(Firecrackerbush, Scarlet Bouvardia, Scarlet trompetilla)

With glossy dark gray-green foliage, Firecrackerbush lives up to its moniker from summer to winter with clustered scarlet red flowers that look like elongated trumpets. A rather open-branched and free-formed evergreen shrub, it is native from the extreme southwestern United States into Mexico and Central America.

Its leaves are oval or lance-shaped, and dark-green with hints of gray-green. The tops of the leaves are glossy while the undersides are lightly hairy. At the tips of the branches, from...

(Bottle Tree, Kurrajong, Whiteflower Kurrajong)

Bottle tree is so remarkably drought-tolerant that it remains lush and green even in brutally hot, desert climates. It originates in eastern Australia where it grows in both humid and arid regions, but all with a long dry season. The large, glossy leaves are poplar-like, creating a dense, shade-giving canopy with a slightly weeping character. The trunk is wider at the base, an adaptation to drought for storing moisture.

The sun-loving tree produces clusters of tiny white flowers in spring, flushed...

(Swan River Daisy)

Swan River daisy is an herbaceous, bushy and spreading annual that is native to western and southern Australia. This daisy has downy-soft gray-green leaves with a showy display of fragrant blue-purple, violet-pink or white flowers all summer long.

Swan River daisy can survive in a variety of soil conditions and is drought tolerant, but prefers well drained soil and full sun. This plant is perfect as a bedding plant, edging, mixed border member or as part of a container or seasonal hanging basket.

(Bravo Deep Blue with Black Center Daisy, Swan River Daisy)

Swan River daisy is an herbaceous, bushy and spreading annual that is native to western and southern Australia. The selection 'Bravo Deep Blue with Black Center' has downy-soft gray-green leaves with a showy display of fragrant blue-purple flowers all summer long with black eyes in the middle of the daisies. Being compact plants, they have particular favor for use in hanging baskets.

Swan River daisy can survive in a variety of soil conditions and is drought tolerant, but requires well drained...

(Bravo Formula Mix Daisy, Swan River Daisy)

Swan River daisy is an herbaceous, bushy and spreading annual that is native to western and southern Australia. The Bravo Formula Mix has downy-soft gray-green leaves with a showy display of a collection of blue-purple, violet-pink or white flowers all summer long, often with black eyes in the middle of the daisy flowers. Being compact plants, they have particular favor for use in hanging baskets.

Swan River daisy can survive in a variety of soil conditions and is drought tolerant, but requires...

(Bravo Violet with Black Center, Swan River Daisy)

Swan River daisy is an herbaceous, bushy and spreading annual that is native to western and southern Australia. The selection 'Bravo Violet with Black Center' has downy-soft gray-green leaves with a showy display of fragrant rosy-violet flowers all summer long with black eyes in the middle of the daisies. Being compact plants, they have particular favor for use in hanging baskets.

Swan River daisy can survive in a variety of soil conditions and is drought tolerant, but requires well drained...

(Bravo White with Black Center Daisy, Swan River Daisy)

Swan River daisy is an herbaceous, bushy and spreading annual that is native to western and southern Australia. The selection 'Bravo White with Black Center' has downy-soft gray-green leaves with a showy display of fragrant white flowers all summer long with central black eyes. Being compact plants, they have particular favor for use in hanging baskets.

Swan River daisy can survive in a variety of soil conditions and is drought tolerant, but requires well drained soil and full sun. Pinch back...

(Bravo Daisy, Swan River Daisy)

Swan River daisy is an herbaceous, bushy and spreading annual that is native to western and southern Australia. The Bravo Series has downy-soft gray-green leaves with a showy display of fragrant blue-purple, violet-pink or white flowers all summer long, often with black eyes in the middle of the daisy flowers. Being compact plants, they have particular favor for use in hanging baskets.

Swan River daisy can survive in a variety of soil conditions and is drought tolerant, but requires well drained...

(Blue Hesper Palm, Mexican Blue Palm)

Featuring bold beautiful evergreen leaves and a spectacular display of summer flowers, this native of Baja California and northwestern mainland Mexico is a palm for all seasons. Wind- and heat-tolerant, it grows slowly into a medium-sized, thick-trunked tree.

The huge, blue-green to silver-green, fan-shaped fronds are divided into 40 to 60 long, blade-like segments, that radiate like the spokes of an umbrella. Twenty-five to thirty fronds are borne atop the trunk on long, erect, inclined, or...

(India Mustard)

A pungently flavored green, India mustard is a fast growing, cool season annual or biennial that originates from Asia but has been introduced as a weed in many other parts of the world. Its greens add zest to salads and stir-fries and its pungent seeds are used to make brown mustard.

India mustard produces rosettes of large, oval, lobed leaves. The leaves are thin, lightly hairy and have wavy edges. Purple or red-leaved selections are common. It also produces a large, turnip-like taproot but...