Sierra Vista Area Plant List
Botanical Name | Common Name | Size | Water Use | Sun Exposure | Native Plant? | Evergreen? | Remarks |
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Eriogonum spp. | Buckwheat | See remarks | Little to moderate | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Some Shrub - Flammable - Check with nursery for size and hardiness |
Eriogonum umbellatum | Sulfur Flower | 1.5' H 3' W | Little to moderate | Full sun | No | No |
Perennial - Prune to shape when plants are young |
Eriogonum wrightii | Wright's Buckwheat | 18" H 24" W | None to little | Full sun | Yes | No |
Perennial - Flammable - Tiny white or pink flowers appear in clusters midsummer through fall |
Erodium chrysanthum | Yellow Stork's Bill | 5" H 12"W | Moderate | Full sun | No | No |
Perennial - Late spring blooming - Primrose yellow flowers with lacy greeen foliage |
Erythrina flabelliformis | Coral Bean | 3-4' H - 2' W | Little | Full sun | Yes | No |
Deciduous Shrub - Toxic, the flat beanlike pods after bloom contain poisonous seeds - Flame resistant - Short spines - Will freeze to ground in winter, but will recover |
Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana | California Poppy | 8" H 1' W | Little to moderate | Full sun | Yes | No |
Perennial often grown as an Annual - Flame resistant - Deep golden flowers in spring |
Eucalyptus spp. | Eucalyptus | See remarks | None to little | Full sun | No | Yes |
Tree or Shrub - Flammable - Check with nursery for hardiness and size - Prolonged freezes can kill even large Trees - Susceptible to eucalyptus redgum lerp psyllid |
Euphorbia spp. | Euphorbia | See remarks | Little | Partial shade | Yes | Yes |
Water requirements, exposure, and size vary by species - Some native - Some deciduous, some evergreen - Annual, perennial or biennual - Toxic, All euphorbias have a milky -white sap that is toxic on contact, including gopher plants and poinsettas - About 2000 species in genus - Only buy plant species that use moderate or less water - Can also be be trees or shrubs. |
Evolvulus arizonicus | Arizona Blue Eyes | 1' H & 1' W | None | Full sun | Yes | No |
Perennial ground cover - Usually grown as an Annual |
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa | Kidneywood | 20' H 12' W | None to little | Full sun | Yes | No |
Deciduous Tree or Shrub - Excellent Tree for small spaces - White vanilla scented flowers spring to summer |
Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume | 4-6' H 5' W | None | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Shrub - Pruning usually not needed - Seed heads are feathery pink, like an Apache headdrress |
Fendlera rupicola | False Mockorange | 4'H & 4'W | Moderate | Full sun | Yes | No |
Deciduous Shrub - Fragrant white flowers bloom in spring |
Ferocactus wislizenii | Fishhook Barrel Cactus | 10' H 3' W | None | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Cactus - Yellow or yellow-edged flowers in fall - Hooked spines like fishhooks |
Forestiera neomexicana | Desert Olive | 12-18'H 12'W | Little to moderate | Full sun | No | No |
Deciduous Tree or Shrub - Flame resistant - Fairly fast grower - Can be trained to be a small multi-trunked Tree |
Fouquieria splendens | Ocotillo | 8-15'H 5-10'W | None to little | Full sun | Yes | No |
Deciduous Shrub - Attractive long red flower clusters resemble candles - Does not regularly have leaves |