Desert Horizon Nursery

Shade &
Semi Shade Plants

Cordyline baueri with a slender trunk and a rosette of arching burgundy sword-shaped leaves

Cordyline Baueri

Cordyline Baueri

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Summer

Cordyline indivisa – Desert Horizon Nursery

Cordyline indivisa

Cordyline indivisa

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Summer

Cream de Mint pittosporum, a dwarf mounded shrub with mint green and cream variegated leaves, in a gravel bed

Cream de Mint Pittosporum

Cream de Mint Pittosporum

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low to moderate

Spring

Creeping Fig Vine – Desert Horizon Nursery

Creeping Fig Vine

Creeping Fig Vine

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Crimson Passion Flower – Desert Horizon Nursery

Crimson Passion Flower

Crimson Passion Flower

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate to high

Spring through fall

Cycad – Desert Horizon Nursery

Cycad

Cycad

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low to moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage; produces cones)

Cyclamen – Desert Horizon Nursery

Cyclamen

Cyclamen

Partial shade

Moderate

Winter to spring

Dieffenbachia with large cream-splashed green leaves in a ceramic pot in a living room

Dieffenbachia

Dieffenbachia

Partial shade

Moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Dieffenbachia Camille with creamy white leaves edged in dark green in a ceramic pot

Dieffenbachia ‘Camille’

Dieffenbachia ‘Camille’

Partial shade

Moderate

Rarely blooms indoors; insignificant spathe-type flower when it does.

Double-Flowering Crape Jasmine – Desert Horizon Nursery

Double-Flowering Crape Jasmine

Double-Flowering Crape Jasmine

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Spring through fall

Dracaena – Desert Horizon Nursery

Dracaena

Dracaena

Partial shade

Low to moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Dracaena Deremensis – Desert Horizon Nursery

Dracaena Deremensis

Dracaena Deremensis

Partial shade

Moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Dragon tree with slender canes and tufts of narrow red-edged green leaves in a terracotta pot

Dracaena Marginata Dragon Tree

Dracaena Marginata Dragon Tree

Partial shade

Low to moderate

Rarely blooms in landscape (grown for foliage)

Dragon fruit cactus on a wooden trellis with three-angled green stems and ripe pink scaly fruit

Dragon Fruit Cactus

Dragon Fruit Cactus

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low to moderate

Summer to fall

Dragon tail plant climbing a moss pole with deeply split glossy dark green leaves

Dragon Tail Plant

Dragon Tail Plant

Partial shade

Moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Dwarf Schefflera (Arboricola) – Desert Horizon Nursery

Dwarf Schefflera (Arboricola)

Dwarf Schefflera (Arboricola)

Partial shade

Moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Dwarf Variegated Mock Orange – Desert Horizon Nursery

Dwarf Variegated Mock Orange

Dwarf Variegated Mock Orange

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low to moderate

Spring

Eastern Redbud Tree – Desert Horizon Nursery

Eastern Redbud Tree

Eastern Redbud Tree

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Early spring (Feb-April)

Echeveria Blue Elf cluster of small blue-grey rosettes with pink-red leaf tips in a terracotta pot

Echeveria ‘Blue Elf’

Echeveria ‘Blue Elf’

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Very low

Spring to summer

Echeveria Perle Von Nurnberg – Desert Horizon Nursery

Echeveria Perle Von Nurnberg

Echeveria Perle Von Nurnberg

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low

Spring to summer

Echeveria Ruffled Red – Desert Horizon Nursery

Echeveria Ruffled Red

Echeveria Ruffled Red

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low

Spring to early summer

Edgars Red dragon fruit cactus on a trellis with green three-angled stems and ripe deep red fruit

Edgars Red Dragon Fruit

Edgars Red Dragon Fruit

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low to moderate

Summer to fall (June-October)

Elephant ears clump with huge downward-pointing heart-shaped green leaves in a shaded bed

Elephant Ears

Elephant Ears

Morning sun / afternoon shade

High

Rarely blooms (grown for foliage)

Elephant food Medio-picta with pinkish-red stems and cream-centred green leaves in a terracotta pot

Elephant Food – Medio-picta

Elephant Food – Medio-picta

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low

Spring to summer (rarely blooms in cultivation)

Variegated elephant food shrub with small cream-edged green leaves on reddish stems in a gravel bed

Elephant Food Variegated

Elephant Food Variegated

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low

Late spring to summer (rarely flowers in cultivation)

English Lavender – Desert Horizon Nursery

English Lavender

English Lavender

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low to moderate

Spring to early summer

Ensete Maurelii – Desert Horizon Nursery

Ensete Maurelii

Ensete Maurelii

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate to high

Rarely flowers in cultivation (monocarpic)

Euonymus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Euonymus

Euonymus

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Spring

Euonymus Gold Spot – Desert Horizon Nursery

Euonymus Gold Spot

Euonymus Gold Spot

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Spring to early summer

Silver Queen euonymus shrub with dark green leaves edged in creamy white in a shaded bed beside a wall

Euonymus Silver Queen

Euonymus Silver Queen

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Late spring to early summer

Euphorbia enopla clump of slender blue-green ribbed stems with long red spines in a terracotta pot

Euphorbia Enopla

Euphorbia Enopla

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Very low

Spring to early summer

Euphorbia polygona cluster of grey-green deeply ribbed columns with small maroon flowers in a rock garden

Euphorbia Polygona

Euphorbia Polygona

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Very low

Spring to early summer