Agave 'Mediopicta alba' (Agave americana ssp) sunset: 10-24; USDA 8b-12. Full sun, heat tolerant. Hardy to 18°F. Rosettes grows to 2' tall - 4' wide. Compact agave. Infrequent water. Native Mexico.

Agave 'Sharkskin' (Sharkskin agave). Hybrid of agave scabra and agave ferdinandi-regis. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 20°F. Grows to 2' tall; 3' wide. Origin: Mexico.

Agave americana (Blue Century plant). Sunset: 10-24; USDA 8b-12. Full sun, heat tolerant. Hardy to 15°F. Each rosette in the clump grows to 6' tall - 6' wide. Allow space for growth. Infrequent water. Native to Mexico, naturalized in West USA.

Agave americana varigata. Sunset: 10-30; USDA 8b-12. Full sun, heat tolerant. Hardy to 15°F. Grows to 6' tall - 6' wide. Allow space for growth. Infrequent water. Native to Mexico, naturalized in West USA.

Agave angustifolia 'Marginata' (Ribbon agave). Sunset: 12-24; USDA: 9b-10. Full sun to light shade, heat tolerant. Hardy to 25°F. Grows to 3' tall - 3' wide. Infrequent water. Native to Mexico.

Agave deserti (Sunset: 10-24; USDA: 8-10). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Hardy to 18°F. Grows to 5' tall - 4' wide. Infrequent water. Native to Arizona, eastern Calif., Mexico.

Agave filifera (Thread-leaf) Sunset: zone 12-24; USDA: zone 8b-11. Full sun, heat tolerant. Hardy to 17°F. Grows to 2' tall; 2' wide. Infrequent water. Native to Mexico.

Agave lechuguilla. USDA: 7-10. Full sun, heat tolerant. Hardy to 0°F. Grows to 2' tall; 2' wide. Infrequent water. Native to Texas, Mexico

Agave lophantha (Agave uncinata). USDA: 9b-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Hardy to 26°F. Clustering to to 2' tall; 4' wide; Little water. Native to Mexico.

Agave neomexicana (Mescal agave) USDA: 5-10). Full sun, heat tolerant. Hardy to -20°F. Grows to 20" tall - 30" wide. Infrequent water. Native to Texas, New Mexico, Mexico

Agave parryi var. truncata

Agave salmiana (Sunset: 13-24; USDA: 9b-10). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Hardy to 24°F. Clustering to to 6' tall; 10' wide; Little water. Native to Central Mexico.

Agave scabra (USDA: 7-10). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Hardy to 10°F. Grows to 3' tall; 4' wide; Little water. Native to Eastern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador.

Aloe 'Blue elf' Best in filtered sun. Heat tolerant. Hardy to 24°F. Little water. Compact aloe grows to 1-2' tall; 1-2' wide. Native to South Africa.

Aloe brevifolia

Aloe variegata / aloe saparonia hybrid

Aloe vera barbadensis 'medicine plant' (Yellow flowers). Sunset: 8,9,11-24; USDA: 9-10. Full sun to light shade. Heat tolerant. Hardy to 23°F. Clumping rosettes grows to 4' tall. Makes a great landscape plant. Widely used for medicinal purposes. Origin: Africa.

Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail palm) Sunset: 11,13, 16-27; USDA: 9-10. Prefers light shade in Phoenix. Heat tolerant. Little to moderate water. Hardy to 23°F. Grows to 15' tree. Origin: Central to southeastern Mexico.

Carnegia gigantea (Saguaro). Sunset: 11-13,18-21; USDA: 9-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 15°F. Grows to 50' tall. Origin: Sonoran desert of southwestern USA and Northern Mexico.

Corryocactus melanotrichus (Clustering cereus). USDA zone: 10-11. Full sun to part sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 30F. Grows to 8' tall. Native to Bolivia.

Coryphantha macromeris (Flabby pincushion). USDA: 8b-12. Full sun to part sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 14 deg. F. Grows to 10" tall; 2' + spread. Purple flowers, edible fruit. Origin: New Mexico, Texas, northeastern Mexico.

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. thornberi (USDA: 9-11). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 15°F. Shrubby cholla grows to 10' tall; 7' wide. Native to southern Utah, S.E. CA, AZ

Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Bush pencil cholla) USDA: 9-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 15°F. Grows to 8' tall; 8' wide. Native to AZ and Mexico.

Cylindropuntia bigelovii (Teddy bear cholla). Sunset: 10-13. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 5°F. Grows to 6' tall; 3' wide. Origin: Arizona, California and Mexico.

Cylindropuntia fulgida (Jumping cholla). Sunset: 10-13. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 5°F. Grows to 12' tall; 8' wide. Origin: AZ, CA and Mexico.

Cylindropuntia fulgida mammillata monstrosa (Boxing glove cholla)

Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mammillata (Chain fruit cholla). Sunset: 10-13. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 5°F. Grows to 12' tall; 8' wide. Native to Arizona, CA and Mexico.

Cylindropuntia imbricata (Giant tree cholla). Sunset: 8-13. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 5°F. Grows to 18' tall; 12' wide. Origin: AZ, CO, KS, NM, OK, TX

Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Diamond cholla). Sunset: 10-13; USDA: 8A-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 20°F. Shrubby cholla grows to 4' tall; 4' wide. Native to S.W. Colorado, W. Arizona, southern Nevada, eastern Calif., Mexico

Cylindropuntia spinosior (Cane cholla). Sunset: 11-24; USDA: 8-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 20°F. Tree like cholla grows to 7' tall; 5' wide. Native to AZ, New Mexico, Mexico