Plants

ELM Landscaping has over 25 years working in the hot Arizona sun. We specialize in which Arizona plants will work for your landscaping. These are some of the plants and shrubs we recommend that work well in the Phoenix area.

Purple Lantana Hibiscus Single Bloom Red Gold Mound Lantana
 

  • Trailing ground cover
  • Spreads fast
  • Low Maintenance
  • Blooms Spring thru Fall

  • Blooms Spring thru Fall
  • Periodic Blooms throughout year
  • Most recognized tropical flower

  • Mounding variety
  • Rapid grower
  • Use in any landscape style
  • Blooms Spring thru Fall

 

Bouganvillea Tourch Glow Cape Honeysuckle Green Cloud Sage

  • Bouganvillea Torch GlowThornless type of Bouganvillea
  • Stand alone / Large shrub
  • Tight compact growth & blooms
  • Works well in any landscap

  • Medium to large evergreen
  • Bright orange blooms
  • Free standing or on trellis
  • Easily trains to hedge also

  • Medium to Large Desert Shrub
  • Light to Dark purple flower
  • Best as stand alone shrub
  • Fast Grower
  • Blooms often: Spring thru Fall
Katie Ruellia Purple  Silver Cloud Sage Katy Ruellia Pink 

  • Color Purple
  • Clumping ground cover
  • Good for most landscapes
  • Blooms all year round

 

  • Unique contrast of silvery gray leaves
  • Light to Dark purple flowers
  • Best as stand alone shrub
  • Fast Grower
  • Blooms often: Spring thru Fall

  • Color Pink
  • Clumping ground cover
  • Good for most landscapes
  • Blooms all year round

 

Baja Ruellia Texas Sage Upright Rosemary

  • All time favorite flower
  • Many colors / styles
  • Spring and fall blooms
  • Provides elegant fragrance

 

  • Medium to Large Desert Shrub
  • Dark purple flower
  • Stand alone shrub, hedge or shape
  • Fast Grower
  • Blooms often: Spring thru Fall

  • Bush Variety
  • Extremely Durable
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Periodic blooms Spring thru Fall

 

Red Yucca Cape Plumbago Pittosporum Dwarf

  • Accent plant
  • Medium growth rate
  • Pink blooms Spring & Fall
  • Low water user

 

  • Unique light blue flowers
  • Green foliage all year
  • Can be grown on trellis
  • Blooms often throughout year

  • ‘Dwarf Pittosporum’
  • Small, compact shrub
  • Evergreen / Low Maintenance
  • Stand alone or short hedge
Orange Jubilee  Dwarf Myrtle Moraea Iris
 

  • Large, upright growing shrub
  • Also does well on trellis
  • Very fast grower
  • Blooms often throughout year

 

  • Medium shrub / Evergreen
  • Best plant for formal hedges
  • Small white blooms Spring
  • Easy to prune into unique shapes

  • Tropical accent plant
  • Grows in full or part sun
  • Excellent near pools
  • Blooms throughout year

 

Tropical Bird of Paradise Foxtail Fern Lantana Radiation

  • Colorful, tropical accent
  • Good around pools & patios
  • Also good accent near palms
  • Periodic blooms Spring thru Fall

 

  • Unique upright growth pattern
  • Very clean easy to grow
  • Good in pots as well
  • Works well in most landscapes

 

  • ‘Radiation’ Mounding Variety
  • Spreads fast
  • Rapid grower
  • Blooms Spring thru Fall
Hibiscus Single Bloom Orange Hibiscus Single Bloom Santa Ana Hibiscus Single Bloom Yellow

  • Hibiscus Single Bloom Orange with Red in the middle
  • Bloom Color: Single Orange
  • Large tropical foliage
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Periodic blooms throughout year

 

  • Bloom Color: Single Red
  • Large tropical foliage
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Periodic blooms throughout year

  • Bloom Color: Single Yellow
  • Large tropical foliage
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Periodic blooms throughout year

 

Hibiscus Single Bloom White Hibiscus Single Bloom Pink Hibiscus Single Bloom Orange

  • Bloom Color: Single White
  • Large tropical foliage
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Periodic blooms throughout year

 

  • Bloom Color: Single Pink
  • Large tropical foliage
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Periodic blooms throughout year

 

  • Bloom Color: Single Orange
  • Large tropical foliage
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Periodic blooms throughout year

 

Hibiscus Double Bloom Pink Xylosma Mexican Bird of Paradise

  • Bloom Color: Double Pink
  • Large tropical foliage
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Periodic blooms throughout year

 

  • Medium large shrub / Evergreen
  • Great for hedge or train to small tree
  • Very clean & easy to grow
  • Hardy for sun and cold!

