | Joshua tree
| | Yucca baccata |
Banana yucca | | Yucca
elata |
Soaptree yucca | | Yucca faxoniana | Faxton yucca
| | Yucca gloriosa |
Spanish dagger | | Yucca
recurvifolia | Pendulous yucca |
| Yucca rigida | Blue yucca
| | Yucca schottli |
Schott’s yucca, mountain yucca | | Yucca thornberi | Thornberry yucca
|
Trees: | Trees | | Botanical Name | Common (Folk) Name | | | |
| Acacia aneura | Mulga, true
mulga, mulga Tree | | Acacia
angustissima, Hirta | Fern acacia |
| Acacia berlandieri | Guajillo
| | Acacia constricta |
Whitethorn acacia | | Acacia
craspedocarpa | Leather leaf acacia, wax leaf acacia
| | Acacia farnesiana |
Sweet acacia | | Acacia
greggii |
Catclaw acacia | | Acacia millefolia | Santa
Rita acacia, fernleaf acacia, mauto | | Acacia
smallii |
Texas huisache, sweet Acacia |
| Acacia stenophylla | Shoestring
acacia | | Acacia willardiana
| White barked acacia, palo blanco | | Bursera fagaroides
| Fragrant elephant tree | | Bursera microphylla | Elephant tree |
| Caesalpinia
cacalaco | Cascalote tree |
| Caesalpinia platyloba | thornless
cascolate | | Caesalpinia vesicaria | Brazilian cascalote tree
| | Cercidium floridum
| Blue palo verde | | Cercidium
microphyllum | Foothills palo verde |
| Cercidium praecox [syn. Cercidium plurifoliolatum] | Palo brea, Sonoran palo verde | | Cercis
mexicana |
Mexican redbud | | Chilopsis linearis | Desert
willow | | Cordia boissieri |
Texas olive, anacahuita | | Ebenopsis ebano [syn. Pithecellobium
flexicaule] | Texas ebony |
| Fouquieria columnaris | Boojum
tree, cirio | | Lysiloma
watsoni |
Feather tree | | Olneya tesota | Ironwood
| | Parkinsonia aculeate
| Mexican palo verde | | Parkinsonia
- see Cercidium | | | Pithecellobium flexicaule [syn. Ebenopsis ebano]
|
Texas ebony | | Pithecellobium mexicanum | Mexican
ebony, palo chino | | Prosopis
alba |
Argentine mesquite | | Prosopis chilensis | Chilean
mesquite | | Prosopis glandulosa
| Honey mesquite | | Prosopis
juliflora |
Bayahonda blanca | | Prosopis hybrid Phoenix | hybrid
of Chilean mesquite | | Prosopis
pubescens |
Screwbean mesquite, fremont screwbean, tornillo
| | Prosopis velutina |
Velvet mesquite | | Rhamnus
betulaefolia | Birchleaf buckthorn |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western soapberry | | Schinus
molle |
Peruvian pepper tree, california pepper tree
| | Ungnadia speciosa |
Mexican buckeye | | Vauquelinia
californica | Arizona rosewood |
Cacti: | Cacti: | | Botanical Name | Common (Folk) Name | | | |
| Carnegiea gigantea | Saguaro
| | Cereus – many species
| | | Cereus
peruvianus | Night blooming cereus |
| Cylindropuntia fulgida | Chainfruit cholla, smooth chainfruit
cholla, jumping cholla | | Echinocactus grusonii | Golden
barrel cactus | | Echinocactus
horizonthalonius nicholii | Blue barrel cactus; Arizona turks
head; eagle claw | | Echinocereus
englemannli | Hedgehog cactus |
| Echinocereus triglochidiantus | Claret
cup hedgehog | | Echinopsis
|
Hedgehog cactus, Easter lilly cactus |
| Echinocereus fasciculatus
| Bundle hedgehog cactus, pink hedgehog | | Ferocactus glaucescens inermis | Spineless
barrel | | Ferocactus Wislezenii
| Fishhook barrel | | Mammilaria
aggregata |
Pin cushion | | Mammillaria geminispina | Twin-spined
cactus | | Mammilaria microcarpa
| Fish hook | | Mammilaria
thornberi |
Thornber clustered pincushion |
| Opuntia acanthocarpa | Buckhorn
cholla | | Opuntia arbuscula |
Pencil cholla | | Opuntia
basilaris |
Beavertail cactus | | Opuntia bigelovil | Teddy
bear cholla, jumping cholla | | Opentia
lindheimeri | Texas prickly pear |
| Opuntia lindheimeri var. linguiformis | Cow’s
tongue prickly pear | | Opuntia
engelmannii | Engelmann’s prickly pear
| | Opuntia ficus-indica
| Indian fig cactus | | Opuntia
