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Dasylirion wheeleri
Desert spoon
Zone 7
Long strappy leaves, leathery, sharp spines, blueish, leaves 2-3' long. Grows 3' high and wide.
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Hesperaloe parviflora
Red Flowering Yucca
Zone 7
Long leaf folds like canoe, threads curl off of leaf, blooms in spring-fall. Grows 2' high and wide.
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Yucca filamentosa
Adam's Needle Yucca
Zone 4
1" wide leaf ends in sharp spine, no thorns, thin tough leaf, comes in varigated forms, threads come off, really fibery, flowers in spring. Grows 1-2' high and wide.
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Yucca elephantipes
Spineless Yucca
Zone 8
Treeish like yucca, swollen base, very stiff sharp leaves, specimin for massing, flowers in the spring. Grows 15-20' high and wide.
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Yucca brevifolia
Joshua Tree
Zone 8
Small leaves, thin leathery leaves that are 10-12" long and ends in a point, flowers in the spring. grows 20-30' tall and 10-15' wide.
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Yucca rostrata
Beaked Yucca
Zone 5
Narrow leaves, ends in a point, blue, very tight ball form- leaves don't flop, treeish form, flowers in the spring. Grows 5-10' high and 2-3' wide.
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Red Bird of Paradise
Zone 8
Used for screening and as a specimin for flower and leaf, blooms in warm colors, red new growth (on some varieties), blooms spring-fall- likes heat, even bipinnate leaves, xeric. Grows 10' high and wide.
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Carnegiea gigantea
Saguaro
Zone 9
Poster child of all cacti, will get sunscald if not planted in the exact same position (degree wise) as was growing in before, have to have special permit to use in the landscape. Tall cactus that has outstretched curving arms, takes a LONG time to grow. Grows 50' high and 2-5' wide.
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Cerceus spp.
Apple Cactus/ Cerceus Cactus
Zone 9
Multiple arms, woody, multi-ribbed, edible fruit, only blooms at night, blossom only lasts one day. Grows 40' tall and 10-15' wide.
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Echinocactus grusonii
Golden Barrel Cactus
Zone 8
Has yellow thorns, barrel shaped, specimin for habit and color. Grows 3' high and 2' wide.
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Ferocactus spp.
Fishhook Barrel Cactus
Zone 8
Reddish thorns, large hooking thorns- one major one in the middle of each grouping. Barrel shaped. Grows 3' high and 2' wide.
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Opuntia spp.
Prickly Pear Cactus
Zones 4-9
Rabbit ear cactus, large genera, specimin for look, forms red edible fruit, specimin for flower- flowers come in every color but black and brown. Growth varies depending upon the species.
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Prosopis spp.
Thornless Mesquite
Zone 7
Bipinnate even leaf, sap is used to make bbq sauce, xeric, dark brown trunk, twisty growth habit, specimin for habit, trunk, and sap usage.
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Alsophila australis
Australian Tree Fern
Zone 10
Large fern, tolerant of low light but prefers higher light, big circular scars on the base, fuzzy by the top, thin trunk, lacey pinnate leaf. Grows 20' tall and 5-10' wide.
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Archontophoenix cunningamiana
King palm
Zone 10
Stiff pinnate leaf, not as lacey, boot self cleaning- falls off, stripey greyish trunk, more uniform from self cleaning, green upper trunk area. Grows 50-60' tall and 10-15' wide.
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Arecastrum romanzioffianum
Queen palm
Zone 10
Very airy open pinnate fronds, stripey greyish trunk, elegant graceful look, heavily used as a street tree. Grows 50' tall and 20-30' wide.
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Bauhinia spp.
Orchid tree
Zone 10
Leaf round lily pad looking leaf, loads up in spring with a super fragrant pretty orchid looking flower. Grows 20-25' high and wide.
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Brahea armata
Mexican Blue Palm
Zone 9
Blue palmate fronds, tree, specimin for color. Grows 40' tall and 6-8' wide.
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Caryota mitis
Fish Tail palm
Zone 10
Bipinnate leaf, fish fin looking leaflets, makes for fluffy/lacey looking foliage. Grows 20-30' tall and 10' wide.
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