Perennials
Common Name |
Height |
Spread |
Light |
Evergreen/Deciduous |
Seasonal Interest |
Color/Feature |
Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile Pequin Capsicum annuum |
2-4' | 2-4' | Sun/Part Shade | D | Summer - fall | White flowers | L |
| Columbine, Red Aquilegia canadensis |
1-2' | 1-2' | Shade | SE | Spring | Red flowers | M |
| Columbine, Yellow Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana |
1-2' | 1-2' | Shade | SE | Spring | Yellow flowers | L-M |
| Coralbean Erythrina herbacea |
5' | 4' | Sun/Part Shade | D | Spring | Red flowers | L |
| Coreopsis, Lance-leaf Coreopsis lanceolata |
1-1.5' | 1.5-2' | Sun/Part Shade | D | Spring - summer | Yellow flowers | L-M |
| Cuphea, Batface Cuphea llavea |
1' | 1' | Sun/Part Shade | D | Late spring - frost | Red and purple flowers | L-M |
| Cuphea, ‘David Verity’ Cuphea ‘David Verity’ |
2-3' | 2-3' | Sun | D | Summer - fall | Orange and yellow | L |
| Daisy, Blackfoot Melampodium leucanthum |
6-12" | 1-1.5' | Sun | E | Spring and summer | White with yellow centers | VL |
| Daisy, Chocolate Berlandiera lyrata |
1-2' | 2' | Sun/Part Shade | D | Late summer | Yellow flowers | L-M |
| Daisy, Copper Canyon Tagetes lemmonii |
3' | 4' | Sun | D | Fall | Yellow flowers | L |
| Daisy, Engelmann Engelmannia peristenia |
1.5-2' | 2' | Sun/Part Shade | E | Spring to mid-summer | Yellow flowers | M |
| Damianita Chrysactina mexicana |
1' | 1.5-2' | Sun | E | Spring and some summer | Golden yellow flowers | VL |
| Datura (Jimson Weed) Datura wrightii |
4-5' | 4-5' | Sun/Part Shade | D | Spring - fall | Large white flowers | L |
| Esperanza (Yellow Bells) Tecoma stans |
4-8' | 4-6' | Sun | D | Summer - fall | Yellow or orange | L-M |
| Fall Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium |
2-3' | 2.5-3' | Sun/Part Shade | D | Fall | Purple/ lavender flowers | L |
| Fern, Firecracker Russelia equisetiformis |
3' | 3' | Sun/Part Shade | E | Spring - winter | Red or white flowers | L |
| Fern, River Thelypteris kunthii |
2-3' | 3' | Shade | D | M-H | ||
| Firebush Hamelia patens |
3-4.5' | 4-5' | Sun | D | Summer - fall | Orange-red flowers | M |
| Frostweed Verbesina virginica |
3-6' | colonizes | Shade | D | Fall/winter | White flowers | L-M |
| Gaura Gaura lindheimeri |
2-3' | 3' | Sun/Part Shade | D | Spring - summer | Pink or white/pink | L |
| Gayfeather Liatris punctata var. mucronata |
1-3' | 1-1.5' | Sun | D | August - December | Purple to rose pink | VL |
| Germander, Green Teucrium chamaedrys |
upto1' | 1-2' | Sun | D | Spring | Pink, purple, lavender | L-M |
| Ghost Plant Graptopetalum paraguayense |
7-12" | 6-12" | Sun/Part Shade | E | Year round | Grayish pink leaves | VL |
| Hibiscus, Perennial Hibiscus spp. |
3-5' | 4' | Sun | D | Summer - frost | Bright red blooms | M |
| Honeysuckle, Mexican Justicia spicigera |
3' | 4' | Sun/Part Shade | SE | Spring - frost | Orange flowers | L |
| Hymenoxys (Four Nerve Daisy) Tetraneuris scaposa |
1' | 1' | Sun/Part Shade | E | Spring - fall | Yellow flowers | VL |
| Indigo Spires Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’ |
3-4' | 5-7' | Sun/Part Shade | SE | Summer - frost | Dark violet flowers | L-M |
| Jacobinia, Pink Justicia carnea |
3-4' | 2-3' | Shade/Part Sun | SE | Summer | Pink flowers | H |
| Lantana, New Gold Lantana x hybrida 'New Gold' |
1-2' | 3-4' | Sun | SE | Spring - frost | Gold flowers | L |
| Lavender Lavandula spp. |
2-3' | 2-3' | Sun | D | Spring - summer | Purple flowers | VL |
| Marigold, Mexican Tagetes lucida |
1-3' | 1-2' | Sun | SE | Summer - fall | Yellow flowers | L |
| Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis |
2-6' | 2-4' | Sun | D | Spring | Blue flowers | L |
| Society Garlic Tulbaghia violacea |
1.5-2.5' | 1.5' | Sun/Part Shade | E | Spring - summer | Pink flowers | L-M |
| Spider Lily Hymenocallis lirisome |
1-2' | 1-2' | Sun/Part Shade | D | Late spring to early summer | White flowers | L-M |