Cacti, Succulents, Miscellaneous

Agave, Bracteosa Agave, Colorata Agave, Funkiana Agave, Green Goblet Agave, Holly Agave, King Ferdinand Agave, Lechequilla Agave, Murphy Agave, Ocahui Agave, Octopus Agave, Palmer Agave, Queen Victoria Agave, Schidigera Agave, Schott Aloe, African Aloe, Ferox Aloe, Partridge Breast Aloe, Vera Az Fishhook Cactus Bishops Cap Cacti Bristly Prickly Pear Bromeliad, Brazillian Candelilla Cholla Desert Spoon Giant Hesperaloe Golden Barrel Cacti Hat Pin Cacti Haworthia Hesperaloe, Brake Lights Hesperaloe, Red Hesperaloe, Yellow Latispinus Cactus Ocotillo Old Man Cactus Paperthorn Cactus Pinecone Cactus Red Thorn Barrel Cacti Saguaro Santa Rita Prickly Pear Stapelia Texas Bi-Color Cacti Trichocereus Varieties Yucca, Adam’s Needle Yucca, Blue Yucca, Soaptree Yucca, Variegated A Special Thanks... To our neighbors in Desert Hills I and Desert Hill Townhomes from whom this special one acre is made available.

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THE ARID GARDEN

Southern Arizona’s only demonstration garden free & open to the public

Established in 1986

Mission

“Our mission is to maintain a peaceful & wel-coming garden demonstrating the use of native & low-water plantings for the education & enjoyment of all area residents.”

Support

Financial support by The Green Valley Gardeners, grants, and donations. Volunteer gardeners are members of The Green Valley Gardeners, a service club made up of gardeners. Following are just a few examples of plantings that may be found in the Arid Garden...

Shrubs

Aloysia Apache Plume Apache Plume Arizona Orange Bells Arizona Rosewood Arizona Yellow Bells Autumn Sage Varieties Baja Fairy Duster Black Dalea Blue Mist Shrub Blue Texas Ranger Brittlebush Cape Honeysuckle Coral Bean Creosote Desert Barberry Desert Broom Desert Cassia Desert Honeysuckle Desert Lavender False Indigo Feather Bush Feathery Cassia Four-wing Saltbush Golden Eye Guardiola Gumhead Tatalencho

Hop Bush Jojoba Karoo Knife-leaf Acacia Lantana Varieties Mescal Bean Mormon Tea Mountain Mahogany Nandina Native Fairy Duster Orchid Bush Pineleaf Milkweed Pink Emu Purple Mexican Sage Quail Bush Red Bird-of-Paradise Red Chuparosa Red Clusterberry Rocky Mountain Clematis Rosemary Ruschia San Marco Hibiscus Scarlet Bush Sierra Magic Texas Ranger Texas Ranger Varieties Toyon Trailing Indigo Turpentine Bush Valentine Emu Velvet Pod Mimosa Wild Buckwheat Woolly Butterfly Yellow Bird-of-Paradise Yellow Chuparosa Yellow Emu Zauschineria arizonica

Trees

Acacia, Blackbrush Acacia, Dead Finish Acacia, Espino Caven Acacia, Roemeriana Acacia, Schaffner Acacia, White Thorn African Sumac Aleppo Pine Arabian Wattle Blue Palo Verde California Fan Palm Chaste Tree Chilean Palo Verde Desert Hackberry Ebony, Mexican Ebony, Texas European Olive

Ironwood Kidneywood Little Leaf Ash Little Leaf Cordia Mastic Mesquite, Screwbean Mesquite, Velvet Mexican Crucillo Mexican Palo Verde Texas Mountain Laurel Texas Olive

Grasses

Az Cottontop Bear Grass Deer Grass Grama, Blue Grama, Side Oats Mexican Feather Grass Purple Fountain Regal Mist Muhlenbergia Tree Bear Grass

Vines

Rock Cotoneaster Tangerine Crossvine Trumpet Creeper Variegated Periwinkle Virgin’s Bower

Perennials

Agastache Blackfood Daisy Cat Mint Chocolate Flower Damianita Daisies Desert Marigold Dicliptera Eupatorium Floss Flower Gaura Germander Gopher Spurge Hoary Mint Lavender Spice Poliomintha Lemon Dalea Mexican Tarragon Penstemon Ruellia Scarlet Sage Society Garlic Turk’s Cap Verbena Zephranthus Zexmania