Desert Horizon Nursery

Full Sun Plants

20th Century Asian pear tree with glossy leaves and round smooth yellow-green pears

20th Century Asian Pear

20th Century Asian Pear

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Spring

Grecian Pattern Plant / Acanthus ‘Oak Leaf’ – Desert Horizon Nursery

Acanthus ‘Oak Leaf’

Acanthus ‘Oak Leaf’

Partial shade

Moderate

Spring

Adenium (Desert Rose) – Desert Horizon Nursery

Adenium (Desert Rose)

Adenium (Desert Rose)

Full sun

Low

Spring through fall

Advance loquat tree with large dark green leaves and clusters of yellow pear-shaped fruit

Advance Loquat

Advance Loquat

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Fall to early winter

African Candelabra – Desert Horizon Nursery

African Candelabra

African Candelabra

Full sun

Very low

Spring (rarely blooms in cultivation)

African Daisy – Desert Horizon Nursery

African Daisy

African Daisy

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Fall through spring

African Iris – Desert Horizon Nursery

African Iris

African Iris

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Spring through fall

African Ocotillo – Desert Horizon Nursery

African Ocotillo

African Ocotillo

Full sun

Very low

Summer

African Spears – Desert Horizon Nursery

African Spears

African Spears

Partial shade

Very low

Rarely flowers (grown for foliage)

African Sumac – Desert Horizon Nursery

African Sumac

African Sumac

Full sun

Low

Late winter to early spring

Agapanthus – Lily of the Nile – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agapanthus – Lily of the Nile

Agapanthus – Lily of the Nile

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Late spring to summer

Agapanthus Blue Storm – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agapanthus Blue Storm

Agapanthus Blue Storm

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Late spring to summer

Agave Blue Flame – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Blue Flame

Agave Blue Flame

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Once at maturity (monocarpic)

Agave Creme Brule / Creme Brulee Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Creme Brule

Agave Creme Brule

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Once at maturity (monocarpic)

Agave Cubic, a small blue-grey rosette with thick angular ridged leaves in a terracotta pot

Agave Cubic

Agave Cubic

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

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Agave Decipiens

Agave Decipiens

Full sun

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Agave Franzosinii – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Franzosinii

Agave Franzosinii

Full sun

Very low

Once at maturity (monocarpic)

Agave Lechuguilla – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Lechuguilla

Agave Lechuguilla

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer (monocarpic)

New Mexico agave, a tight blue-grey rosette with dark teeth and spines in gravel among boulders

Agave Neo Mexicana

Agave Neo Mexicana

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to early summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Agave Parryi Huachucensis – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Parryi Huachucensis

Agave Parryi Huachucensis

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

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

Butterfly Agave / Agave Potatorum – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Potatorum

Agave Potatorum

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once after 8-15 years)

Agave Sch Royal Flush – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Sch Royal Flush

Agave Sch Royal Flush

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Sisal agave with long straight sword-shaped green leaves in a gravel yard beside a boulder

Agave Sisalana

Agave Sisalana

Full sun

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once after many years)

Agave Titanota – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Titanota

Agave Titanota

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Very low

Late spring to summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Agave titanota Dakota, a compact blue-grey rosette with large toothed leaves in gravel by a boulder

Agave Titanota Dakota

Agave Titanota Dakota

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Agave titanota White Ice, a silvery white rosette with ivory teeth in gravel beside a boulder

Agave Titanota White Ice

Agave Titanota White Ice

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once at maturity)

Agave Weberi – Desert Horizon Nursery

Agave Weberi

Agave Weberi

Full sun

Very low

Summer; monocarpic (blooms once after 10-20 years)

Air plants with silvery grey-green leaves resting on driftwood on a shelf by a window

Air Plants (Tillandsia)

Air Plants (Tillandsia)

Partial shade

Low to moderate

Spring to summer

Alba bunny ears cactus with oval green pads dotted with white tufts planted in gravel beside a boulder

Alba Bunny Ears

Alba Bunny Ears

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Alba Mesquite – Desert Horizon Nursery

Alba Mesquite

Alba Mesquite

Full sun

Low

Spring to early summer

Aleppo pine with rugged fissured bark and an open irregular crown of fine light green needles

Aleppo Pine

Aleppo Pine

Full sun

Low

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

All in One almond tree with narrow green leaves and fuzzy grey-green hulls splitting to show almonds

All in One Almond

All in One Almond

Full sun

Moderate

Late winter to early spring