Southwest Plants

  • Plant Guide

    Millon bells

    Calibrachoa 'Superbells Tequila Sunrise'

    Calibrachoa is a relatively new genus of flowering plants.

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    ‘Black Knight’ butterfly bush

    Buddleia davidii ‘Black Knight’

    Butterfly bushes are carefree deciduous shrubs that are reliably fragrant and easy to grow.

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    Swan River daisy

    Brachycome 'Blue Zephyr'

    Swan River daisy's lacy foliage and small but profuse blue-purple flowers have a long season of impact in the garden.

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    ‘Red Threads’ alternanthera

    Alternanthera ficoidea ‘Red Threads’

    Grow ‘Red Threads’ as a warm-season annual in cooler climates, or mass the plants in beds, or use them in a formal knot garden as the Victorians did.

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    Peruvian lily

    Alstroemeria 'Casablanca'

    'Casablanca' Peruvian lily is the closest to white that this genus has gotten as of yet.

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    Himalayan maidenhair fern

    Adiantum venustum

    Elegant, lacy foliage on black stems makes this maidenhair fern a standout, even among others in the genus.

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    Full-moon maple

    Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'

    Full-moon maple has deeply lobed leaves, crimson autumn color, and plenty of small, reddish flowers in spring.

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    ‘Hewitt’s Double’ Yunnan meadow rue

    Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double'

    This cultivar has some of the showiest flowers of the meadow rues.

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    Yunnan meadow rue

    Thalictrum delavayi

    From mid-summer to early autumn, this Thalictrum species has clusters of large, fluffy-looking flowers with lilac to white petals and pale yellow stamens atop wiry, purple-tinted stems and delicately textured foliage.

  • Plant Guide

    Wall germander

    Teucrium chamaedrys

    This evergreen or deciduous subshrub is grown for its attractive, dark green aromatic foliage and its light pink to deep purple flowers, which blossom in summer and early fall.