Southwest Plants
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Plant GuideVariegated kiwi vine
Actinidia kolomiktaVariegated kiwi vine is an attractive woody vine that tolerates shade.
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Plant GuidePasque flower
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pasque flower blooms for 4 to 6 weeks in spring with fuzzy flower buds that open to 1.
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Plant Guide‘Gracillimus’ eulalia grass
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’This elegantly shaped grass has narrow leaves with white mid-ribs and a vaselike form to 6 feet tall.
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Plant GuideBlue beargrass tree
Nolina nelsoniiThis yucca-like Mexican plant has bold bluish leaves to 3 feet long that have tiny serrations on the edges.
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Plant GuidePapaya
Carica papayaThe papaya is a herbaceous, fast-growing shrub that grows best in tropical and subtropical climates where it will flower continually, but it will perform in colder climates from high summer…
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Plant GuidePartridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculataThis colorful annual legume bears attractive yellow flowers that have reddish-purple spots at their base.
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Plant GuideDowny thorn apple
Datura metel
Datura metel grows 3 to 4 feet tall with large dark green leaves that have a bad smell.
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Plant GuideDwarf white-stripe
Pleioblastus variegatusDwarf white-stripe has 5-inch-long, upward-pointing green leaves strongly variegated with white.
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Plant GuideGolden larch
Pseudolarix kaempferiThe golden larch is a lovely deciduous conifer whose lacy foliage turns golden in autumn.
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Plant GuideSetcreasea pallida ‘Purple Heart’
Setcreasea pallida 'Purple Heart''Purple Heart' is a trailing, tender perennial with purple stems and violet-purple leaves that produces pink flowers in summer.
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