fulgida fulgida | Chain-fruit cholla |
| Opuntia fulgida, mammillata | Smooth
chain-fruited cholla | | Opuntia
kleiniae, tetracantha | Four-spined pencil cholla
| | Opuntia leptocaulis
| Desert Christmas cholla | | Opuntia microdasys | Bunny ear cholla |
| Opuntia phaecantha, discata
| Desert or engelmann prickly pear | | Opuntia phaecantia | Sprawling
prickly pear | | Opuntia
spinosior |
Cane cholla | | Opuntia versicolor Staghorn Cholla | Staghorn cholla | | Opuntia
violaceae Santa Rita | Santa Rita prickly pear
| | Peniocereus greggii
| Desert night blooming cereus | | Stenocereus - many species | | | Stenocereus
thurberi |
Organ pipe cactus | | Stenocereus marginatus | Mexican
fencepost cactus | | Trichocerus
- many species | |
Other Succulents and Xerophytes: | Other Succulents and Xerophytes:
| | Botanical Name | Common (Folk) Name | |
| | | Agave
americana |
Maguey, century plant |
| Agave americana var. Marginata |
| | Agave americana var. ‘Medio-picta
| White striped century plant | | Agave chrysantha | Golden-flowered agave
| | Agave geminiflora |
Twin-flowered agave | | Agave palmeri | Palmer's agave |
| Agave parryi huachucensis
| Parry’s agave, Ft. Huachuca agave | | Agave schottii | Amole
| | Agave utahensis |
Utah agave, Utah century plant | | Agave vilmoriniana | Octopus agave |
| Agave weberii |
Weber’s agave, smooth edge agave | | Aloe vera | Yellow aloe,
medicinal aloe | | Aloe arborescens
| Krantz aloe | | Aloe
barbadensis | Aloe vera |
| Aloe ferox | Cape aloe, red
aloe, bitter aloe | | Aloe
maculata [syn. Aloe saponaria] | Zebra aloe, soap aloe
| | Aloe saponaria [syn. Aloe maculata]
| Zebra aloe, soap aloe | | Aloe latifolia [syn. A. saponaira] | Zebra aloe,
soap aloe | | Aloe perfoliata vera
| Rubber aloe, mitre Aloe | | Carpobrotus chilensis | Ice plant, sea fig |
| Dioon edule |
Mexican cycad, chestnut dioon | | Euphorbia biglandulosa | Gopher plant |
| Euphorbia Resinifera
| Moroccan mound | | Euphorbia
rigida |
Gopher plant | | Pedilanthus macrocarpus | Pedilanthus,
slipper plant, candililla | | Yucca
aloifolia |
Spanish bayonet | | Yucca brevifolia | Joshua tree
| | Yucca baccata |
Banana yucca | | Yucca
elata |
Soaptree yucca | | Yucca faxoniana | Faxton yucca
| | Yucca gloriosa |
Spanish dagger | | Yucca
recurvifolia | Pendulous yucca |
| Yucca rigida | Blue yucca
| | Yucca schottli |
Schott’s yucca, mountain yucca | | Yucca thornberi | Thornberry yucca
|
Vines: | Vines | | Botanical Name | Common (Folk) Name | | | |
| Antigonon leptopus | Coral
vine, queen’s wreath | | Cissus
trifoliate |
Arizona grape ivy | | Clematis drummondii | Texas
virgin bower | | Clematis
ligusticifolia | White virgin’s bower |
| Marah gilensis |
Big root, gila manroot |
Grasses: | Ornamental Grasses |
| Botanical Name
| Common (Folk) Name
| | | | | Digitaria
californica | Arizona cotton top |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains
lovegrass | | Eriogonum wrightii |
Wright buckwheat | | Eriogonum
fasciculatum foliolosum | California buckwheat
| | Muhlenbergia capillaries
| Pink muhly grass, gulf muhly, regal mist | | Muhlenbergia dumosa | Bamboo
muhly | | Muhlenbergia emersleyi
| Bull grass | | Muhlenbergia
porteri |
Bush muhly | | Muhlenbergia Rigens | Deer
grass | | Nolina bigelovii |
Bear grass | | Nolina
microcarpa |
Bear grass | | Sporobolus wrightii | Wright’s
dropseed | | Sporobolus contractus
| Spike dropseed | | Sporobolus
cryptandrus | Sand dropseed |
| Sporobolus wrightii | Sacaton
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Plants
not suitable for outside garden
walls at Catalina Pueblo
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Plants
not suitable for outside garden walls |
| Botanical Name
| Common (Folk) Name
| | |
| | |
