Landscape Plants for the Arizona Desert
Cacti
Cacti are icons in our desert communities. They are incredibly versatile and adaptable plants that can thrive in a wide range of growing conditions, including containers. Individual specimens can be planted for a dramatic statement in your landscape, or cacti groupings can serve as an incredibly low-maintenance groundcover. Many cacti also have extraordinary flowers that bloom during warm periods of the year. Because of their ability to store water, cacti require much less water than most landscape plants, but even cacti require occasional irrigation. Don’t overwater cacti and be sure to plant them in soil with good drainage.

Argentine Giant

Argentine Hedgehog

Beavertail Prickly Pear

Blue Myrtle Cactus

Buckhorn Cholla

Cardon Grande

Compass Barrel

Engelmann's Hedgehog

Engelmann's Prickly Pear

Golden Barrel

Hildmann's Cereus

Indian Fig

Mexican Fencepost

Organ Pipe

Purple Prickly Pear

Saguaro

Senita

Spruce Cones
