and Trees of the Southwest Shrubs Used in the Landscape

Learn about the shrubs you see around you everyday!

Photos and text shared by Dr. Chris Martin Professor of Sustainable Horticulture State University Acca sellowiana 22 pineapple guava

Formerly Feijoa sellowiana Afrocarpus gracilior 23 yew pine

Formerly Podocarpus macrophyllus Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii 24 desert honeysuckle parishii 25 goldeneye

Formerly deltoidea Buddleja marrubiifolia 26 butterfly bush Cordia boissieri 27 Texas olive Cordia parvifolia 28 little leaf cordia Dalea frutescens 29 black dalea Dalea greggii 30 trailing indigo bush

Dalea pulchra 31 indigo bush Ericameria laricifolia 32 turpentine bush Eremophila hygrophana 33 blue bells Euonymus japonicus 34 evergreen euonymus Euryops pectinatus 35 yellow daisy, golden bush daisy Gardenia jasminoides 36 gardenia Guaiacum coulteri 37 guayacan Hamelia patens 38 firecracker bush Ilex vomitoria 39 dwarf yaupon holly Jasminum laurifolium var. laurifolium 40 angelwing jasmine

Formerly Jasminum nitidum Jasminum sambac 41 Arabian jasmine Juniperus spp. 42 junpier

Juniperus chinensis Chinese juniper

Juniperus horizontalis creeping juniper Juniperus sabina arcadia juniper Lagerstroemia indica 43 crape myrtle Leucophyllum langmaniae 44 ‘Rio Bravo’ Leucophyllum zygophyllum 45 ‘Cimmaron’ Melaleuca viminalis 46 ‘Little John’ Myrtus communis 47 myrtle

Myrtus communis ‘Boetica’

Myrtus communis ‘Compacta’ Nandina domestica 48 heavenly bamboo Pittosporum tobira 49 Japanese pittosporum Plumbago auriculata 50 cape plumbago Plumbago scandens 51 white plumbago Punica granatum 52 pomegranate Pyracantha spp. 53 Chinese firethorn, pyracantha Rhaphiolepis indica 54 Indian hawthorn Russelia equisetiformis 55 coral bush, coral fountain

Salvia chamaedryoides 56 germander sage Salvia clevelandii 57 blue sage Salvia greggii 58 autumn sage Salvia leucantha 59 Mexican sage Senna artemisioides filifolia 60 threadleaf senna, green cassia

*Non-fragrant cultivar Senna artemisioides petiolaris 61 silvery senna, silver cassia Tecoma capensis 62 cape honeysuckle Teucrium chamaedrys 63 germander Vauquelinia californica 64 Arizona rosewood Xylosma congesta 65 shiny xylosma Epilobium canum 66 hummingbird flower

Formerly Zauschneria canum