ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS Including Cacti

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ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS(Including Cacti Succulents)
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Oleander

• Nerium oleander
• Evergreen, poisonous sap
• Size 3-20ft. X 4-12ft., fast growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water light/moderate
• Cold Hardy extremely hardy
• Bloom Late spring to fall, red, white, pink, or
  salmon color blooms

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Bougainvillea

• Bougainvillea spp.
• Burn them all!!!, Evergreen, messy, messy, messy
• Size vine/shrub can reach 15-30ft. X 6-8ft.
  (many varieties), fast growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water Light, thrive on water stress
• Cold Hardy sensitive to frost, but will come
  back (This thing is a weed)
• Bloom spring-fall, color comes from flower bract
  surrounding flower, reds, white, orange, and
  purple

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Texas Sage

• Luecophyllum frutescens
• Evergreen, not too messy
• Size 6-8ft. X 6-8ft. (dwarf varieties exist),
  slow growth
• Light Full sun
• Water light
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom flowers at various times during the year
  (especially after summer showers), small purple
  bell shaped flowers

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Red Bird of Paradise

• Caesalpinia pulcherrima
• Deciduous, drops pods and flowers, pods and seeds
  are poisonous
• Size 10ft. X 10ft., fast growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water light
• Cold Hardy may partly die back from frost,
  recovers in spring
• Bloom orange/red flowers during warm seasons

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Cassia

• Senna spp.
• Evergreen, drop pods
• Size vary by species, species used in Phoenix -
  3-5ft. X 3-5ft., moderate growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water loves moderate, but can handle light
• Cold Hardy Fairly tolerant
• Bloom from fall to spring, small clusters of
  yellow

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Baja Fairy Duster

• Calliandra californica
• Evergreen, attracts hummingbirds
• Size 5ft. X 5-6ft., moderate growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water light/moderate
• Cold Hardy Fairly hardy
• Bloom Red duster shaped flowers, will bloom
  year round with moderate water

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Mexican honeysuckle

• Justicia spicigera
• Evergreen
• Size 3ft. X 4ft., moderate growth
• Light Full Sun/partial shade
• Water light/moderate
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom bright orange tubular flowers year round

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Chuparosa

• Justicia californica
• Semi-evergreen
• Size 6ft. X 6ft., moderate growth (sparse
  foilage)
• Light Full Sun/light shade
• Water light/moderate
• Cold Hardy will freeze back in winter, recover
  rapidly in spring
• Bloom bright orange tubular flowers from fall
  to spring

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Bush Lantana

• Lantana camara
• Evergreen
• Size 6ft. X 6ft. (dwarf 3-4ft. X 3-4ft.), fast
  growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water Light/moderate
• Cold Hardy die back in freeze, rapid recovery
• Bloom Spring-Fall, yellow, orange, pink, red
  clusters

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Ruellia

• Ruellia brittoniana
• Shrubby Perennial
• Size 3ft. X 2ft., invasive
• Light Full Sun/light shade
• Water moderate/heavy (occasionally used as a
  bog plant)
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy, more so than Lantana
• Bloom Purple tubular flowers in warm seasons

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Dwarf Bottle Brush

• Callistemon viminalis Little John
• Evergreen, attracts bees
• Size 3ft. X 3ft., fast growth
• Light full sun
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy to above 20oF
• Bloom bright red bottle brush shaped flower
  clusters, late spring into summer (scattered
  bloom rest of year)

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Hibiscus

• Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
• Evergreen, will drop flowers
• Size 8-15ft. X 5-8ft., moderate growth
• Light Full Sun (reds only!!! San Diego, Red
  Dragon, Vice President, Brilliant, etc.)/Partial
  shade (all the rest)
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy hardy to 30oF
• Bloom pick a color, large funnel shape flower,
  spring-fall

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Natal Plum

• Carrisa macrocarpa
• Evergreen, fairly clean, thorns, local dwarf
  variety exists w/o thorns
• Size 5-7ft x 5-7ft., slow growth (Boxwood
  beauty, dwarf 2ft. X 2 ft.)
• Light Full Sun, tolerates partial shade
• Water light
• Cold Hardy some frost damage
• Bloom small white star shaped bloom (wont see
  it often in Phoenix, not enough humidity)

