Desert Horizon Nursery

Deciduous Trees

Tuscarora Crape Myrtle – Desert Horizon Nursery

Tuscarora Crape Myrtle

Tuscarora Crape Myrtle

Full sun

Low to moderate

Summer (June-September)

Sweet Bubba Desert Willow – Desert Horizon Nursery

Sweet Bubba Desert Willow

Sweet Bubba Desert Willow

Full sun

Low to moderate

Spring through fall

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

Red Push – Desert Horizon Nursery

Red Push

Red Push

Full sun

Low to moderate

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Red Oak – Desert Horizon Nursery

Red Oak

Red Oak

Full sun

Moderate to high

Spring

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

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)

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

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Pink Trumpet Tree

Pink Trumpet Tree

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late winter to early spring

Natchez Crape Myrtle – Desert Horizon Nursery

Natchez Crape Myrtle

Natchez Crape Myrtle

Full sun

Low to moderate

Summer

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

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

Modesto Ash – Desert Horizon Nursery

Modesto Ash

Modesto Ash

Full sun

Moderate to high

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

Mexican Redbud – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Redbud

Mexican Redbud

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Low to moderate

Late winter to early spring

Leslie Roy Mesquite – Desert Horizon Nursery

Leslie Roy Mesquite

Leslie Roy Mesquite

Full sun

Low

Spring

Bonsai Blue dwarf jacaranda with feathery green foliage and lavender-blue flower clusters in a small yard

Jacaranda ‘Bonsai Blue’

Jacaranda ‘Bonsai Blue’

Full sun

Moderate

Late spring to early summer

Jacaranda – Desert Horizon Nursery

Jacaranda

Jacaranda

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late spring to early summer

Hybrid native mesquite, a multi-trunk shade tree with dark shaggy bark and a broad canopy of airy green foliage

Hybrid Native Mesquite

Hybrid Native Mesquite

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Fruitless mulberry shade tree with a thick trunk and broad dense canopy of large glossy green leaves

Fruitless Mulberry

Fruitless Mulberry

Full sun

Moderate

Spring (inconspicuous catkins)

Flowering Plum – Desert Horizon Nursery

Flowering Plum

Flowering Plum

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Moderate

Late winter to early spring

Fan West Ash – Desert Horizon Nursery

Fan West Ash

Fan West Ash

Full sun

Moderate

Spring

Fan Tex Ash – Desert Horizon Nursery

Fan Tex Ash

Fan Tex Ash

Full sun

Moderate

Spring

Eastern Redbud Tree – Desert Horizon Nursery

Eastern Redbud Tree

Eastern Redbud Tree

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Moderate

Early spring (Feb-April)

Dynamite crape myrtle in peak bloom with vivid cherry-red flowers above dark green foliage and pale trunks

Dynamite Crape Myrtle

Dynamite Crape Myrtle

Full sun

Moderate

Summer (June through September)

Dwarf jacaranda tree with fernlike green leaves and lavender-blue trumpet flowers in a courtyard bed

Dwarf Jacaranda

Dwarf Jacaranda

Full sun

Low to moderate

Late spring to early summer

Desert Willow – Desert Horizon Nursery

Desert Willow

Desert Willow

Full sun

Very low

Spring through fall (April-October)

Crape Myrtle Natchez (White) – Desert Horizon Nursery

Crape Myrtle Natchez (White)

Crape Myrtle Natchez (White)

Full sun

Low to moderate

Summer through early fall

Crape Myrtle Muskogee (Lav) – Desert Horizon Nursery

Crape Myrtle Muskogee (Lav)

Crape Myrtle Muskogee (Lav)

Full sun

Low to moderate

Summer through early fall

Dynamite crape myrtle tree with cherry-red flower clusters and red-tinged new leaves in a gravel front yard

Crape Myrtle Dynamite (Red)

Crape Myrtle Dynamite (Red)

Full sun

Low to moderate

Summer through early fall

Biloxi crape myrtle in full bloom with pale pink flowers and smooth cinnamon-brown trunks by a garden wall

Crape Myrtle Biloxi (Pink)

Crape Myrtle Biloxi (Pink)

Full sun

Low to moderate

Summer through early fall

Crape Myrtle Arapahoe (Red) – Desert Horizon Nursery

Crape Myrtle Arapahoe (Red)

Crape Myrtle Arapahoe (Red)

Full sun

Low to moderate

Summer through early fall