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Native plants in Casas Adobes

30 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

3 of them need no watering beyond Casas Adobes’s own rainfall

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Trees5

Canopy and structure

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'

Sugar Hackberry

Celtis laevigata

Photo: lanechaffin · CC0 1.0

Soaptree Yucca

Yucca elata

No watering needed Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Mcfetters Alligator Juniper

Juniperus deppeana 'Mcfetters'

Shrubs9

Backbone planting

Desert Mallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

No watering needed Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'

False Indigo Bush

Amorpha fruticosa

Photo: Dmitry Trutsko · CC BY 4.0

Desert Spoon

Dasylirion wheeleri

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Soaptree Yucca

Yucca elata

No watering needed Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Green Ephedra

Ephedra viridis

No watering needed Photo: Marcus Tamura · CC0 1.0

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Mcfetters Alligator Juniper

Juniperus deppeana 'Mcfetters'

Grasses4

Movement and texture

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Photo: Andrea Grover · CC BY 4.0

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

Photo: tzeducation · CC BY 4.0

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Perennials13

Seasonal colour

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Photo: klicklo · CC BY 4.0

Scarlet Beardtongue

Penstemon barbatus

Photo: Bob Nieman · CC BY 4.0

Desert Mallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

No watering needed Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Photo: Tom Kennedy · CC BY 4.0

Sweet Kate Spiderwort

Tradescantia occidentalis 'Sweet Kate'

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 1.0

California Poppy

Platystemon californicus

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Texas Betony

Stachys coccinea

Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz · CC BY 4.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Golden Corydalis

Corydalis aurea

Photo: Robbie Hannawacker · CC0 1.0

Ferns2

Shade and damp

Sinuate Fern

Astrolepis sinuata

Photo: Russell Pfau · CC BY 4.0

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Succulents5

Dry and architectural

Desert Spoon

Dasylirion wheeleri

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Soaptree Yucca

Yucca elata

No watering needed Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Palmer's Agave

Agave palmeri

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Arizona Yucca

Yucca arizonica

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Schott's Century Plant

Agave schottii

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

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