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Low Maintenance Plants

Agave guiengola
Agave
Agave potatorum
Agave of Oaxaca
Aloe vera
Aloe Vera or Medicinal Aloe or Barb
Thuja occidentalis
American Arborvitae
Tetraneuris acaulis
Angelita Daisy
Dimorphotheca sinuata
Annual African Daisy, Cape Marigold
Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer'
Anthony Waterer Spirea
Fallugia paradoxa Native Plant
Apache Plume
Juniperus sabina 'Arcadia'
Arcadia Juniper
Echinopsis candicans
Argentine Giant
Echinopsis huascha
Argentine Hedgehog
Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium Native Plant
Arizona or Flattop Buckwheat
Vauquelinia californica
Arizona Rosewood
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Arp'
Arp Rosemary
Agave parryi v. truncata
Artichoke Agave
Cedrus atlantica
Atlas Cedar
Festuca mairei
Atlas Fescue
Geijera parviflora
Australian Willow, Wilga
Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold'
Autumn Gold Maidenhair Tree
Perovskia X atriplicifolia
Azure or Russian Sage
Teucrium fruticans 'Azurea'
Azurea Bush Germander
Calliandra californica Native Plant
Baja Fairy Duster
Muhlenbergia dumosa
Bamboo Muhly
Yucca baccata Native Plant
Banana Yucca
Aurinia saxatilis
Basket of Gold, Goldentuft
Fragaria chiloensis Native Plant
Beach Strawberry, Sand Strawberry
Nolina microcarpa
Bear Grass
Acanthus mollis
Bear's Breech, Acanthus
Cotoneaster dammeri
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Opuntia basilaris
Beavertail Prickly Pear
Hesperaloe campanulata
Bell Flower Hesperaloe
Amaryllis belladonna
Belladonna Lily, Naked Lady
Hesperaloe parviflora 'Duet'
Bi-colored Hesperaloe
Artemisia tridentata
Big Basin Sagebrush
Yucca rostrata
Big Bend Yucca
Dalea frutescens
Black Dalea
Melampodium leucanthum
Blackfoot Daisy
Bouteloua gracilis Native Plant
Blue Grama Grass
Juniperus scopulorum 'Blue Haven'
Blue Haven Juniper
Nolina nelsoni
Blue Nolina
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Blue Oat Grass
Sambucus mexicana Native Plant
Blue or Mexican Elderberry
Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzeriana Glauca'
Blue Pfitzer Juniper
Leucophyllum zygophyllum
Blue Ranger
Leucophyllum zygophyllum 'Cimarron'
Blue Ranger
Salvia 'Allen Chickering' Native Plant
Blue Sage
Iris Bearded 'Blue Staccato'
Blue Staccato Bearded Iris
Yucca rigida
Blue Yucca
Iris Bearded 'Breakers'
Breakers Bearded Iris
Encelia farinosa Native Plant
Brittlebush
Phormium tenax 'Bronze Baby'
Bronze Baby New Zealand Flax
Juniperus sabina 'Buffalo'
Buffalo Juniper
Ajuga reptans
Bugle Flower, Carpet Bugle
Muhlenbergia emersleyi 'El Toro'
Bull Grass El Toro
Potentilla fruticosa
Bush Cinquefoil
Teucrium fruticans
Bush Germander
Convolvulus cneorum
Bush Morning Glory, Silverbush
Dietes iridioides
Butterfly Iris, Fortnight Lily
Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Weed
Iris Bearded 'Cable Car'
Cable Car Bearded Iris
Calendula officinalis
Calendula
Eriogonum fasciculatum Native Plant
California Buckwheat
Juniperus californica Native Plant
California Juniper
Ceanothus 'Dark Star' Native Plant
California Lilac
Achillea millefolium 'Pink Island'
California Pink Island Yarrow
Eschscholzia californica Native Plant
California Poppy, Golden Poppy
Vauquelinia californica ssp. pauciflora
California Rosewood
