Desert Horizon Nursery

Desert Trees

African Sumac – Desert Horizon Nursery

African Sumac

African Sumac

Full sun

Low

Late winter to early spring

Alba Mesquite – Desert Horizon Nursery

Alba Mesquite

Alba Mesquite

Full sun

Low

Spring to early summer

Aleppo pine with rugged fissured bark and an open irregular crown of fine light green needles

Aleppo Pine

Aleppo Pine

Full sun

Low

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Arizona Cypress – Desert Horizon Nursery

Arizona Cypress

Arizona Cypress

Full sun

Low

Non-flowering (cone-bearing conifer)

Blue Alba mesquite, a large multi-trunk shade tree with a broad canopy of feathery blue-green foliage

Blue Alba Mesquite

Blue Alba Mesquite

Full sun

Low

Spring to early summer

Blue palo verde tree with smooth blue-green bark and a canopy covered in bright yellow flowers in a gravel yard

Blue Palo Verde

Blue Palo Verde

Full sun

Very low

Spring (March-May)

California pepper tree with a gnarled trunk, weeping feathery foliage and clusters of rose-pink berries

California Pepper Tree

California Pepper Tree

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer

Carob tree with a dense rounded canopy of glossy dark green leaves and hanging flat brown pods

Carob

Carob

Full sun

Low

Fall to winter

Carob tree with a thick trunk, dense dome of leathery dark green leaves and chocolate-brown pods

Carob Tree

Carob Tree

Full sun

Low

Fall

Cascalote, a small multi-trunk tree with thorny gray trunks and upright spikes of yellow flowers, in a gravel yard

Cascalote

Cascalote

Full sun

Low

Late fall to winter

Chilean Mesquite – Desert Horizon Nursery

Chilean Mesquite

Chilean Mesquite

Full sun

Low

Spring

Coral gum eucalyptus, a small tree with gray-green leaves, coral-red buds and fluffy coral-pink flowers

Coral Gum Eucalyptus

Coral Gum Eucalyptus

Full sun

Low

Spring through summer

Desert fern tree, a small multi-trunk tree with a spreading canopy of feathery fern-like green leaves

Desert Fern Tree

Desert Fern Tree

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Desert Museum Palo Verde – Desert Horizon Nursery

Desert Museum Palo Verde

Desert Museum Palo Verde

Full sun

Low

Spring (March-May)

Desert Willow – Desert Horizon Nursery

Desert Willow

Desert Willow

Full sun

Very low

Spring through fall (April-October)

Coolibah eucalyptus shade tree with rough grey-brown bark and an airy canopy of narrow grey-green leaves

Eucalyptus Coolibah

Eucalyptus Coolibah

Full sun

Low

Spring to summer

Ghost gum eucalyptus with a smooth white trunk and airy grey-green canopy against a blue sky

Eucalyptus Ghost Gum

Eucalyptus Ghost Gum

Full sun

Low

Spring to 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

Ironwood Tree / Ironwood – Desert Horizon Nursery

Ironwood

Ironwood

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to early summer

Ironwood Tree / Ironwood – Desert Horizon Nursery

Ironwood Tree

Ironwood Tree

Full sun

Very low

Late spring (May to June)

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

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

Mulga – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mulga

Mulga

Full sun

Very low

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

Shoestring Acacia – Desert Horizon Nursery

Shoestring Acacia

Shoestring Acacia

Full sun

Low

Winter to early spring

Silver Peso Texas mountain laurel with silvery gray-green leaves and drooping violet-purple flower clusters

Silver Peso Texas Mountain Laurel

Silver Peso Texas Mountain Laurel

Full sun

Low

Winter to spring

Sonoran Emerald palo verde, a thornless multi-trunk tree with bright green bark and masses of yellow flowers

Sonoran Emerald

Sonoran Emerald

Full sun

Low

Spring

Texas ebony tree with dark bark and a dense rounded canopy of small glossy dark green leaves in a gravel yard

Texas Ebony

Texas Ebony

Full sun

Low

Late spring to summer