Continuous Color Plants For The Desert Southwest
Give your yard color all season by including these plants in your landscape. They were chosen for your area because of their long bloom season or colorful foliage.
February

Cape Honeysuckle
- Evergreen vine or shrub
- Shiny, dark green leaves
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Carolina Jessamine
- Evergreen, shrubby, twining vine
- Fragrant yellow spring blooms
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March

Dasylirion
- Slender, light green foliage
- Large flower stalks
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Bush Morning Glory
- Attractive, evergreen shrub
- Pink buds and white flowers
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Cape Daisy
- Bright yellow daisies
- Soft, gray, fernlike foliage
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April

Mister Lincoln Rose
- Dark red, velvety double blooms
- Elegant, fragrant flowers
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Hibiscus
- Vigorous, woody perennial
- Large showy scarlet flowers
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May

Stella de Oro Daylily
- Fragrant golden yellow flowers
- Award winning dwarf
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Pomegranate
- Upright, deciduous shrub or tree
- Dark green summer foliage
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Red Yucca
- Red flower spikes, sword-like leaves
- Heat and drought tolerant
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June

Dark Blue Plumbago
- Vigorous shrub
- Clusters of deep blue flowers
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Bougainvillea
- Tropical woody stemmed vine
- Cascades of flower bracts
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Hibiscus
- Vigorous, woody perennial
- Large showy scarlet flowers
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July

Dwarf Sweet Pea Bush
- Evergreen flowering shrub
- Fragrant purplish-pink flowers
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White Bird of Paradise
- Evergreen upright leaves
- Clump forming habit
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Choctaw Crape Myrtle
- Large pink blooms
- Attractive bark adds interest
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August

Petite Pink Oleander
- Heat loving evergreen shrub
- Pink blooms in summer
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Krauter Vesuvius Flowering Plum
- Ornamental flowering tree
- Light pink flowers
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Little John Dwarf Bottlebrush
- Red bottlebrush-like blooms
- Great specimen plant
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September

Dark Blue Plumbago
- Vigorous shrub
- Clusters of deep blue flowers
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Cape Honeysuckle
- Evergreen vine or shrub
- Shiny, dark green leaves
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Fountain Grass
- Easy to grow, maintain
- Blooms in summer and fall
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October

Royal Robe Potato Bush
- Excellent shrub or groundcover
- Showy blue-violet flowers
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Orange Jubilee Esperanza
- Golden-orange flowers
- Semi-evergreen
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Lavender Starflower
- Vigorous, rounded evergreen
- Star-shaped lavender flowers
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November

Santa Cruz Pyracantha
- Masses of berries in the fall
- Excellent groundcover
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Silver Dragon Lily Turf
- Silvery white-striped foliage
- Lavender flower spikes
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December

Cape Daisy
- Bright yellow daisies
- Soft, gray, fernlike foliage
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Trailing Rosemary
- Dwarf evergreen shrub
- Whorls of aromatic leaves
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Rockspray Cotoneaster
- Low, spreading shrub
- Excellent groundcover
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