Desert Horizon Nursery

Plants

Carrie Mango – Desert Horizon Nursery

Carrie Mango

Carrie Mango

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Late winter to early spring

Cartagena guava branches with veined green leaves and ripe light yellow fruit above peeling tan bark

Cartagena Guava

Cartagena Guava

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring to summer

Cary Grant rose bush with large coppery orange blooms and glossy dark green leaves

Cary Grant Rose

Cary Grant Rose

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring through fall

Cascalote, a small multi-trunk tree with thorny gray trunks and upright spikes of yellow flowers, in a gravel yard

Cascalote

Cascalote

Full sun

Low

Late fall to winter

Smoothie cascalote, a small thornless multi-trunk tree with upright spikes of yellow flowers, in a gravel yard

Cascalote ‘Smoothie’

Cascalote ‘Smoothie’

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late fall to winter

Cousin It casuarina forming a shaggy mound of drooping hairlike green branchlets

Casuarina ‘Cousin It’

Casuarina ‘Cousin It’

Full sun

Low to moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Catclaw vine clinging to a stucco wall, covered in bright yellow trumpet flowers

Cat’s Claw Vine

Cat’s Claw Vine

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring

Cauliflower plant with a dense orange head nestled in blue-green leaves in a raised bed

Cauliflower

Cauliflower

Full sun

Moderate

Winter to spring

Celery plant with upright ribbed pale green stalks and glossy leafy tops in a raised bed

Celery

Celery

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

High

Spring

Celsii agave cluster of soft blue-green fleshy rosettes in gravel beside a shaded patio wall

Celsii Agave

Celsii Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Late spring to summer; monocarpic / blooms once then dies

Century Plant – Desert Horizon Nursery

Century Plant

Century Plant

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to summer; monocarpic (blooms once after 10-30 years)

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Chalk Fingers

Chalk Fingers

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Winter to spring

Chamaedorea Elegans Neanthe Bella Palm – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chamaedorea Elegans Neanthe Bella Palm

Chamaedorea Elegans Neanthe Bella Palm

Partial shade

Moderate

Spring to summer

Chamomile in bloom with small white daisy flowers and feathery green foliage in a raised bed

Chamomile

Chamomile

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Spring

Champagne loquat tree with bold dark green leaves and clusters of pale yellow oval fruit

Champagne Loquat

Champagne Loquat

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Fall to early winter

Chandler pummelo tree branches with very large round pale yellow fruit and glossy dark green leaves

Chandler Pummelo

Chandler Pummelo

Full sun

Moderate to high

Spring

Cleveland Sage / Chaparral Sage – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chaparral Sage

Chaparral Sage

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Spring to early summer

Chaste Tree – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chaste Tree

Chaste Tree

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late spring through summer; reblooms if spent spikes are removed

Cherry Blossom Euphorbia – Desert Horizon Nursery

Cherry Blossom Euphorbia

Cherry Blossom Euphorbia

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring

Chihuahuan Sage – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chihuahuan Sage

Chihuahuan Sage

Full sun

Low

Summer through fall

Chilean Mesquite – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chilean Mesquite

Chilean Mesquite

Full sun

Low

Spring

Chiltepin Pepper – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chiltepin Pepper

Chiltepin Pepper

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

China doll indoor tree with glossy ferny deep green leaves in a ceramic pot by a window

China Doll

China Doll

Partial shade

Moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Chinese Elm – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chinese Elm

Chinese Elm

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late summer to fall

Chinese lantern plant with papery orange-red lantern husks hanging from leafy green stems

Chinese Lantern

Chinese Lantern

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Summer

Chinese Wisteria – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chinese Wisteria

Chinese Wisteria

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Spring

Chitalpa – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chitalpa

Chitalpa

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late spring through summer

Chives clump with slender hollow green leaves and round pale purple pompom flowers in a herb bed

Chives & Garlic Chives

Chives & Garlic Chives

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Spring to summer

Chocolate persimmon tree with glossy leaves and oblong orange-red fruit hanging from the branches

Chocolate Persimmon

Chocolate Persimmon

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring

Chris Evert rose bush with melon orange blooms blushed red at the petal edges

Chris Evert Rose

Chris Evert Rose

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring through fall

Christmas Tree Cactus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Christmas Tree Cactus

Christmas Tree Cactus

Full sun

Low

Rarely blooms (spring to summer)

Chuparosa / Chuparosa Red – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chuparosa

Chuparosa

Full sun

Very low

Late winter to spring; reblooms in fall