Desert Horizon Nursery

Drought Tolerant Plants

Little Leaf Cordia – Desert Horizon Nursery

Little Leaf Cordia

Little Leaf Cordia

Full sun

Very low

Spring through fall (heaviest after rain)

Little Lynns Legacy sage, a dense rounded shrub covered in lavender-purple flowers, in a gravel bed

Little Lynns Legacy Sage Civano

Little Lynns Legacy Sage Civano

Full sun

Low

Summer through fall

Little Ollie Dwarf Olive (Compact) / Little Ollie Dwarf Olive / Little Ollie Olive / Little Ollie – Desert Horizon Nursery

Little Ollie

Little Ollie

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring

Little Ollie Dwarf Olive (Compact) / Little Ollie Dwarf Olive / Little Ollie Olive / Little Ollie – Desert Horizon Nursery

Little Ollie Dwarf Olive

Little Ollie Dwarf Olive

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring (sparse)

Little Ollie Dwarf Olive (Compact) / Little Ollie Dwarf Olive / Little Ollie Olive / Little Ollie – Desert Horizon Nursery

Little Ollie Olive

Little Ollie Olive

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring

Little Ollie TREE 2 Ball – Desert Horizon Nursery

Little Ollie TREE 2 Ball

Little Ollie TREE 2 Ball

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring (inconspicuous; largely fruitless)

Little Pickles succulent with trailing purple stems, pickle-shaped leaves and small yellow daisies

Little Pickles (Othonna)

Little Pickles (Othonna)

Partial shade

Low

Spring to summer

Live Oak – Desert Horizon Nursery

Live Oak

Live Oak

Full sun

Moderate

Spring

Lucky Nut (Yellow Oleander) – Desert Horizon Nursery

Lucky Nut (Yellow Oleander)

Lucky Nut (Yellow Oleander)

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Lynn's Legacy Sage – Desert Horizon Nursery

Lynn’s Legacy Sage

Lynn’s Legacy Sage

Full sun

Low

Summer through fall

Macdougall furcraea with a tall trunk and a rosette of stiff upright green leaves in a gravel yard

Macdougalii

Macdougalii

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Once at maturity (monocarpic) / after many years

Madagascar Palm – Desert Horizon Nursery

Madagascar Palm

Madagascar Palm

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring to summer

Mammillaria cactus cluster of small white-spined globes each with a ring of pink flowers in a terracotta pot

Mammillaria Cactus

Mammillaria Cactus

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Late winter to spring

Mandevilla vine with rose-pink trumpet flowers and glossy leaves on a trellis in a patio pot

Mandevilla

Mandevilla

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Spring through fall

Mangave Lavender Lady rosette of broad smoky lavender-grey leaves in a terracotta pot on a patio

Mangave ‘Lavender Lady’

Mangave ‘Lavender Lady’

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Summer

Mangave 'Silver Fox' – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mangave ‘Silver Fox’

Mangave ‘Silver Fox’

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Summer

Mangave 'Snow Leopard' – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mangave ‘Snow Leopard’

Mangave ‘Snow Leopard’

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Summer

Marine Blue Salvia – Desert Horizon Nursery

Marine Blue Salvia

Marine Blue Salvia

Full sun

Low

Spring through fall

Mastic – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mastic

Mastic

Full sun

Low

Spring

Maternity plant with long triangular leaves edged in tiny plantlets in a terracotta pot on a patio

Maternity Plant

Maternity Plant

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Late winter to spring

Medicinal Aloe – Desert Horizon Nursery

Medicinal Aloe

Medicinal Aloe

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Late winter to spring

Mediopicta Alba Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mediopicta Alba Agave

Mediopicta Alba Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Once at maturity (monocarpic) / after many years

Mediterranean Fan Palm – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mediterranean Fan Palm

Mediterranean Fan Palm

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring

Thornless hybrid mesquite, a large multi-trunk shade tree with a wide canopy of lush fern-like green foliage

Mesquite Thornless (AZT)

Mesquite Thornless (AZT)

Full sun

Low

Spring

Mexicali Rose Fairy Duster – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexicali Rose Fairy Duster

Mexicali Rose Fairy Duster

Full sun

Low

Nearly year-round; heaviest spring and fall

Mexican Blue Palm (Blue Hesper Palm) – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Blue Palm (Blue Hesper Palm)

Mexican Blue Palm (Blue Hesper Palm)

Full sun

Low

Spring to early summer

Mexican Bush Sage – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Bush Sage

Mexican Bush Sage

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Late summer through fall

Mexican Creeper Vine (Coral Vine) – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Creeper Vine (Coral Vine)

Mexican Creeper Vine (Coral Vine)

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall; heaviest in summer heat

Mexican Fan Palm – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Fan Palm

Mexican Fan Palm

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring to summer

Mexican Feather Grass – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Feather Grass

Mexican Feather Grass

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer

Mexican Fencepost – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Fencepost

Mexican Fencepost

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Mexican Fire Barrel – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Fire Barrel

Mexican Fire Barrel

Full sun

Very low

Spring to summer