Desert Horizon Nursery

Plants

Egyptian guava branches with ripe round yellow fruit, one split open showing white seedy flesh

Egyptian Guava

Egyptian Guava

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring to early summer

Ein Shemer apple tree with green leaves and pale yellow to yellow-green apples on the branches

Ein Shemer Apple

Ein Shemer Apple

Full sun

Moderate to high

Late winter to early spring

Eldarica Pine – Desert Horizon Nursery

Eldarica Pine

Eldarica Pine

Full sun

Low to moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Elephant ears clump with huge downward-pointing heart-shaped green leaves in a shaded bed

Elephant Ears

Elephant Ears

Morning sun / afternoon shade

High

Rarely blooms (grown for foliage)

Elephant Food – Desert Horizon Nursery

Elephant Food

Elephant Food

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer (rarely blooms in cultivation)

Elephant food Medio-picta with pinkish-red stems and cream-centred green leaves in a terracotta pot

Elephant Food – Medio-picta

Elephant Food – Medio-picta

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low

Spring to summer (rarely blooms in cultivation)

Elephant food trained as a narrow upright column of small round green leaves beside a stucco wall

Elephant Food Column

Elephant Food Column

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer (rarely blooms in cultivation)

Prostrate elephant food spreading as a low mat of small round green leaves over gravel and a boulder

Elephant Food Prostrata

Elephant Food Prostrata

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer (rarely blooms in cultivation)

Variegated elephant food shrub with small cream-edged green leaves on reddish stems in a gravel bed

Elephant Food Variegated

Elephant Food Variegated

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low

Late spring to summer (rarely flowers in cultivation)

Emu Bush 'Winter Blaze' – Desert Horizon Nursery

Emu Bush ‘Winter Blaze’

Emu Bush ‘Winter Blaze’

Full sun

Very low

Fall to spring

English Lavender – Desert Horizon Nursery

English Lavender

English Lavender

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low to moderate

Spring to early summer

Ensete Maurelii – Desert Horizon Nursery

Ensete Maurelii

Ensete Maurelii

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate to high

Rarely flowers in cultivation (monocarpic)

Eucalyptus Cinerea – Desert Horizon Nursery

Eucalyptus Cinerea

Eucalyptus Cinerea

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late winter to spring

Coolibah eucalyptus shade tree with rough grey-brown bark and an airy canopy of narrow grey-green leaves

Eucalyptus Coolibah

Eucalyptus Coolibah

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer

Ghost gum eucalyptus with a smooth white trunk and airy grey-green canopy against a blue sky

Eucalyptus Ghost Gum

Eucalyptus Ghost Gum

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer

Red cap eucalyptus with cream-white bark, scarlet bud caps and large golden-yellow flowers in a gravel yard

Eucalyptus Red Cap

Eucalyptus Red Cap

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late summer to fall

Silver dollar eucalyptus tree with rounded silver-blue leaves and mottled grey-brown bark in a gravel yard

Eucalyptus Silver Dollar

Eucalyptus Silver Dollar

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late winter to spring

Euonymus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Euonymus

Euonymus

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Spring

Euonymus Gold Spot – Desert Horizon Nursery

Euonymus Gold Spot

Euonymus Gold Spot

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Spring to early summer

Silver Queen euonymus shrub with dark green leaves edged in creamy white in a shaded bed beside a wall

Euonymus Silver Queen

Euonymus Silver Queen

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Late spring to early summer

Euphorbia ammak with tall blue-green four-ribbed candelabra branches in a gravel yard

Euphorbia Ammak

Euphorbia Ammak

Full sun

Very low

Spring (rarely flowers in cultivation)

Euphorbia enopla clump of slender blue-green ribbed stems with long red spines in a terracotta pot

Euphorbia Enopla

Euphorbia Enopla

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Very low

Spring to early summer

Euphorbia ferox cushion of short stout grey-green stems with long reddish-purple spines in a pot

Euphorbia Ferox

Euphorbia Ferox

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring

Euphorbia horrida cluster of grey-green deeply ribbed spiny barrel-like stems in a rock garden

Euphorbia Horrida

Euphorbia Horrida

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring to early summer

Euphorbia ingens candelabra tree with a short trunk and dense crown of dark green segmented branches

Euphorbia Ingens

Euphorbia Ingens

Full sun

Very low

Winter to spring (rarely flowers in cultivation)

Euphorbia polygona cluster of grey-green deeply ribbed columns with small maroon flowers in a rock garden

Euphorbia Polygona

Euphorbia Polygona

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Very low

Spring to early summer

Euphorbia trigona with upright three-sided green stems and small leaves in a courtyard bed

Euphorbia Trigona

Euphorbia Trigona

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

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Eureka Lemon

Eureka Lemon

Full sun

Moderate to high

Spring / with intermittent rebloom through the year

Euryops Daisy – Desert Horizon Nursery

Euryops Daisy

Euryops Daisy

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Fall through spring; heaviest October through April

Euryops Munchkin – Desert Horizon Nursery

Euryops Munchkin

Euryops Munchkin

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Fall through spring; heaviest late winter to spring

Euryops Viridis – Desert Horizon Nursery

Euryops Viridis

Euryops Viridis

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Fall through spring; may rebloom in fall

Eva's Pride peach tree with ripe red-blushed yellow peaches among slender green leaves

Eva’s Pride Peach

Eva’s Pride Peach

Full sun

Moderate to high

Late winter to early spring