Blue Hibiscus-StakedExotic Blue Purple Flowering Shrub for Phoenix Landscapes Blue Hibiscus Staked (Alyogyne huegelii) is one of the most striking and easy care flowering shrubs you can grow in the Phoenix Valley. Despite its common name, Blue Hibiscus isn't a true hibiscus it's an Australian native that's perfectly adapted to hot, dry climates. It produces large, lavender blue flowers with deep purple centers that bloom almost year round in Phoenix's mild winters. This

Foothill Palo Verde: Smaller native palo verde that extends the yellow bloom into tighter spots

filling a decorative pot on a Mesa patio

Pomegranate earns its place as a stunning ornamental

A single mature specimen in a 15- or 25-gallon size makes an immediate architectural statement in modern desert gardens

Cape Aloe will rot in standing water

A 20-foot border takes 5–6 plants at 4-foot spacing

It begins with a personal message from our leaders

These can be removed and replanted or left to form a colony over time

Winter (Dec to Jan): Deciduous and leafless

or Texas Sage for a complete pollinator habitat garden

Group Old Man of the Andes with other unusual columnar cacti for a museum-quality cactus garden

Place drip emitters 18–24 inches from the trunk and run long