| Acer spp | Maple - all
varieties |
High water needs | | Albizia julibrissin | Silk
tree, Mimosa tree | Invasive |
| Arecaccae arecastrum romanzoffianum | Queen palm | Needs high humidity, prefers irrigation
| | Arundo donax |
Giant reed, giant cane | Invasive,
highly inflammable | | Baccharis
sarothroides | Desert broom | Pollen irritant | | Bambusa
|
Bamboo | Tropical & temperate exotic | | Betula
| Birch | Temperate exotic with high water needs
| | Campsis radicans |
Trumpet creeper | High water;
can run rampant | | Citrus
| Citrus | Tropical, high water needs
| | Cortaderia jubata |
Pampas grass, purple grass | Invasive,
fire hazard, shelters vermin | | Cedrus
|
Cedar | Becomes immense | | Cupressus
arizonica |
Arizona cypress | High elevation, high water | | Juniperus
communis |
Juniper | Prefers water and higher elevation to flourish | | Cupressus
sempervirens | Italian cypress | Mediterranean exotic, becomes extremely tall | | Cynodon dactylon spp | Burmuda grass |
High water, fire hazard during seasonal dormancy |
| Dimoephotheca aurantiaca | African
daisy |
Prefers irrigation, can be invasive |
| Eucalyptus | Eucalyptus | Most become immense, can be invasive | | Ficus pumila | Creeping fig
vine |
Tropical, needs irrigation |
| Franseria ambrosioides | Canyon
ragweed |
High pollen yield, allergenic |
| Fraxinus velutina | Arizona
ash tree |
Needs irrigation | | Gleditsia triacanthos | Locust,
honey locust tree | Needs irrigation |
| Grevillea robusta | Silky
oak tree |
Needs irrigation, becomes immense |
| Macfadyena unguis-cati | Cat’s
claw vine |
Tenacious climber can get out of control
| | Magnolia grandiflora
| Southern magnolia tree | Subtropical
riparian, needs irrigation | | Melia
azedarach |
Chinaberry tree | Messy, high water need, can be invasive | | Morus
alba |
White mulberry tree | pollen is highly allergenic | | Morus
ruba |
Red mulberry | severe allergen | | Myoporum
parvifolia |
Creeping boobialla | invasive Australian ground cover
| | Nerium oleander |
Oleander | oasis plant needs irrigation
| | Olea europaea |
Olive tree | high allergen,
needs irrigation | | Pennisetum
ciliare |
Buffelgrass | Extreme fire hazard, invasive | | Pennisetum
setaceum |
Fountain grass | invasive, fire hazard | | Phoenix
canariensis | Canary Island date palm |
needs irrigation, overscaled | | Phoenix dactylifera | Date Palm | needs irrigation, overscaled | | Pinus canariensis | Canary island pine
| overscaled | | Pinus
eldarica |
Afghan pine | overscaled | | Pinus
halepensis | Aleppo pine | overscaled | | Pistacia
chinensis |
Pistache, Chinese pistache | needs irrigations, overscaled | | Platanus
wrightii |
Sycamore | needs irrigation, overscaled | | Populus
fremontii |
Freemont or western cottonwood | Needs irrigation, overscaled | | Populus angustifolia
| Narrowleaf cottonwood | Overscaled,
needs irrigation | | Populus
fremontii |
Freemont cottonwood | needs irrigation, overscaled | | Quercus
emoryi |
Emory oak, Blackjack oak | Prefers higher altitude and irrigation | | Rhus Lancia | African Sumac |
invasive | | Salix
babylonica | Weeping willow | High irrigation, overscaled | | Sequoia
sempervirens | Redwood, Sequoia | needs irrigation, overscaled | | Nicotiana glauca | Tree Tobacco |
invasive | | Tamarix
chinensis |
Salt cedar, Five-stamen tamarisk |
invasive | | Washingtonia
filifera |
California fan palm | Oasis tree, needs irrigation, overscaled | | Washingtonia robusta | Mexican fan palm, sky duster
| needs irrigation, overscaled | Learn
more about invasive species at: http://www.desertmuseum.org/invaders/invaders_buffelgrass.php http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/natresources/az1482.pdf
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