Desert Horizon Nursery

Drought Tolerant Plants

Mexican Fire Barrel - Pilosus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Fire Barrel – Pilosus

Mexican Fire Barrel – Pilosus

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Mexican fire barrel cactus, a tall ribbed green barrel with red spines and white bristles in gravel

Mexican Fire Barrel – Pringlei

Mexican Fire Barrel – Pringlei

Full sun

Very low

Spring to summer

Mexican Honeysuckle – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Honeysuckle

Mexican Honeysuckle

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low to moderate

Spring and fall; intermittent year-round

Mexican Redbud – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Redbud

Mexican Redbud

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Late winter to early spring

Microburst Sage – Desert Horizon Nursery

Microburst Sage

Microburst Sage

Full sun

Very low

Summer to fall (triggered by monsoon humidity)

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Milkweed Orange

Milkweed Orange

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Late spring through summer

Mint Julep juniper, a spreading shrub with arching branches of feathery mint-green foliage, in a gravel bed

Mint Julep Juniper

Mint Julep Juniper

Full sun

Low to moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Mint Julep Juniper – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mint Julep Juniper

Mint Julep Juniper

Full sun

Low to moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Oleander, a large upright evergreen shrub with narrow dark green leaves and red flower clusters, by a block wall

Mixed Oleander

Mixed Oleander

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

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Mock Orange Standard

Mock Orange Standard

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Late spring to early summer

Monstrose Cereus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Monstrose Cereus

Monstrose Cereus

Full sun

Very low

Summer (nocturnal)

Moraea Iris – Desert Horizon Nursery

Moraea Iris

Moraea Iris

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Spring through fall; individual flowers short-lived but produced repeatedly

Moringa tree with a slender pale trunk, lacy light green leaves, creamy flowers and long hanging green pods

Moringa Tree

Moringa Tree

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall; may bloom multiple times per year

Moroccan Mound – Desert Horizon Nursery

Moroccan Mound

Moroccan Mound

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Moss Verbena Pink – Desert Horizon Nursery

Moss Verbena Pink

Moss Verbena Pink

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Moss Verbena Purple – Desert Horizon Nursery

Moss Verbena Purple

Moss Verbena Purple

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Mountain Yucca – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mountain Yucca

Mountain Yucca

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Summer

Mulga – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mulga

Mulga

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Multi Color Hibiscus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Multi Color Hibiscus

Multi Color Hibiscus

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring through fall

Murphys agave with upright grey-green leaves and small offsets at its base in a gravel landscape

Murphy’s Agave

Murphy’s Agave

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Narrow Leaf Yucca – Desert Horizon Nursery

Narrow Leaf Yucca

Narrow Leaf Yucca

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Natal Plum Standard – Desert Horizon Nursery

Natal Plum Standard

Natal Plum Standard

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Spring through fall

Native Hedgehog Cactus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Native Hedgehog Cactus

Native Hedgehog Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Needle grass clump with fine threadlike green leaves and golden feathery seed heads

Needle Grass

Needle Grass

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Spring to summer

Needle Leaf Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Needle Leaf Agave

Needle Leaf Agave

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer; monocarpic (rosette dies after flowering / offsets persist)

New Red Lantana – Desert Horizon Nursery

New Red Lantana

New Red Lantana

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Nobilis Blue aloe clump of thick blue-grey toothed rosettes with orange-red flower heads in a rock garden

Nobilis Blue Aloe

Nobilis Blue Aloe

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer

Oak – Desert Horizon Nursery

Oak

Oak

Full sun

Moderate

Spring

Oak Joan Lionetti – Desert Horizon Nursery

Oak Joan Lionetti

Oak Joan Lionetti

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring

Ocotillo – Desert Horizon Nursery

Ocotillo

Ocotillo

Full sun

Very low

Spring; may rebloom after summer rains

Octopus Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Octopus Agave

Octopus Agave

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer (once at maturity / ~10-25 years / then dies)

Old man of the Andes cactus with columns covered in shaggy white hair and golden spines in gravel

Old Man of the Andes

Old Man of the Andes

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring to summer (mature specimens only)