Coreopsis tinctoria
Calliopsis, Annual Coreopsis
Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince' Native Plant
Canyon Prince Wild Rye
Echinopsis terscheckii
Cardone Grande
Cedrus libani
Cedar of Lebanon
Leucophyllum frutescens compacta
Ceniza
Baccharis 'Centennial' Native Plant
Centennial Coyote Brush
Agave lophantha
Center Band Agave
Agave parryi v. couesii
Century Plant
Agave americana
Century Plant, Maguey
Chamaemelum nobile
Chamomile, Roman Chamomile
Vauquelinia corymbosa angustifolia
Chihuahuan Rosewood
Leucophyllum laevigatum
Chihuahuan Sage
Quercus muehlenbergii
Chinquapin or Yellow Oak
Berlandiera lyrata
Chocolate Flower
Justicia californica
Chuparosa
Gazania rigens 'Sun Gold'
Clumping Gazania, Treasure Flower
Gazania rigens leucolaena
Clumping Gazania, Treasure Flower
Festuca glauca
Common Blue Fescue, Blue Fescuegras
Achillea millefolium Native Plant
Common Yarrow, Milfoil
Teucrium fruticans 'Compactum'
Compact Bush Germander
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Compass Barrel
Gazania 'Copper King'
Copper King Gazania
Heuchera sanguinea
Coral Bells
Lagerstroemia indica
Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica (Varieties)
Crape Myrtle, General Varieties
Larrea tridentata Native Plant
Creosote Bush
Cistus ladanifer
Crimson Spot Rockrose
Dalea bicolor 'Monterrey Blue'
Dalea Monterrey Blue
Dalea capitata 'Sierra Gold'
Dalea Sierra Gold
Chrysactinia mexicana
Damianita
Iris Bearded 'Dazzling Gold'
Dazzling Gold Bearded Iris
Muhlenbergia rigens
Deer Grass
Nolina bigelovii Native Plant
Desert Bigelov Nolina
Agave deserti Native Plant
Desert Century Plant
Celtis pallida
Desert Hackberry
Olneya tesota
Desert Ironwood
Olneya tesota 'AZT'
Desert Ironwood 'AZT
Hyptis emoryi Native Plant
Desert Lavender
Baileya multiradiata
Desert Marigold
Cercidium 'Desert Museum'
Desert Museum Palo Verde
Mirabilis multiflora
Desert or Colorado Four O' Clock
Lotus rigidus Native Plant
Desert Rock Pea, Deer Vetch
Dasylirion wheeleri
Desert Spoon
Ephedra nevadensis Native Plant
Desert Tea
Lycium andersonii Native Plant
Desert Wolfberry
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Double Sunburst'
Double Sunburst Coreopsis
Agave schidigera 'Durango Delight'
Durango Delight Agave
Baccharis pilularis Native Plant
Dwarf Coyote Bush
Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy'
Dwarf Japanese Barberry, Pygmy
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper
Agapanthus 'Peter Pan'
Dwarf Lily of the Nile
Myrtus communis 'Compacta'
Dwarf Myrtle
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Dwarf Plumbago
Arbutus unedo 'Compacta'
Dwarf Strawberry Tree
Ilex vomitoria 'Nana'
Dwarf Yaupon
Cercis canadensis
Eastern Redbud
Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin'
Elfin Creeping Thyme
Festuca glauca 'Elija Blue'
Elija Blue Fescue
Opuntia engelmannii
Engelmann's Prikly Pear
Lavandula angustifolia
English Lavender
Eremophila maculata 'Winter Gold'
Eremophila Winter Gold
Chamaerops humilis
European or Mediterranean Fan Palm
Euryops pectinatus
Euryops
Iberis sempervirens
Evergreen Candytuft
Miscanthus transmorrisonensis
Evergreen Miscanthus
Agave franzosinii
Fanzosin Agave
Gazania 'Fiesta Red'
Fiesta Red Gazania
Fremontodendron 'California Glory' Native Plant
Flannel Bush, Fremontia cv.
