Southwest Plants
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Plant Guide
‘Silver Dragon’ lilyturf
Liriope muscari 'Silver Dragon''Silver Dragon' lilyturf features thick, tufted evergreen clumps of linear silver and white leaves with a shimmering silver stripe running down the arching blades.
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Plant Guide‘Golden Sword’ yucca
Yucca filamentosa ‘Golden Sword’This easy-to-grow evergreen yucca bears dramatic, sword-shaped yellow leaves with a dark green edge.
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Plant Guide
Madonna lily
Lilium candidumOne of the oldest garden flowers, the madonna lily has bright green hosta-like basal rosettes appearing in winter and shallow-rooted bulbs that give it a distinctive appearance.
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Plant GuideSilver leaf
Leucophyllum frutescensSilver leaf is a flowering evergreen shrub with arching branches and woolly, silvery gray leaves.
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Plant GuideEnglish lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
English lavender has silvery gray, aromatic foliage topped in summer with lavender-blue to dark purple flowers on long stems.
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Plant GuideBeautybush
Kolkwitzia amabilisDeciduous, suckering shrub bearing a profusion of bell-shaped flowers, pale to deep pink with a yellow throat, in late spring and early summer.
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Plant GuideJapanese aster
Kalimeris yomenaBeautiful variegation brightens the green and grey mottled foliage.
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Plant GuideWinter jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorumThis slender, deciduous shrub has arching green shoots and dark green leaves divided into three oval-oblong leaflets.
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Plant Guide
Yellow anise
Illicium parviflorumDime-sized, drooping, bell-shaped yellow flowers have a faint anise fragrance, but they’re hidden under new foliage in June.
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Plant Guide
Mexican anise tree
Illicium mexicanumAttractive, glossy, dark green leaves and red flowers are similar to those of Florida anise, but this plant flowers continuously from spring to fall.
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