Common name:Desert Willow 'AZT Desert Amethyst'
Botanical name:Chilopsis linearis 'AZT Desert Amethyst'

Chilopsis linearis 'AZT Desert Amethyst ' grows quickly to 30' x 15'. Has wider more upright green leaves than 'AZT Bi-Color. Fragrant dark lavender flowers appear spring to fall and are unique among the Desert Willows. This tree will need some pruning to achieve and attractive single or multitrunked form. They provide excellent filtered shade for understory plantings. Consider planting where you need winter sun, as they are deciduous. -Arid Zone Trees

Common name:Blue Sage Allen Chickering
Botanical name:Salvia X clevelandii 'Allen Chickering'

The 'Allen Chickering' is a California native sage, growing as an evergreen shrub to 5' x 5'. It bears rounded whorls of light lavender blue flowers that appear in skewered clusters in spring and often again in fall. The leaves are dark green. The plant does best when cut back after flowering to prevent seed formation. Does best with some afternoon shade.

Common name:Palo Verde Desert Museum
Botanical name:Parkinsonia 'Desert Museum'

This semievergreen tree will grow quickly to 25' x 25'. It has a beautiful vase-shape and makes a makes a nice specimin tree. Bright yellow blooms appear from spring through summer. There is seasonal leaf and flower litter. Overwatering may cause imbs to break. Look for selections that offer a vareity of bark colors and textures and thornless selections.

Common name:Yarrow, Milfoil 'Moonshine'
Botanical name:Achillea 'Moonshine'

Long, straight stems with pale yellow flowers are striking on the mats of green to grey-green leaves of this plant, which are flatter and less divided than those of the Achillea millefolium. This Yarrow propagates easily from rooted cuttings or divisions which should be performed in the early spring or fall. Following bloom, one should dead head the plant and divide the clumps when it appears crowded. Introduced by Alan Bloom in the 1950's.

Common name:Catmint
Botanical name:Nepeta X faassenii

Nepeta faassenii makes soft, gray green, undulating mounds that are 1.5' high when blooming. The small leaves are attractive to cats. This perennial has lavender blue flowers in late spring and early summer.