  • Large accent shrub
  • Very fast grower
  • Use in most landscape styles
  • Blooms Early Summer thru Fall
Fairy Duster Green Fountain Grass Euryops Daisy

  • Small to medium desert shrub
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Periodic blooms throughout year

 

  • Clumping accent grass
  • Attractive feathery blooms
  • Very low maintenance
  • Works well in any landscape

 

  • Small to medium flowering shrub
  • Can be grown as patio style tree
  • Rich greenery when not in bloom
  • Blooms early Spring & late Fall

 

Cassia Feathery Elephant’s Food Dwarf Oleanders

  • Medium large desert shrub
  • Durable fast grower
  • Yellow Blooms Spring / Fall

 

  • Durable, medium size accent plant
  • Unique succulent foliage
  • Super clean & easy to grow
  • Great as a container grown plant

 

  • Colors: White, Salmon, Red, Pink
  • Medium size / blooming shrub
  • Stand alone or as hedge
  • Periodic blooms throughout year

 

Desert Spoon Asparagus Fern Angelita Daisy

  • Small to medium accent shrub
  • Blooms in a bell shaped flower
  • Good in most landscapes
  • Blooms Spring & Fall

 

  • Bright mounding greenery
  • Very clean easy to grow
  • Good in pots as well
  • Works well in all landscapes

  • Clump desert accent
  • Low water user
  • Blooms Spring/ Fall
  • Stays very low to ground

 

AZ Yellow Bells Bicolor Iris Canna Lily

  • Medium / Large shrub
  • Fast grower / Evergreen
  • Periodic Blooms Spring Fall
  • Works well in all landscapes

  • Tropical accent a.k.a. ‘Dietes Iris’
  • Grows in full or part sun
  • Excellent near pools
  • Blooms throughout year

 

  • Brilliant lily shaped blooms
  • Large tropical foliage
  • Great accent around pools
  • Many colors / Red or green leaf

 

Brittlebush Boxwood Beauty Bottlebrush Bush

  • Small to medium desert shrub
  • Blooms Spring Fall
  • Very fast grower
  • Extremely durable in hot areas

 

  • Compact mounding bush
  • Green year round
  • Low maintenance / pruning
  • Performs well in full sun

 

  • Medium to large evergreen
  • Blooms Spring / Fall
  • Can be loosely hedged
  • Good for small privacy screen

 

Evergreen Bird of Paradise Red Bird of Paradise Bougainvillea Barbara Karst

  • Large accent shrub
  • Very fast grower
  • Use in most landscape styles
  • Blooms Early Summer thru Fall

  • ‘Barbara Karst’
  • Grows as bush or on trellis
  • Extremely vivid blooms
  • Works well in any landscape
Star Jasmine Cats Claw Carolina Jasmine

  • Fragrant flowering vine
  • Will also spread as a ground cover
  • Good on trellis or other support
  • Evergreen / Spring blooms

  • “Sticks” to block or stucco walls
  • Extremely fast grower
  • Yellow blooms Spring
  • Very durable once established

  • Fast Spreading Vine
  • Yellow blooms Spring & Fall
  • Green all year
  • Great on trellis, arbors or fences
Creeping Fig Myoporum Trailing Rosemary

  • Evergreen Vine
  • Attaches itself to rough surfaces
  • Low maintenance
  • Very clean / no blooms

  • Very flat growing ground cover
  • Spreads rapidly / Evergreen
  • Good in all landscape styles
  • Periodic small white blooms

  • Spreading Variety
  • Extremely Durable
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Periodic blooms Spring thru Fall
Ice Plant Morning Glory Trailing Verbena

  • Trailing Ground Cover
  • Unique succulent style foliage
  • Works well in most landscapes
  • Periodic blooms Spring thru Fall

  • Low mounding shrub
  • Green all year
  • Periodic blooms Spring Fall
  • Low maintenance / pruning

  • Low spreading variety
  • Light, lacy ground cover
  • Stays very low
  • Periodic blooms Spring thru Fall

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