(Opium Poppy, Poppyseed Poppy)

The bold colorful flowers and fruits of this large, fast-growing annual have been treasured by gardeners since ancient times. The papery poppy flowers come in many bright shades including pink, mauve, red and white, and the ornamental, bulbous seedpods are the source of culinary poppyseeds, which are used to flavor breads and cakes. Of obscure origin, this poppy is thought to be native to the eastern Mediterranean region.

There are legal constraints regarding this garden flower....

(Desert Museum Palo Verde, Palo Verde)

This is a rare, natural-hybrid palo verde that displays the best qualities of its parent species including the lovely green, photosynthetic bark for which they are named. All three are natives of the desert Southwest and Mexico, inhabiting the most brutally dry washes and hillsides that hide subterranean moisture. The hybrid ‘Desert Museum’ is valued for increased cold hardiness which allows it to be cultivated at higher elevations and in localities further north than the natural range of its parents.

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(Jerusalem Thorn, Mexican Palo Verde)

Its long, thin, ribbon-like leaves gives this open tree a wispy character that is incredibly beautiful, but denies the canopy the shading capacity needed to cool desert landscapes. Jerusalem thorn is a native of the deserts of the American Southwest and well into Mexico. It is found in dry streambeds and canyons where soils are sandy or gravelly and very well drained. Highly drought tolerant, it remains an excellent water-wise plant for sheer beauty and color where some light is desirable so cacti...

(Blue Palo Verde, Florida Palo Verde)

This is considered the most beautiful of all desert trees due to its lovely green bark and stunning yellow flowers. Blue palo verde is a native of the American Southwest, particularly in Arizona where it is the state tree. Its range extends well into Mexico where it inhabits washes and plains with accessible ground water. A valuable tree in the most trying heat zones, its spreading canopy is a common site in residential neighborhoods.

Blue palo verde blooms heavily in the early spring, cloaking...

(Foothills Palo Verde, Littleleaf Palo Verde, Yellow Palo Verde)

This signature plant of the Southwest North American Desert dazzles in spring when its spiny-tipped stems are engulfed with pale yellow pea-flowers. A white petal in each flower's center helps distinguish it from other species. A fine-textured, often picturesquely gnarled large shrub or small tree with yellow-green, spreading branches, foothills palo verde makes an ideal subject for night-lighting. Comprising four to eight pairs of minute leaflets, the compound grayish green leaves drop during drought...

(Sonoran Palo Verde)

A naturally upright, spreading form distinguishes this palo verde. It can produce one of the widest canopies of this group of trees. It is vulnerable to winter cold because it is native farther south than others of its kind, hailing from Mexico and Baja California deep into arid regions of South America. Its cultivation is limited to the warmest locales. This species inhabits washes and plains where there is accessible ground water, offering a useful plant for the mildest-winter, desert communities.

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(Persian Ironwood)

Persian ironwood is a slow growing tree with beautiful bark and red flowers that appear in mid and late winter. This typically small ornamental tree or large shrub is native to Iran. This deciduous tree has so many attractive features! In late winter, red and brown flowers open before any leaves emerge, lacking any petals but lots of stamens. New foliage unfolds a red or purple and fade to a deep green. In the autumn, these leaves change to an array of gold, orange, even deep pink, and then ending...

(Persian Ironwood, Weeping Persian Ironwood)

The weeping Persian ironwood is a slow growing tree with drooping branches, beautiful bark and red flowers that appear in mid and late winter. Typically a large deciduous shrub, it's native to Iran and has so many attractive features! In late winter, red and brown flowers open before any leaves emerge, lacking any petals but lots of stamens. New foliage unfolds a red or purple and fade to a deep green. In the autumn, these leaves change to an array of gold, orange, even deep pink, and then ending...

(Columnar Persian Ironwood, Persian Ironwood, Vanessa Persian Ironwood)

The Vanessa Persian ironwood is a slow growing tree with a marked column-like habit, beautiful bark and red flowers that appear in mid and late winter. Just as tall-growing as the regular species, its branch spread is always considerable shorter. Typically a large deciduous shrub, it's native to Iran and has so many attractive features! In late winter, red and brown flowers open before any leaves emerge, lacking any petals but lots of stamens. New foliage unfolds a red or purple and fade to a deep...

(Bahia Grass)

Bahia grass is a perennial grass native to the subtropical regions of eastern South America and has naturalized in the southern and western United States. Bahia is used as forage and pasture for livestock and for lawns and turf. The leaves are coarse, medium green and grow from tight sheaths. Bahia plant emerge from stolons (above-ground lateral stems) and rhizomes (below-ground lateral stems) but both are very slow to spread giving Bahia a tufted, somewhat open habit. This habit may allow weeds...