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Japanese Boxwood

• Buxus microphylla japonica
• Evergreen, used for topiaries/hedges
• Size 4-6ft. X 4-6ft., slow growth
• Light Full Sun - Shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy to 10oF
• Bloom inconspicuous

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Juniper

• Juniperus chinensis
• Evergreen, conifer
• Size varies by variety (as small as 2ft. To as
  big as 25ft.), slow/moderate growth
• Light Full Sun/partial shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy Fairly hardy
• Bloom no flower, produce fleshy berrylike cones

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Myrtle

• Myrtus communis
• Evergreen, clean, hedge
• Size 5ft. X 4ft., moderate growth, dwarf
  variety is popular Compacta
• Light Full Sun/Partial Shade
• Water light/moderate
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom small white flowers in summer, bluish
  berries in fall

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Rose

• Rosa spp.
• Holy Cow!! There are more rose varieties than
  humans on this planet.
• Size pick a size (2ft. Up to 20ft. climbers
• Light Full Sun/Partial Shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy cut back in winter, will come back
  in spring
• Bloom pick a color (fall, spring)

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Cape Honeysuckle

• Tecomaria capensis
• Evergreen, drops flowers
• Size 6-8ft. X 4-5ft, slow, moderate growth
• Light Full Sun (likes partial shade in summer)
• Water moderate
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom orange tubular clusters, spring - fall

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Dwarf Golden Arborvitea

• Platycladus(Thuja) orientalis Aurea Nana
• Another Evergreen Conifer, clean
• Size 3ft. X 3ft. (can grow to 5ft.), slow
  growth
• Light Full Sun/Partial Shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy fairly cold hardy
• Bloom no flower, green/bluish green cones.
  Great for throwing at sisters.

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Italian Cypress

• Cupressus sempervirens
• Holy Cow!! Another Evergreen Conifer
• Size (you thought the Eiffel Tower was big)
  60ft. X 5-10ft., slow growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water Light/moderate
• Cold Hardy yes sir
• Bloom No Flowers, globular golf ball like cones

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Rosemary

• Rosmarinus officinalis
• No, not another confier, evergreen Angiosperm
• Size 1-6ft. X 1-6ft. (varies per variety)
• Light Full Sun
• Water light/moderate
• Cold Hardy lest hardiest variety to 20oF
• Bloom small bluish flower , winter and spring

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Heavenly Bamboo

• Nandina domestica
• Evergreen/semi-evergreen, leaves can turn color
  in cool season, highly underused landscape plant
• Size 6-8ft. X 3-4ft., slow/moderate growth
• Light Partial/Full shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy looses leaves at 10oF
• Bloom tiny white flower clusters in late
  spring/early summer, red berries in fall

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Japanese Privet

• Ligustrum japonicum
• Evergreen, Ficus Natida looking
• Size 10-12ft. X 8ft., slow/moderate growth
• Light Partial shade/Shade (in Phoenix)
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom small white clusters in spring

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Mock Orange

• Pittosporum tobira
• Evergreen shrub
• Size 6-15ft. X 6-15ft. (dwarf varieties
  available), slow growth
• Light Best in Partial shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom creamy white in early spring

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Fortnight Lilly

• Dietes vegeta
• Evergreen, spread through rhizomes
• Size leaves to 3 ft.
• Light partial shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom white flowers with yellow-orange blotches

Dietes bicolor same as D. vegeta Size 2-3
ft. Light FULL SUN!! Water same as D.
vegeta Cold Hardy fairly hardy Bloom Light
yellow with dark brown/maroon blotches
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Camellia

• Camellia japonica
• Evergreen
• Size 6-12ft. X 6-12ft., growth rate varies by
  variety/cultivar
• Light shade/partial shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom varies by
  variety/cultivar

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Gardenia

• Gardenia jasminoides (G. agusta)
• Evergreen
• Size varies by variety (generally 4-6ft. X
  4-6ft.), moderate/slow growth
• Light shade/partial shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy to 20oF
• Bloom rose like white
  bloom from spring to fall

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Canna

• Canna spp.
• Evergreen, spread through rhizomes
• Size 4-6ft. Tall, moderate/slow growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom varies by variety

