Common name: Century Plant, Maguey
Botanical name: Agave americana

This plant is fast growing to about 6'-10' tall and 8'-13' wide. Wide gray leaves have stiff terminal spines and recurved teeth on margins. It prefers full sun and well-drained situations. After blooming, which could take several years, it will die but will send up new pups from around the base. Some people are allergic to the sap. Removal is difficult if unwanted.

Common name: Sea Lavender
Botanical name: Limonium perezii

This mounding shrub will reach about 3' high and has large, dark green leaves with small blue and purple flowers that bloom in spring and summer. Very hardy and outstanding perennial for water wise gardens. Tall clusters of tiny, deep mauve flowers are produced throughout much of the year. Ornamental foliage is evergreen and forms an attractive, rounded mound.Can be mass planted for low maintenance areas or low, edging borders.

Common name: Felt Plant or Bush, Velvetleaf
Botanical name: Kalanchoe beharensis

This unusual looking succulent can reach 12' tall and wide. Because it's slow growing it usually found in 6' tall and wide range at maturity. Thick stems are covered with large, thick, fuzzy, gray green leaves that are triangular-shaped with undulating edges. Inconspicuous flowers. Although tender to frost, it makes an excellent accent for rock gardens or desert themed landscapes. It is a wonderful accent plant. It does best in full to part sun. Looks great in containers. It is drought tolerant once it's established. Give it well draining soil but no fertilizer.

Common name: Australian Willow
Botanical name: Geijera parviflora

This evergreen tree reaches 25' tall and 15' wide, with 3"-6" long, olive green colored leaves that are narrow. Its main branches sweep up and out, while the smaller branches tend to hang down. Cream colored flowers appear in spring and fall. This beautiful tree has the weeping willow look as it matures. It is wind resistant; plant in full sun. Once it's established, it has low water needs.

Common name: Tuscan Blue Upright Rosemary
Botanical name: Rosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'

'Tuscan Blue' is an upright shrub that grows 4'-6' tall and wide. It has olive green, needle-like, small, aromatic leaves and bright showy lavender-blue flowers that are larger than other cultivars, blooming in winter and spring. This shrub is drought tolerant once it's established, preferring full sun and well draining soil.

Common name: Snow In Summer
Botanical name: Cerastium tomentosum

Masses of snow white flowers highlight this plant during the early summer season. This attractive ground cover is a great filler among other plants and rocks. Foliage is silver gray or gray/green and is woolly. This plant tolerates coastal conditions and desert areas. Use in rock settings, in hanging baskets, containers, or as a lawn substitute. Cut back in fall to refresh plant.

Common name: Fan Aloe
Botanical name: Aloe plicatilis

This wide succulent shrub grows 3'-6' tall and wide, with fan-like clusters of the bluish-gray round tipped leaves. From each fan emerges an open terminal cluster of tubular, orange red flowers in late winter to early spring. Plant in full sun if on the coast or in shade if inland. It is hardy to about 23 degrees F. It needs winter and spring irrigation if grown where does does not receive adequate water from rainfall.

Common name: Smooth Agave
Botanical name: Agave desmetiana

Agave with an open rosette form grows quickly to 3' x 3'. Very attractive plant resembles Octopus Agave but smaller. Fleshy leaves are light green with smooth edges and a sharp tip. Will grow best in filtered sun or full shade. After several years, flower stalk will appear with bright yellow flowers in spring. Like most agaves, it will die after flowering but produces an abundance of offesets. Somewhat cold sensitive.