PLANTS THAT CAN GROW IN FULL SUN IN PHOENIX Compiled by Lee Brownson

When planting in full sun, it’s best to in fall so that have a chance to grow roots before winter and to acclimate to the brutal Phoenix summer sun. Even so, nearly all plants will need a bit of afternoon shade the first year or two from a nurse plant or shade cloth and protection from frost. Club members Cathy Babcock, Pam Edsall, Tom Gatz, Chris Ginkel, Sue Hakala, Leo Martin, Scott McMahon, Nancy Mumpton, and Sue Tyrrel provided a list of plants that they successfully grow in the full sun presented here alphabetically.

AGAVE colorata Alluaudia procera Agave cv. ‘Sharkskin’ Agave deserti ASTROPHYTUM Agave desmentiana Astrophytum capricorne Agave desmentiana/weberi hybrid Astrophytum myriostigma Agave flexispina Astrophytum ornatum Agave geminiflora Agave macrocantha BURSERA Agave murpheyi Bursera fagaroides Agave obscura Bursera hindsiana Agave ocahui Bursera microphylla Agave ovatifolia Agave parryi CARNEGIEA Agave parryi var. huachucensis Carnegiea gigantea Agave parryi var. truncata Agave pelona CEREUS Agave potatorum Cereus hildmannianus Agave salmiana cv. ‘Green Goblet’ Cereus peruvianus Agave stricta Cereus peruvianus monstrose Agave utahensis Agave victoria-regina CLEISTOCACTUS Agave vilmoriniana Cleistocactus strausii

ADENIUM COCHEMIERA Adenium sp. Cochemiera, all

ALOE CYLINDROPUNTIA Aloe aculeata Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa Aloe cryptopoda Cylindropuntia bigelovii Aloe cv. ‘Blue Elf’ Cylindropuntia imbricata Aloe cv. ‘Hercules’ Cylindropuntia ramosissima Aloe dhufarensis Aloe divaricata DASYLIRION Aloe hereroenis Dasylirion wheeleri green and gray Aloe vera

June 2020 ECHINOCACTUS Mammillaria tetrancistra Echinocactus texensis MYRTILLOCACTUS ECHINOCEREUS Myrtillocactus geometrizans Echinocereus bonkerae Echinocereus brandegeei OPUNTIA Echinocereus ‘Claret Cup’ Opuntia arizonica nii Echinocereus coccineus Echinocereus Opuntia aurea engelmannii Opuntia basilaris Echinocereus fendleri Opuntia discata Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubispinus Opuntia engelmannii Echinocereus triglochidiatus Opuntia erinacea Echinocereus viridiflorus Opuntia ficus-indica Opuntia littoralis ECHINOPSIS Opuntias, locally native Echinopsis huascha Opuntia macrocentra Opuntia stenopetala ESPOSTOA Opuntia sulphurea Espostoa melanostele var. nana PACHYCEREUS EUPHORBIA Pachycereus marginatus Euphorbia antisyphilitica Pachycereus pringeli Euphorbia resinifera Pachycereus schottii Euphorbia rigida Pachycereus schottii var. monstrosus

FEROCACTUS (most species) PACHYCORMUS acanthodes Pachycormus discolor Ferocactus cylindraceus Ferocactus cylindraceus var. tortulispinus PORTULACARIA Ferocactus emoryi Portulacaria afra Ferocactus gracilis Portulacaria afra minima Ferocactus latispinus Ferocactus wislizeni STENOCEREUS Stenocereus gummosus FOUQUIERIA Fouquieria macdougalii TEPHROCACTUS Tephrocactus articulatus f. inermis

HAMATOCACTUS THELOCACTUS Hamatocactus, all species Thelocactus bicolor

HECHTIA TRICHOCEREUS Hechtia, most species Trichocereus ‘Epic’ Trichocereus cv. 'Firecracker’ LEUCHTENBERGIA Leuchtenbergia principis YUCCA Yucca rígida LOPHOCEREUS Yucca rupicola Lophocereus gatesii Lophocereus schottii

MAMMILLARIA Mammillaria dioica Mammillaria grahamii

June 2020