Desert Horizon Nursery

Trees

Leatherleaf acacia, a dense rounded small tree with leathery gray-green oval leaves and short yellow flower spikes

Leatherleaf Acacia

Leatherleaf Acacia

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Leslie Roy Mesquite – Desert Horizon Nursery

Leslie Roy Mesquite

Leslie Roy Mesquite

Full sun

Low

Spring

Ligustrum 'Texanum' Patio Tree – Desert Horizon Nursery

Ligustrum ‘Texanum’ Patio Tree

Ligustrum ‘Texanum’ Patio Tree

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Spring

Little leaf ash, a small multi-trunk tree with slender grey trunks and a fine-textured dark green canopy

Little Leaf Ash

Little Leaf Ash

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring

Live Oak – Desert Horizon Nursery

Live Oak

Live Oak

Full sun

Moderate

Spring

Lucky Nut (Yellow Oleander) – Desert Horizon Nursery

Lucky Nut (Yellow Oleander)

Lucky Nut (Yellow Oleander)

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

Magnolia – Desert Horizon Nursery

Magnolia

Magnolia

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Late spring to summer

Magnolia ‘Little Gem’ – Desert Horizon Nursery

Magnolia ‘Little Gem’

Magnolia ‘Little Gem’

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate to high

Late spring through summer

Mastic – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mastic

Mastic

Full sun

Low

Spring

Thornless hybrid mesquite, a large multi-trunk shade tree with a wide canopy of lush fern-like green foliage

Mesquite Thornless (AZT)

Mesquite Thornless (AZT)

Full sun

Low

Spring

Mexican Redbud – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Redbud

Mexican Redbud

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Late winter to early spring

Mimosa tree with a flat-topped canopy of feathery leaves and fluffy pink powder-puff flowers

Mimosa Tree

Mimosa Tree

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late spring to summer

Modesto Ash – Desert Horizon Nursery

Modesto Ash

Modesto Ash

Full sun

Moderate to high

Spring

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

Fruitless mulberry tree with a stout trunk and wide umbrella canopy of big shiny green leaves shading a yard

Mulberry Non Fruit

Mulberry Non Fruit

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring

Mulga – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mulga

Mulga

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Natchez Crape Myrtle – Desert Horizon Nursery

Natchez Crape Myrtle

Natchez Crape Myrtle

Full sun

Low to moderate

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

Palo blanco tree with slender white papery peeling trunks and wispy weeping green foliage in a desert garden

Palo Blanco

Palo Blanco

Full sun

Low

Spring

Palo brea tree with smooth green bark, twisting branches and an umbrella canopy of yellow flowers

Palo Brea

Palo Brea

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Palo rojo, a small multi-trunk desert tree with green bark, crooked branches and abundant yellow flowers

Palo Rojo

Palo Rojo

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Petite Pink Oleander Tree – Desert Horizon Nursery

Petite Pink Oleander Tree

Petite Pink Oleander Tree

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

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Pink Trumpet Tree

Pink Trumpet Tree

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late winter to early spring

Purple Plum – Desert Horizon Nursery

Purple Plum

Purple Plum

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Late winter to early spring (February-March) / before leaf emergence

Purple Robe locust tree with dark furrowed bark and hanging clusters of rose-purple pea flowers in a gravel yard

Purple Robe Locust

Purple Robe Locust

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring (April-May)

Raywood ash tree with a fine-textured canopy in burgundy to red-purple fall colour in a gravel front yard

Raywood Ash

Raywood Ash

Full sun

Moderate

Spring

Red Oak – Desert Horizon Nursery

Red Oak

Red Oak

Full sun

Moderate to high

Spring

Red Push – Desert Horizon Nursery

Red Push

Red Push

Full sun

Low to moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Shamel ash, a large shade tree with a straight trunk and broad dense canopy of glossy dark green leaves

Shamel Ash

Shamel Ash

Full sun

Moderate to high

Spring

Shoestring Acacia – Desert Horizon Nursery

Shoestring Acacia

Shoestring Acacia

Full sun

Low

Winter to early spring

Silk floss tree with a swollen green spiny trunk and large pink flowers in a gravel yard

Silk Floss Tree

Silk Floss Tree

Full sun

Low to moderate

Fall