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 celsii

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 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.

Agave victoriae-reginae (Queen Victoria Agave). Sunset: 10-13,15-17,21-30; USDA: 9-12 Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 12°F. Compact, slow growth to 8" tall; 16" wide. Native to Nuevo Leon, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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 crosby prolific. (USDA: 9b-10). Filtered sun. Heat tolerant. Hardy to 30°F. Little water. Grows to 8" tall; 1' wide. Native to Africa.

Aloe harlana  (Mosaic Aloe)

Aloe nobilis (Gold tooth aloe) Sunset: 8,9,12-24; USDA: 9-11. Light shade. Heat tolerant. Hardy to 24°F. Little water. Clustering rosettes, grows to 1' tall; 1' wide. Origin: Africa.

Aloe saponaria (Tiger aloe). Sunset: 8,9,12-24; USDA: 9-11. Light shade. Heat tolerant. Hardy to 24°F. Little water. Clustering rosettes, each plants grows to 8" tall; 10" wide. Origin: Africa.

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.

Ariocarpus fissuratus (Living rock/ False Peyote). Sunset: 11-13; USDA: 8b-11. Hardy to 25° F. Full sun to light shade, needs protection in hottest desert gardens. Solitary spineless, grows very slowly to 8" in diameter. Little water summer, no water in winter. Pink to magenta flowers, 1.5 inches in diameter.  The estismated age of the 2.5" plants is 15 years old and the 3.5" plants are 20 to 25 years old. Origin: Texas, New Mexico and Northern Mexico.

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)