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Queen Creek, AZ 85142

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Succulents

Elephant food trained as a narrow upright column of small round green leaves beside a stucco wall

Elephant Food Column

Elephant Food Column

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer (rarely blooms in cultivation)
Prostrate elephant food spreading as a low mat of small round green leaves over gravel and a boulder

Elephant Food Prostrata

Elephant Food Prostrata

Full sun

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)
Euphorbia ammak with tall blue-green four-ribbed candelabra branches in a gravel yard

Euphorbia Ammak

Euphorbia Ammak

Full sun

Very low

Spring (rarely flowers in cultivation)
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 ferox cushion of short stout grey-green stems with long reddish-purple spines in a pot

Euphorbia Ferox

Euphorbia Ferox

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring
Euphorbia horrida cluster of grey-green deeply ribbed spiny barrel-like stems in a rock garden

Euphorbia Horrida

Euphorbia Horrida

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring to early summer
Euphorbia ingens candelabra tree with a short trunk and dense crown of dark green segmented branches

Euphorbia Ingens

Euphorbia Ingens

Full sun

Very low

Winter to spring (rarely flowers in cultivation)
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
Euphorbia trigona with upright three-sided green stems and small leaves in a courtyard bed

Euphorbia Trigona

Euphorbia Trigona

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)
Ferox Agave – Desert Horizon Nursery

Ferox Agave

Ferox Agave

Full sun

Very low

Summer; blooms once after many years (monocarpic)
Firesticks – Desert Horizon Nursery

Firesticks

Firesticks

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Late winter to spring (insignificant)
Flat Flowered Aloe – Desert Horizon Nursery

Flat Flowered Aloe

Flat Flowered Aloe

Full sun

Very low

Winter to early spring
Gasteria with small rosettes of white-speckled dark green tongue-shaped leaves in a terracotta pot

Gasteria

Gasteria

Partial shade

Low

Spring to summer
Ghost Aloe – Desert Horizon Nursery

Ghost Aloe

Ghost Aloe

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Late winter to spring
Giant elephant food shrub with thick reddish stems and large round glossy green leaves in a gravel bed

Giant Elephant Food

Giant Elephant Food

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer (blooms infrequently in cultivation)
Giant Hesperaloe – Desert Horizon Nursery

Giant Hesperaloe

Giant Hesperaloe

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to summer
Gold Tooth Aloe – Desert Horizon Nursery

Gold Tooth Aloe

Gold Tooth Aloe

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low

Summer
Haworthia with white zebra-striped pointed dark green leaves in a terracotta pot by a window

Haworthia

Haworthia

Partial shade

Low

Spring to summer
Hercules Aloe – Desert Horizon Nursery

Hercules Aloe

Hercules Aloe

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Winter to spring
Hesperaloe Brake Lights / Brakelights Red Yucca – Desert Horizon Nursery

Hesperaloe Brake Lights

Hesperaloe Brake Lights

Full sun

Very low

Spring through fall
Hesperaloe Stop Lights – Desert Horizon Nursery

Hesperaloe Stop Lights

Hesperaloe Stop Lights

Full sun

Very low

Spring through fall
Straight Up red yucca with narrow green leaves and upright coral-red flower stalks in a granite bed

Hesperaloe Straight Up

Hesperaloe Straight Up

Full sun

Very low

Spring through summer
Hesperaloe Yellow – Desert Horizon Nursery

Hesperaloe Yellow

Hesperaloe Yellow

Full sun

Very low

Spring through summer
Jet tip agave with narrow blue-grey leaves tipped with black spines in gravel beside a boulder

Jet Tip Agave

Jet Tip Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer (monocarpic; blooms once at maturity then dies)
Kishokan dwarf butterfly agave with cream-edged blue-green leaves and red-brown teeth in a pot

Kishokan Dwarf Butterfly Agave

Kishokan Dwarf Butterfly Agave

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer (monocarpic; blooms once then dies / leaving offsets)
Lady Slipper – Desert Horizon Nursery

Lady Slipper

Lady Slipper

Full sun

Very low

Spring to summer
Lewisia rosette with clusters of striped salmon-pink and orange flowers in a terracotta pot

Lewisia

Lewisia

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Fall through spring
Little Gem Aloe – Desert Horizon Nursery

Little Gem Aloe

Little Gem Aloe

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Winter to spring
Little Giant Hesperaloe – Desert Horizon Nursery

Little Giant Hesperaloe

Little Giant Hesperaloe

Full sun

Very low

Summer
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
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