Desert Horizon Nursery

Plants

Hovey dwarf papaya with a short stout trunk, large lobed leaves and a low cluster of ripening fruit

Papaya Hovey

Papaya Hovey

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring through fall (year-round in frost-free spells)

Paper Spine Grey – Desert Horizon Nursery

Paper Spine Grey

Paper Spine Grey

Full sun

Very low

Spring

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Paraguay Prickly Pear

Paraguay Prickly Pear

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Parfianka pomegranate with glossy green leaves and large bright red fruit weighing down the branches

Parfianka Pomegranate

Parfianka Pomegranate

Full sun

Moderate

Spring (April-May)

Parrots beak with silver needle-like foliage and yellow-orange beaked flowers in a hanging basket

Parrot’s Beak (Lotus Vine)

Parrot’s Beak (Lotus Vine)

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Fall through spring

Parry’s Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Parry’s Agave

Parry’s Agave

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to summer (once at maturity / then dies)

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Parry’s Penstemon

Parry’s Penstemon

Full sun

Very low

Late winter to spring

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Partridge Breast Aloe

Partridge Breast Aloe

Partial shade

Low

Late winter to spring

Passion Flower Vine – Desert Horizon Nursery

Passion Flower Vine

Passion Flower Vine

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Spring through fall

Passion fruit vine on a wire trellis with purple egg-shaped fruit and a white and purple flower

Passion Fruit

Passion Fruit

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring through summer

Passion Fruit 'Possum Purple' – Desert Horizon Nursery

Passion Fruit ‘Possum Purple’

Passion Fruit ‘Possum Purple’

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring to summer

Fruiting passion vine on a fence with dangling purple passion fruit and white and purple flowers

Passion Vine, Fruiting

Passion Vine, Fruiting

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring through summer

Peace Lily – Desert Horizon Nursery

Peace Lily

Peace Lily

Partial shade

High

Spring to early summer

Peach Hibiscus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Peach Hibiscus

Peach Hibiscus

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring through fall (heaviest in warm months)

Western Schley pecan tree with feathery green leaves and clusters of husks splitting to show slender nuts

Pecan ‘Western Schley’

Pecan ‘Western Schley’

Full sun

High

Spring

Pencil cactus shrub with a dense crown of thin bright green leafless stems in a gravel yard

Pencil Cactus

Pencil Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Non-flowering (grown for form)

Peperomia with thick glossy rounded dark green leaves in a small terracotta pot

Peperomia

Peperomia

Partial shade

Low to moderate

Spring to summer

Pepper plant with dark green leaves and blocky green and red bell peppers in a raised bed

Pepper

Pepper

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring to summer

Periwinkle vine groundcover with glossy dark green leaves and blue-violet flowers in shade

Periwinkle Vine

Periwinkle Vine

Partial shade

Moderate

Spring

Persimmon 'Fuyu' – Desert Horizon Nursery

Persimmon ‘Fuyu’

Persimmon ‘Fuyu’

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring

Peruvian Apple Cactus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Peruvian Apple Cactus

Peruvian Apple Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Summer (night-blooming)

Peruvian Old Man Cactus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Peruvian Old Man Cactus

Peruvian Old Man Cactus

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer (night-blooming / mature plants only)

Petchoa with red, terracotta-orange and yellow trumpet flowers mounding in a patio container

Petchoa ‘SuperCal’

Petchoa ‘SuperCal’

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Fall through spring

Peters Honey Fig – Desert Horizon Nursery

Peters Honey Fig

Peters Honey Fig

Full sun

Moderate

Insignificant flowers; fruit ripens summer to fall

Petite Pink Oleander Tree – Desert Horizon Nursery

Petite Pink Oleander Tree

Petite Pink Oleander Tree

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Petite Red Oleander Shrub – Desert Horizon Nursery

Petite Red Oleander Shrub

Petite Red Oleander Shrub

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Petite white oleander, a compact rounded shrub with narrow dark green leaves and white flower clusters

Petite White Oleander Shrub

Petite White Oleander Shrub

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Petunia with wide violet-purple trumpet flowers mounding in a patio container

Petunia

Petunia

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Fall through spring

Philippine Red guava with reddish-bronze leaves and dark red fruit, one split open showing pink-red flesh

Philippine Red Guava

Philippine Red Guava

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring to summer

Philodendron with a rosette of glossy leaves, coppery orange when new, in a ceramic pot

Philodendron

Philodendron

Partial shade

Moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Pindo Palm – Desert Horizon Nursery

Pindo Palm

Pindo Palm

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring to early summer

Pine cone cactus with stacked gray-green cone-shaped segments in a terracotta pot

Pine Cone Cactus

Pine Cone Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Spring