Penstemon heterophyllus Native Plant
Foothill Penstemon
Cercidium microphyllum Native Plant
Foothills Palo Verde
Agave attenuata 'Variegated'
Fox Tail Agave Variegated
Agave attenuata
Fox Tail Agave, Velvet Agave
Cotoneaster franchetii
Franchet Cotoneaster
Hemerocallis 'Frankly Scarlet'
Frankly Scarlet Daylily
Populus fremontii Native Plant
Fremont or Western Cottonwood
Iris Bearded 'Frequent Flyer'
Frequent Flyer Bearded Iris
Opuntia microdasys 'Monstrosa'
Funny Bunny
Gazania rigens leucolaena 'Sun Gold'
Gazania, Treasure Flower
Sporobolus wrightii
Giant Dropseed or Sacaton
Stipa gigantea
Giant Feather Grass, Golden Oats
Hesperaloe funifera
Giant Hesperaloe
Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo Tree, Maidenhair Tree
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Globe Mallow
Abelia X grandiflora
Glossy Abelia
Gaillardia X grandiflora 'Goblin'
Goblin Blanketflower
Echinocactus grusonii
Golden Barrel Cactus
Justicia californica 'Yellow'
Golden Chuparosa
Aquilegia chrysantha
Golden Columbine
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Golden Dogweed
Viguiera deltoidea Native Plant
Golden Eye
Agave chrysantha
Golden-Flowered Agave
Maleophora crocea
Gray Ice Plant
Encelia frutescens
Green Brittlebush
Leucophyllum frutescens 'Green Cloud'
Green Cloud Texas Ranger
Dasylirion acrotriche
Green Desert Spoon or Sotol
Santolina rosmarinifolia
Green Lavender Cotton
Rosa Ground Cover varieties
Ground Cover Rose
Brahea edulis
Guadalupe Palm or Fan Palm
Yucca harrimaniae
Harriman's Yucca
Agave harvardiana
Havard Agave
Nandina domestica
Heavenly Bamboo
Nandina domestica 'Nana Compacta'
Heavenly Bamboo Dwarf Compact
Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf'
Heavenly Bamboo harbour Dwarf
Agave sisalana
Hemp Plant
Hesperaloe parviflora 'Desert Son'
Hesperaloe Desert Son
Hesperaloe parviflora 'Yellow'
Hesperaloe Yellow
Juniperus chinensis 'Kaizuka'
Hollywood Twisted Juniper
Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Howard McMinn Native Plant
Howard McMinn Manzanita
Agave parryi v. huachucensis
Huachuca Agave
Epilobium canum
Hummingbird Trumpet
Hemerocallis hybrids
Hybrid Daylily (various)
Prunus X blireiana
Hybrid Flowering Plum
Geranium incanum
Incana Cranesbill
Calocedrus decurrens Native Plant
Incense Cedar
Cupressus sempervirens
Italian Cypress
Anemone X hybrida
Japanese Anemone
Aucuba japonica
Japanese Aucuba
Pinus thunbergii
Japanese Black Pine
Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra'
Japanese Blood Grass
Fatsia japonica
Japanese Fatsia or Aralia
Quercus myrsinifolia
Japanese Live Oak
Simmondsia chinensis Native Plant
Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis 'Vista'
Jojoba Vista
Yucca brevifolia Native Plant
Joshua Tree
Juniperus chinensis 'Mint Julep'
Juniper Mint Julep
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Ken Taylor'
Ken Taylor Rosemary
Rosa banksiae
Lady Banks' Rose
Leucophyllum langmaniae
Langman's Sage
Agave macroacantha
Large-spine Agave
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Lavender Cotton
Acacia craspedocarpa
Leather-Leaf Acacia
Agave lechuguilla
Lechuguilla
Agave bovicornuta
Lechuguilla Verde or Cow's Horn Aga
Leucophyllum revolutum 'Houdini '
Leucophyllum Houdini
Agastache rupestris
Licorice Mint
Agapanthus africanus
Lily of the Nile
Agapanthus hybrids
Lily of the Nile
Olea europaea 'Little Ollie'
Little Ollie Dwarf Olive
Cordia parvifolia
Little-Leaf Cordia
Cotoneaster dammeri 'Lowfast'
Lowfast Bearberry Cotoneaster
Leucophyllum langmaniae 'Lynn's Legacy'
Lynn's Legacy Rio Bravo Bush
Agave angustifolia v. marginata
Marginata Agave
Agave angustifolia var. marginata
Marginata Agave
Calliandra 'Maricopa Red'
Maricopa Red Powder Puff
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Matchweed, Snakeweed, Resinweed
Romneya coulteri Native Plant
Matilija Poppy
Agave americana v. medio-picta
Medio Picta Century Plant
Agave colorata
Mescal Ceniza
Agave pelona
