Garden Oracle / Drought and Heat Tolerant Gardening / Tucson - Phoenix - Arizona - California
Garden Oracle / Drought and Heat Tolerant Gardening / Tucson - Phoenix - Arizona - California

Long Blooming Plants

PLANT LIST

FOOD PLANTS
Culinary Herbs
Fruit, Berries, Nuts
Peppers, Chilies
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Vegetable Calendar Zone 9

ORNAMENTALS
Grasses
Ground Cover
Perennials
Shrubs
Succulents
Trees and Palms
Vines

SPECIALTY GARDENS
Butterfly Garden
Erosion Control
Fragrance Garden
Hedges, Barriers, Screens
Hummingbird Garden
Long Blooming
Winter-Blooming

GARDENING TIPS
Dealing with Critters
Digging Holes for Plants
Fruit: Selection, Cultivation
Garden Bed: Sterilizing
Landscaping
Microclimates
Parasitic Plants
Plant Placement
Selecting Plants
Soil Prep for Vegetables
USDA Hardiness Zones
Planting, Watering, Shrubs, Trees

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Months in Bloom in USDA Zone 9a at 2500' elevation
   JanFM AMJJA SONDec
Aloysia gratissima:
   Whitebrush		  ♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥
Antigonon leptopus:
   Coral Vine		  ♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Asclepias linaria:
   Pineneedle Milkweed		  ♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Asclepias subulata:
   Desert Milkweed		   ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Asclepias tuberosa:
   Butterfly Milkweed		   ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Baileya multiradiata:
   Desert Marigold		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Berlandiera lyrata:
   Chocolate Flower		  ♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Buddleja marrubiifolia:
   Woolly Butterfly Bush		  ♥ ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Callaeum macropterum:
   Yellow Orchid Vine		   ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥
Calliandra californica:
   Baja Fairy Duster		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Chilopsis linearis:
   Desert Willow		   ♥♥♥♥ ♥
Condea emoryi:
   Desert Lavender		  ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥♥
Conoclinium greggii:
   Gregg's Mistflower		   ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Cordia parvifolia:
   Little Leaf Cordia		  ♥ ♥♥♥
Dalea frutescens:
   Black Dalea		  ♥ ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Dalea pulchra:
   Indigo Bush		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥♥
Encelia farinosa:
   Brittlebush		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥♥
Epilobium canum:
   California Fuchsia		   ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Erigeron divergens:
   Spreading Fleabane		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Euphorbia lomelii:
   Slipper Plant		   ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥
Hesperaloe parviflora:
   Red Yucca		  ♥ ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Justicia californica:
   Chuparosa		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥♥
Justicia spicigera:
   Mexican Honeysuckle		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Lantana camara:
   Lantana		  ♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Larrea tridentata:
   Creosote Bush		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Melampodium leucanthum:
   Black Foot Daisy		  ♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Oenothera lindheimeri:
   Gaura		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥
Penstemon baccharifolius:
   Rock Penstemon		   ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥
Penstemon eatonii:
   Firecracker Penstemon		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Ruellia californica subsp. peninsularis:
   Desert Ruellia		  ♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Salvia clevelandii:
   Cleveland Sage		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ ♥
Salvia coccinea:
   Scarlet Sage		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Salvia farinacea:
   Mealycup Sage		  ♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Salvia greggii:
   Autumn Sage		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Salvia x jamensis:
   Salvia 'Hot Lips'		  ♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Salvia yangii:
   Russian Sage		   ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥
Sphaeralcea ambigua:
   Desert Globemallow		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Tecoma stans angustata:
   Yellow Bells		  ♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥
Tetraneuris acaulis:
   Angelita Daisy		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Thymophylla pentachaeta:
   Golden Dyssodia		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Vachellia farnesiana:
   Sweet Acacia		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥ ♥♥
Verbena gooddingii:
   Southwestern Mock Vervain		  ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥
Verbena rigida:
   Slender Vervain		   ♥♥♥♥♥


Latest update: April, 2025
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