The Red yucca has become one of the most popular flowering accent plants in warm and dry climate regions such as the Inland Empire. It is an evergreen, strap-leaf perennial with stiff arching foliage and dramatic ascending spikes of colorful flowers in spring. It is a clumping plant that grows and divides into numerous plants, […]
The Golden barrel cactus is the most popular barrel-type cactus planted in Inland Empire landscapes and gardens. It grows with 20-40 pronounced vertical ribs, spherical shape and colorful blond to golden colored spines. It often reaches 18-30 in. in dia.; older plants will grow larger as well as produce offsets that result in clumps containing
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The Desert spoon is a medium size yucca-like shrub growing 4-5 ft. in dia., eventually developing a short trunk that can reach 4-5 ft. tall. Gray leaves grow to 3 ft. long and have sharp upward facing teeth on the margins. Mature plants produce a showy stalk of creamy-white flowers in late spring and into
Queen victory agave is one of the most attractive agaves with its round shape and very tight and whorl-like foliage arrangement. It is a small clumping or solitary species, growing into a 1-2 ft. diameter rosette. Foliage is comprised of deep green sharply pointed leaves that have striking white accent lines on surfaces and margins.
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The Artichoke agave is a good name for this round clumping species that produces a tight rosette of broad gray leaves with strongly toothed margins and stout pointed tips. Single plants grow 2-3 ft. in diameter; when plants mature they produce a 12-18 ft. tall flower spike with golden yellow flowers during summer. This species
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Silvery cases is a medium to large evergreen mounding shrub with a flexible branching habit, 4-6 ft. high, 5-8 ft. across. Distinctive flattened foliage is comprised of 2-3 in. long silver-gray phyllodes; showy yellow flowers occur from mid-winter into spring. This species comes from dry inland plains of Australia where it grows in rocky soils
The Pink fairy duster is an appropriate name to describe a small and delicate shrub. It will grow 2-3 ft. tall and 4-6 ft. wide and produce colorful light pink to rose and white colored flowers in spring, summer and fall. Dark green leaves are pinnately divided into tiny leaflets; The Pink fairy duster is
The Red bird of paradise is a robust deciduous shrub with a soft feathery texture and mounding habit, growing 6-10 ft. tall and as wide. Its bluish-green foliage is bipinnately divided into numerous small leaflets; striking orange-red and yellow flowers occur in terminal clusters from late spring into summer. Red bird of paradise comes from
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The Broom baccharis, also known as desert broom, is a medium to large evergreen shrub with a fine branching habit and billowy foliage character. Mature plants range in size from 10-12 ft. tall with an equal spread. Medium green leaves are long and narrow, and grow on green stems. Flowers grow in inconspicuous clusters in
Flame acanthus is a small deciduous shrub native to dry habitats of southwest Texas and Northern Mexico. Moisture conditions regulates its size; more water results in larger plants with an upright habit 3-4 ft. tall and as wide. A showy display of brilliant orange-red flowers occur in early spring. Nurseries most often grow cultivars including
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