Mescal pelon
Brahea armata
Mexican Blue Palm,
Eschscholzia mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy
Fouquieria macdougalii
Mexican Tree Ocotillo or Coach Whip
Yucca schidigera Native Plant
Mohave Yucca
Ophiopogon japonicus
Mondo Grass, Lily Grass
Ephedra viridis
Mormon Tea
Agave montana
Mountain Agave
Cercocarpus betuloides Native Plant
Mountain Mahogany
Yucca schottii
Mountain Yucca
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri 'Autumn Glow'
Muhly Autumn Glow
Agave murpheyi
Murphy's Agave
Asparagus densiflorus 'Myers'
Myers Asparagus
Myrtus communis
Myrtle
Forestiera neomexicana
New Mexican Privet, Desert Olive
Agave neomexicana
New Mexico Agave, Mescal
Phormium tenax
New Zealand Flax
Phormium cultivars
New Zealand Flax selections
Phormium tenax 'Atropurpureum'
New Zealand Purple Flax
Hesperaloe nocturna
Night-blooming Hesperaloe
Grevillea 'Noellii'
Noell's Grevillea
Vauquelinia corymbosa heterodon
Nuevo Leon Rosewood or Narrowleaf R
Agave ocahui
Ocahui
Fouquieria splendens Native Plant
Ocotillo
Agave vilmoriniana
Octopus Agave
Cephalocereus senilis
Old Man Cactus
Nerium oleander 'Mrs. Roeding'
Oleander Mrs. Roeding
Nerium oleander 'Sister Agnes'
Oleander Sister Agnes
Olea europaea 'Swan Hill'
Olive Fruitless Swan Hill
Cistus X purpureus
Orchid or Purple Rockrose
Mahonia aquifolium Native Plant
Oregon Grape
Papaver orientale
Oriental Poppy
Lavandula stoechas 'Otto Quast'
Otto Quast Spanish Lavender
Yucca whipplei Native Plant
Our Lord's Candle
Orthocarpus purpurascens
Owl's Clover
Yucca pallida
Paleleaf Yucca
Agave palmeri
Palmer's Agave
Parkinsonia praecox
Palo Brea
Parkinsonia 'Desert Museum'
Palo Verde Desert Museum
Opuntia turpinii
Paper Spine Cactus
Psilostrophe cooperi Native Plant
Paperflower
Achillea millefolium 'Paprika'
Paprika Red Common Yarrow
Agave parryi v. parryi
Parry's Agave
Agave parryii
Parry's Agave
Gaillardia X grandiflora
Perennial Hybrid Blanket flower
Iris Bearded 'Persian Berry'
Persian Berry Bearded Iris
Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzeriana'
Pfitzer Juniper
Butia capitata
Pindo or Jelly Palm, Yatay
Abelia X grandiflora 'Edward Goucher'
Pink Abelia
Cistus X skanbergii
Pink Coral Rockrose
Calliandra eriophylla Native Plant
Pink Fairy Duster
Muhlenbergia capillaris 'Regal Mist'
Pink Muhly Regal Mist
Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
Powis Castle Artemisia
Juniperus chinensis 'Parsonii'
Prostata Juniper
Lavandula X intermedia 'Provence'
Provence Lavender
Agave salmiana v. ferox
Pulque Agave
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
Purple Fountain Grass
Muhlenbergia rigida 'Nashville'
Purple Muhly
Opuntia santa rita
Purple prickly pear
Robinia X ambigua 'Purple Robe'
Purple Robe Locust
Cotoneaster congestus
Pyrenees Cotoneaster
Agave victoriae-reginae
Queen Victoria Agave
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Radiant' Native Plant
Radiant Manzanita
Leucophyllum 'Rain Cloud'
Rain Cloud Texas Ranger
Zephranthes candida
Rain Lily
Zephyranthes X 'Prairie Sunset'
Rain Lily Prairie Sunset
Cotoneaster lacteus
Red Clusterberry Cotoneaster
Eremophila maculata v. brevifolia
Red Eremophila
Aesculus X carnea
Red Horsechestnut
Hesperaloe parviflora
Red Yucca
Vitis californica 'Roger's Red' Native Plant
Roger's Red Wild Grape
Achillea millefolium 'Rosea'
Rosea Yarrow
Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosemary
Rosmarinus off. 'Collingwood Ingram'
Rosemary Collingwood Ingram
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'
Rosemary Tuscan Blue
Agave scabra
Rough-Leafed Agave
Berberis thunbergii 'Royal Burgundy'
Royal Burgundy Barberry
Nolina texana
Sacahuista, The Devil's Shoestring
Cistus salviifolius
Sageleaf Rockrose
Cycas revoluta
Sago Palm
Oenothera stubbei
Saltillo Evening Primrose
Artemisia filifolia
Sand Sage
Delphinium cardinale Native Plant
Scarlet Larkspur, Red Delphinium
Armeria maritima Native Plant
Sea Pink, Common Thrift