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Giant Bird of Paradise

• Strelitzia nicolai
• Evergreen
• Size to 30ft. tall and wide, slow growth
• Light shade/partial sun
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom White with dark blue tongue, Strelitzia
  species typically wont flower until well
  established, blooms best with morning sun

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Tropical Bird of Paradise

• Strelitzia reginae
• Evergreen
• Size 5-6ft. X 5-6ft.
• Light shade/partial shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom smaller than S. nicolai but more
  colorful, bright orange, blue and white. Blooms
  best with morning sun and not until established
  (sometimes takes 7 years in Phoenix)

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Mexican Heather

• Cuphea hyssopifolia
• Evergreen
• Size 1-2ft. X 2.5ft., moderate/fast growth
• Light does best in morning sun only
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom small pink flowers, attract hummingbirds

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Sprenger Asparagus Fern

• Asparagus densiflorus Sprengeri
• Evergreen, spreading
• Size stems are 3-6ft. Long, moderate/fast
  growth
• Light does best in FULL SUN!!
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy to 24oF
• Bloom small white flower spikes in
  spring/summer

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Fox Tail Fern

• Asparagus densiflorus Myers
• Evergreen, upright
• Size stems to 2ft. Long, moderate growth
• Light best in partial shade
• Water moderate/heavy
• Cold Hardy to 24oF
• Bloom small white flower spikes in
  spring/summer

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Red Yucca

• Hesperaloe parviflora
• Evergreen, narrow leaf clumps
• Size 3-4ft. tall and wide
• Light Full Sun
• Water light/moderate
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom long flower stalks with red flowers from
  late spring into early fall

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Soft Leaf Yucca

• Yucca pendula(recurvifolia)
• Evergreen, long leaves on a trunk
• Size 6-10ft. X 6-8ft., slow growth
• Light doesnt like full sun-will burn, morning
  sun is best
• Water moderate
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom white flowers on a 3-5ft. tall spike in
  late spring/early summer

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Golden Barrel Cactus

• Echinocactus grusonii
• Cacti, succulent
• Size 4ft. X 2.5ft. in diameter
• Light Full sun if grown in full sun, otherwise
  partial shade (always ask before buying)
• Water light once established
• Cold Hardy protect from hard frosts
• Bloom yellow flowers on top in summer

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Century Plant

• Agave americana
• Succulent, large clump of strap-shaped leaves
• Size leaves grow to 6ft. long, cluster can grow
  to 10 ft. wide, slow growth
• Light Full sun, make sure it has been hardened
  off to the sun
• Water little after established
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom produces a 15-40ft. Flower stalk with
  yellow/green flowers. DIES after it flowers.

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Saguaro

• Carnegiea gigantea
• Cacti, succulent
• Size 50ft. tall, branches after reaching
  12-15ft., extremely slow growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water none after established
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom large single white blossoms when mature,
  blooms late in spring

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Ocotillo

• Fouquieria splendens
• Deciduous, clump of stiff stems, leaves out after
  substantial rainfall (sold as bare root
  specimens)
• Size 8-25ft. X 5-10ft., slow growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water water only the canes to trigger foilage
  to develop (5 min. once a month is adequate)
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom cluster of red flowers (also triggered by
  rain fall)

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Desert Spoon

• Dasylirion wheeleri
• Evergreen, cluster of long thin leaves with sharp
  teeth along leaf edge
• Size 3-5ft. X 4-5ft., trunk forms to 3ft. Tall,
  slow growth
• Light Full Sun
• Water light
• Cold Hardy fairly
  hardy
• Bloom 9-15ft. Flower spike in early summer with
  white flowers

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Octopus Agave

• Agave vilmoriniana
• Succulent, feeds on fresh
  water octopus
• Size leaves up to 6 ft. wide,
  arching/twisted leaves
• Light Full sun, if hardened off
• Water light
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom same as A. americana, will DIE after
  flowering

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Night Blooming Cereus

• Cereus peruvianus
• Cacti, succulent, branching from base
• Size 10ft tall and spread 15ft wide
• Light Full sun if hardened off
• Water light
• Cold Hardy fairly hardy
• Bloom at night in late spring, large white
  flower