Common name:Yellow bulbine
Botanical name:Bulbine frutescens 'Yellow'

Clumping groundcover grows quickly to 1' x 2'. Produce 12-18" flower stalks that bear clusters of small yellow flowers winter to spring. Succulent evergreen leaves are fragile, so locate away from foot traffic. Native to South African. This small, charming succulent does well in containers.

Common name:Blue Euphorbia
Botanical name:Euphorbia rigida

Evergreen mounding groundcover grows at a slow- to moderate rate to 2' x 3'. The charteuse flowers appear midwinter through spring and add a nice contrast to the blue-green leaves. This plant truly has striking flowers and floliage. Low maintainance. Sap from plant may irrigate skin. Native to the Mediterranean.

Common name:Palmer's Agave
Botanical name:Agave palmeri

This agave forms a compact rosette 4' x 4'. Leaves are blue-green lance-shaped 2' long x 4" wide. Teeth along the margin are red, cream, or yellow . Beware of terminal spine. Sets off a spectacular 10-18' branched flower stalk of greenish yellow flowers in June and July. Accepts full sun. Native to the Sonoran Desert and into southwest US.

Common name:Twin-Flowered Agave
Botanical name:Agave geminiflora

Agave with open rosette form grows quickly to 3' x 3'. Narrow, dark green leaves are often have white hairs on the margin. The tips are sharp. Accepts full sun or partial shade. After about ten year or so, in the winter it will send up a spectacular 15-18' flower spike with yellow flowers. Like all agaves it will die after flowering. Rarely forms no offsets so it wiill need to be replaced. Native to west central Mexico.

Common name:Mexican Ruellia
Botanical name:Ruellia brittoniana

A shrubby perennial grows to 3' x 3'. Sometimes with narrow leaves sometimes with wider ones. Blooms spring to fall with 2" purple flowers. Will reseed if moisture is available. Full sun or partial shade. Attracts butterflies.