Gazania 'Mitsua Yellow'
Semi-Trailing Yellow Gazania
Gazania hybrid 'Mitsua Yellow'
Semi-trailing Yellow Gazania
Agave shawii Native Plant
Shaw's Agave
Acacia stenophylla
Shoestring Acacia
Rosa Shrub varieties
Shrub Rose
Senna wislizenii
Shrubby Senna
Bouteloua curtipendula Native Plant
Sideoats Grama
Leucophyllum candidum 'Silver Cloud'
Silver Cloud Silverleaf
Yucca glauca
Small Soapweed
Agave desmettiana
Smooth Agave
Cerastium tomentosum
Snow-In-Summer
Yucca elata
Soaptree Yucca
Tulbaghia violacea
Society Garlic
Nolina matapensis
Sonoran tree bear grass
Cosmos bipinnatus
Southwestern Cosmos
Lavandula stoechas
Spanish Lavender
Agave bracteosa
Spider Agave
Liatris spicata
Spike Gayfeather
Yucca recurvifolia
Spineless Yucca
Eremophila maculata
Spotted Emu Bush
Teucrium X lucidrys 'Prostratum'
Spreading Germander
Rhus trilobata Native Plant
Squawbush, Skunkbush, Three Leaf Su
Eriogonum giganteum Native Plant
St. Catherine's Lace
Iris Bearded 'Stellar Lights'
Stellar Lights Bearded Iris
Stokesia laevis
Stokes Aster
Agave parrasana
Stout Tooth Agave
Echinocereus engelmannii
Strawberry Hedgehog
Rhus ovata
Sugar Bush
Helianthemum nummularium
Sunrose
Digitalis X mertonensis
Sunset Foxglove
Cistus 'Sunset'
Sunset Rockrose
Abutilon palmeri
Superstition Mallow
Juniperus sabina 'Tamariscifolia'
Tam Juniper, Tamarix Juniper
Agave stricta
Tehuacan Agave
Achillea millefolium 'Terra Cotta'
Terra Cotta Yarrow
Sophora secundiflora
Texas Mountain Laurel
Sophora secundiflora 'Silver Peso'
Texas Mountain Laurel Silver Peso
Opuntia engelmannii v. lindheimeri
Texas Prickly Pear
Leucophyllum frutescens
Texas Ranger
Quercus buckleyi
Texas Red Oak, Spanish Oak
Leucophyllum candidum 'Thunder Cloud'
Thundercloud Silverleaf
Pittosporum tobira
Tobira
Phormium 'Tom Thumb'
Tom Thumb New Zealand Flax
Kniphofia hybrids
Torch Lily
Heteromeles arbutifolia Native Plant
Toyon, Christmas Berry, Calif. Holl
Gazania rigens
Trailing Gazania
Lampranthus spectabilis
Trailing Ice Plant
Dalea greggii
Trailing Indigo Bush
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus'
Trailing Rosemary
Oenothera caespitosa
Tufted Evening Primrose
Ericameria laricifolia
Turpentine Bush
Ericameria laricifolia 'Aguirre'
Turpentine Bush
Agave geminiflora
Twin-Flowered Agave
Yucca rupicola
Twisted Leaf Yucca
Myrtus communis 'Boetica'
Twisted Myrtle
Eremophila maculata 'Valentine'
Valentine Spotted Emu Bush
Quercus lobata Native Plant
Valley Oak, White Oak, Roble
Myrtus communis 'Variegata'
Variegated Common Myrtle
Pittosporum tobira 'Variegata'
Variegated Tobira
Leucophyllum candidum
Violet Silverleaf
Cytisus X praecox
Warminster Broom
Agave weberi
Weber's Agave
Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula'
Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar
Erigeron divergens
Western Fleabane
Prosopis glandulosa torreyana Native Plant
Western Honey Mesquite
Polystichum munitum Native Plant
Western Sword Fern, Alaska Fern
Agave ovatifolia
Whale's Tongue Agave
Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf'
Wheeler's Dwarf Pittosporum
Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies'
Whirling Butterflies White Gaura
Leucophyllum frutescens 'White Cloud'
White Cloud Texas Ranger
Rhaphiolepis umbellata 'Minor'
White Compact Yeddo Hawthorn
Cistus X hybridus
White Rockrose
Salvia greggii 'Alba'
White Texas Sage
Cotoneaster salicifolius
Willowleaf Cotoneaster
Trachycarpus fortunei
Windmill, Hemp, Chusan Palm
Ceratoides lanata Native Plant
Winterfat
Buddleja marrubiifolia
Woolly Butterfly Bush
Achillea tomentosa
Woolly Yarrow, Woolly Mat
Eriogonum wrightii Native Plant
Wright's Buckwheat
Ceanothus griseus hor. 'Yankee Point' Native Plant
Yankee Point California Lilac
Caesalpinia gilliesii
Yellow Bird Of Paradise
Rosa banksiae 'Lutea'
Yellow Lady Banks' Rose
Agave americana v. marginata
Yellow Margin Century Plant
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Yellow Rabbitbrush, Chamisa