Common name:Olive
Botanical name:Olea europaea

This evergreen tree will grow at a slow-moderate rate to 25' x 25' . Leaves are gray-green. Flowers are cream and non-showy. Accepts full sun to partial shade. Provides a Mediterranean look.

Common name:Cascalote
Botanical name:Caesalpinia cacalaco

Small tree or large shrub to about 15' x15'. Branches are armed with medium thorns. These plants will bloom profusely between winter & spring with showy yellow flowers on dense spikes, depending on the coldness of winter. Seed pods are reddish & attractive. Native to Mexico.

Common name:Radiation Lantana
Botanical name:Lantana 'Radiation'

This shrub will grow to 6' tall and has small, dark green leaves with orange and red flowers that are in constant bloom all year. Attracts butterflies.

Common name:Twisted Acacia
Botanical name:Acacia schaffneri

Attractive tree a little frost tender in Phoenix but thrives in hot, exposed situations eventually forming dense crown. Leaves compound made up of many small leaflets giving tree a ferny appearance. Pair of thorns at base of each leaf. Moderate growth rate to 15' x 20'. Branches vary, some are snakelike in appearance. Soil tolerant but needs well drained site. Naturally low branched but diligence will produce a tree. Good barrier plant. Native to subtropical Mexico.