Desert Horizon Nursery

Full Sun Plants

Stetsonia – Desert Horizon Nursery

Stetsonia Cactus

Stetsonia Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Summer

Stock with dense spikes of double purple flowers and grey-green leaves in a garden bed

Stock (Matthiola)

Stock (Matthiola)

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Fall through spring

Stoplight red yucca with arching blue-green leaves and vivid red flower stalks in a granite bed

Stoplight Yucca

Stoplight Yucca

Full sun

Very low

Spring through fall

Strawberry – Desert Horizon Nursery

Strawberry

Strawberry

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Winter to spring

Strawberry hedgehog cactus clump with spiny stems and large magenta flowers in desert gravel

Strawberry Hedgehog

Strawberry Hedgehog

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Strawberry tree (Jamaican cherry) branches with small round red berries and white flowers under tiered leaves

Strawberry Tree (Jamaican Cherry / Panama Berry)

Strawberry Tree (Jamaican Cherry / Panama Berry)

Full sun

Low to moderate

Year-round in frost-free conditions; heaviest in spring and summer

Strawflower with papery golden-yellow flowers and narrow green leaves in a sunny garden bed

Strawflower

Strawflower

Full sun

Moderate

Spring through fall

Sugar bush, a large rounded evergreen shrub with glossy folded leaves and small pink-white flower clusters

Sugar Bush

Sugar Bush

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring

Zucchini summer squash plant with large lobed leaves, dark green fruit and a yellow flower in a raised bed

Summer Squash & Zucchini

Summer Squash & Zucchini

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring to summer

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Summertime Blue Emu

Summertime Blue Emu

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall; blooms nearly year-round / heaviest in cooler months

Surinam cherry shrub with glossy leaves, bronze new growth and ribbed bright red pumpkin-shaped fruit

Surinam Cherry

Surinam Cherry

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Spring; may rebloom in fall

Swan Hill olive tree with gnarled grey multiple trunks and a rounded silver-green canopy in a gravel yard

Swan Hill Olive

Swan Hill Olive

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring (insignificant)

Sweet alyssum forming a low carpet of tiny white flowers at the edge of a garden bed

Sweet Alyssum

Sweet Alyssum

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Fall through spring

Sweet Bay – Desert Horizon Nursery

Sweet Bay

Sweet Bay

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Spring

Sweet Bubba Desert Willow – Desert Horizon Nursery

Sweet Bubba Desert Willow

Sweet Bubba Desert Willow

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Sweet pea dwarf bush plants with ruffled pink, lavender, white and crimson flowers in a garden bed

Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Fall through spring

Sweet potato vine with chartreuse heart-shaped leaves cascading from a large patio pot

Sweet Potato Vine

Sweet Potato Vine

Full sun

Moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Sweet Treat pluerry tree with clusters of small ripe red plum-cherry fruit

Sweet Treat Pluerry

Sweet Treat Pluerry

Full sun

Moderate to high

Late winter to early spring

Swiss chard with bright ruby-red stalks and glossy crinkled dark green leaves in a raised bed

Swiss Chard

Swiss Chard

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Winter to spring

Taiwan Red guava tree with rounded pale yellow-green fruit, veined oval leaves and peeling bark

Taiwan Red Guava

Taiwan Red Guava

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Spring to summer

Tall Kangaroo Paw – Desert Horizon Nursery

Tall Kangaroo Paw

Tall Kangaroo Paw

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Spring to summer

Tall Lady Slipper – Desert Horizon Nursery

Tall Lady Slipper

Tall Lady Slipper

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Spring to summer

Tall verbena with lavender-purple pompom flower clusters on wiry two-foot stems

Tall Verbena ‘Lollipop’

Tall Verbena ‘Lollipop’

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Tamarind tree with feathery leaves and clusters of curved cinnamon-brown pods

Tamarind

Tamarind

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring to early summer

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Tangerine Aloe

Tangerine Aloe

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Late winter to spring

Tangerine Crossvine – Desert Horizon Nursery

Tangerine Crossvine

Tangerine Crossvine

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Spring

Tangerine mandarin tree with clusters of flattened deep reddish-orange fruit among glossy leaves

Tangerine Mandarin

Tangerine Mandarin

Full sun

Moderate to high

Spring

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Tango Mandarin

Tango Mandarin

Full sun

Moderate to high

Spring

Sparklet tecoma shrub with yellow trumpet flowers and orange-red throats by a stucco wall

Tecoma Sparklet

Tecoma Sparklet

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Tecoma Sparky Bells – Desert Horizon Nursery

Tecoma Sparky Bells

Tecoma Sparky Bells

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Gold Star yellow bells shrub with lush green leaves and clusters of golden trumpet flowers

Tecoma Stans Gold Star

Tecoma Stans Gold Star

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Teddy bear cholla with dense silvery-gold spines on stubby joints above a dark trunk in gravel

Teddy Bear Cholla

Teddy Bear Cholla

Full sun

Very low

Spring