Chocolate Vine, Akebia quinata

Chocolate Vine, Akebia quinata

Full Sun, Part Shade Medium Water Mature Size: Climbing X 15’ Blooming Season: Summer Flower Color: Red What’s not to love about a plant named for one of the major food groups? Alas, the common name refers to the brownish red flower color rather than the flavor of its...
Stone Pine, Pinus pinea

Stone Pine, Pinus pinea

Full Sun Medium Water Mature Size: 60’X 50’ This majestic round-crowned conifer is found growing along the Mediterranean coast in hot, dry places subject to salty sea breezes. Ponderosa Pines, native to the mountains of the Southwest, are moving higher upslope as bark...
Afghan Pine, Pinus eldarica

Afghan Pine, Pinus eldarica

Full Sun Medium Water Mature Size: 40’X 18” Pine trees provide visual interest in a landscape and much-needed greenery in the coldest, most barren months. Afghan Pine is one of the best desert pines. It thrives in heat, wind, poor soil and it is relatively drought...
Pinon Pine, Pinus edulis

Pinon Pine, Pinus edulis

Full Sun Medium Water   Mature Size: 30’X 20’ Blooming Season: Early Spring Pinon Pines are one of New Mexico’s most recognizable native trees. Horizontal branches make for a bushy, domed shape when mature. Its needles, which grow in pairs, are short, stiff and...