Desert Bird of ParadisePhoenix's Showstopper Yellow Bloomer Desert Bird of Paradise Desert Bird of Paradise (Caesalpinia gilliesii) is one of the most dramatic and eye catching flowering shrubs available for Phoenix Valley landscapes. With its brilliant yellow blooms with long red stamens and feathery, fern like foliage, it creates an exotic tropical look with virtually zero water once established. Growing 310 feet tall and 36 feet wide, it handles full blazing sun and

Planted 12–15 feet apart

A single African Ocotillo creates a stunning vertical statement in any front yard

Coral Aloe — Blue-green rosette aloe with spectacular coral-pink winter blooms

Phoenix's Best Edible Cactus — Grow Delicious Prickly Pear Fruit in Your Own Yard

How long until my Meyer Lemon produces fruit

guide the staked bougainvillea onto a wall or trellis for a stunning vertical flower display

Train Queen's Wreath over a patio pergola or garden arbor and it will reward you with a canopy of dangling pink flower sprays all summer

Check for caliche — break through any caliche hardpan beneath the hole with a breaker bar to ensure proper drainage

Is Blue Palo Verde truly drought-tolerant

How fast does Butterfly Bush grow in Phoenix

For an informal flowering screen or windbreak

USDA Zones 7–11 (Phoenix is Zone 9b–10a) Soil Highly adaptable — sandy