Acacia farnesiana:
Sweet Acacia
Tree: sweetly fragrant, golden yellow, puffball flowers.
Antigonon leptopus:
Coral Vine
Vine: clusters of white, pink or red flowers.
Anisacanthus quadrifidus:
Flame Acanthus
Shrub: reddish-orange tubular flowers.
Asclepias linaria:
Pineneedle Milkweed
Shrub: leaves like pine needles, and white, clustered flowers.
Asclepias subulata:
Desert Milkweed
Shrub: long, narrow, upright blue to green stems and
small, yellow to white, odd-shaped flowers in clusters.
Asclepias tuberosa:
Butterfly Milkweed
Herb: clustered orange or yellow flowers.
Baileya multiradiata:
Desert Marigold
Herb: bright yellow flowers.
Bougainvillea:
Bougainvillea
Vine: cascading or climbing, with colorful bracts.
Calliandra californica:
Baja Fairy Duster
Shrub: flowers composed of bright red, clustered stamens that resemble miniature dusters.
Calliandra eriophylla:
Fairyduster
Shrub: pink, powder-puff flowers.
Ceanothus greggii:
Desert Ceanothus
Shrub: crowded clusters of small white flowers cover entire plant and produce a strong
lilac scent.
Chilopsis linearis:
Desert Willow
Tree: Large, fragrant flowers, purple to pink to white.
Conoclinium greggii:
Gregg's Mistflower
Herb: fluffy lavender flowers.
Dalea frutescens:
Black Dalea
Shrub: Rose-purple flowers in short spikes.
Dalea pulchra:
Indigo Bush
Shrub: Purple flowers in clusters.
Encelia farinosa:
Brittlebush
Shrub: yellow flowers with orange to brown centers and sliver, blue-green leaves.
Epilobium canum:
Hummingbird Trumpet
Herb: reddish-orange flowers in profuse clusters.
Eremophila glabra:
Emu Bush
Shrub: red tubular flowers.
Eremophila hygrophana:
Blue Emu Bush
Shrub: blue tubular flowers.
Eremophila maculata var maculata:
Spotted Emu Bush
Shrub: tubular flowers in red and other colors.
Glandularia gooddingii:
Southwestern Mock Vervain
Herb: Hemispherical clusters of purple to pink flowers.
Justicia californica:
Chuparosa
Shrub: reddish tubular flowers and blue-green, succulent-like stems.
Justicia spicigera:
Mexican honeysuckle
Shrub: Clusters of orange, tubular flowers.
Lantana montevidensis:
Trailing Lantana
Shrub: small purple flowers in rounded clusters.
Lobelia laxiflora:
Mexican Bush Lobelia
Herb: orange-red tubular flowers with yellow throats.
Melampodium leucanthum:
Black Foot Daisy
Subshrub: honey-scented, white flowers with yellow eyes.
Oenothera lindheimeri:
Lindheimer's Beeblossom / Gaura
Herb: Oddly shaped white to pink flowers on long, thin stalks.
Penstemon baccharifolius:
Rock Penstemon
Subshrub: tubular red flowers. One of the easiest Penstemons to grow.
Penstemon eatonii:
Firecracker Penstemon
Herb: bright red, tubular flowers arrayed on stalks.
Penstemon parryi:
Parry's Penstemon
Herb: dark pink to magenta, tubular flowers, with flared lobes.
Poliomintha maderensis:
Lavender Spice
Shrub: lavender tubular flowers in clusters.
Rosa banksiae:
Lady Banks' Rose
Vine-like shrub with large clusters of white or yellow flowers.
Salvia coccinea:
Scarlet Sage
Herb: bright red flowers.
Salvia greggii:
Autumn Sage
Shrub: brightly colored flowers in many shades of red.
Senna artemisioides:
Silver Senna
Shrub: profuse, clustered, yellow flowers.
Sophora secundiflora:
Texas Mountain Laurel
Tree: fragrant violet-blue flowers in drooping clusters.
Sphaeralcea ambigua:
Desert Globemallow
Shrubby herb: Cup shaped flowers in orange, red, pink or white.
Tagetes lemmonii:
Lemmon's Marigold
Shrub: yellow flowers with orange centers and aromatic leaves.
Tecoma capensis:
Cape Honeysuckle
Shrub: orange trumpet flowers in clusters.
Tetraneuris acaulis:
Angelita Daisy
Herb: Yellow daisy-like flowers.
Thymophylla pentachaeta:
Golden Dyssodia
Herb: yellow, daisy-like flowers.