The following plants have been grown in the gardens of Master Gardeners in Otero County

Large Shrubs to Trees
Common Name Scientific Name	Alternate Links	Other varieties, cultivars or species also grow well	Native or Naturalized Plant
Perennial Flowers
Arizona Twistflower Streptanthus carinatus	Alternate Link
Blackfoot Daisy Melampodium leucanthum	Alternate Link
Blanket flower Gaillardia grandiflora	Alternate Link	**
- Indian Blanket Flower (Firewheel) Gaillardia pulchella	Alternate Link
-Yellow Blanket flower Gaillardia pinnatifida	Alternate Link
Bicolor Mustard Nerisyrenia camporum	Alternate Link
Blue catmint Nepeta faassenii	Alternate Link
Blue flax Linum lewisii	Alternate Link
Chocolate flower Berlandiera lyrata	Alternate Link
Crownbeard or Cowpen daisy Verbesina encelioides	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Columbine, Golden Aquilegia chrysantha	Alternate Link1 Alternate Link2	**
Coral bells Heuchera sanguinea 'splendens' -(Alum Root)
Coreopsis Coreopsis grandiflora	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2	**
Dayflower Commelina erecta	Alternate Link
Desert Anemone (Pulsatilla) Anemone tuberosa	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Desert Marigold Baileya multiradiata	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Desert Tobacco Nicotiana obtusifolia	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Desert Zinnia Zinnia grandiflora	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Dogweed, Five-needle Thymophylla pentachaeta -Dyssodia	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Drummond’s Onion Allium drummondii	Alternate Link
Evening Primrose, Longfin Oenothera brachycarpa	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Fendler’s Bladder pod Lesquerella fendleri	Alternate Link
Four o'clock, Giant Mirabilis multiflora	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Four-O’clock, Wild Mirabilis multiflora	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Gay Feather Liatris punctata	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Globemallow, Fingerleaf Sphaeralcea digitata
Globemallow, Wrinkled Sphaeralcea hastulata
Hollyhock Alcea Rosea	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Indian Paintbrush, Wooly Castilleja lanata	Alternate Link
Larkspur, Prairie Delphinium virescens wootonii	Alternate Link
Lavander Lavandula spp.	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Long-flowered Amsonia Amsonia longiflora
Mexican hat Ratibida columnifera	Alternate Link
Milkweed, Poison Asclepias subverticillata	Alternate Link
Narrow-leaf Gromwell Lithospermum incisum	Alternate Link
Paper flower Psilostrophe tagetina	Alternate Link
Penstemon, Alamo Penstemon alamosensis	Alternate Link
Penstemon, Bush Penstemon ambiguus	Alternate Link	**
Penstemon Perry's Beardtounge Penstemon parryi	Alternate Link
Penstemon, Palmer's Penstemon palmeri	Alternate Link
Penstemon, Pine leaf (needle) Penstemon pinifolius	Alternate Link	**
Pepperweed Lepidium montanum	Alternate Link
Pink Windmills Allionia incarnata	Alternate Link
Pinqye Bitterweed Hymenoxys richardsonii	Alternate Link
Plains Bahia Bahia absinthifolia	Alternate link
Purple Bladderpod Lesquerella purpurea	Alternate Link
Purple cone flower Echinacea angustifolia	Alternate Link
Red hot poker Kniphofia caulescens	Alternate Link
Sage, Henry’s Salvia henryi	Alternate Link
Sageleaf bahia Bahia absinthifolia	Alternate link
Tansy aster Machaeranthera tanacetifolia	Alternate Link
Trailing Fleabane Erigeron flagellaris	Alternate Link
Tufted evening primrose, Oenothera caespitosa	Alternate Link
Wright’s Verbena Verbena wrightii	Alternate Link
Grasses
Bamboo muhly Muhlenbergia dumosa	Alternate Link
Beargrass Nolina erumpens	Alternate Link
Beargrass Nolina microcarpa	Alternate Link
Beargrass Nolina texana	Alternate Link
Black Grama Bouteloua eriopoda	Alternate Link
Deergrass Muhlenbergia rigens	Alternate Link
Fluffgrass (Woollygrass) Dasyochloa pulchellum	Alternate Link
Hairy Grama Bouteloua hirsuta	Alternate Link
Indian Ricegrass Oryzopsis bloomeri	Alternate Link
Indian Ricegrass Oryzopsis hymenoides	Alternate link
Little Blue Stem Schizachyrium scoparium	Alternate Link
Purple threeawn, Aristida purpurea var purpurea	Alternate Link
Sideoat Grama Bouteloua curtipendula	Alternate Link
Texas sacahuista (beargrass), Nolina texana	Alternate Link
Threeawn, Prairie Aristida oligantha	Alternate Link
Threeawn, Wright's Aristida purpurea var. wrightii	Alternate Link
Wright’s Sacaton Sporobolus wrightii
Ground Covers
Creeping rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis 'prostratus'
Hardy purple ice plant Delosperma cooperi
Hearts and flowers Aptenia cordifolia	alternate link
Portulaca (moss rose) Portulaca grandiflora (annual that reseeds)	alternate link
Vines or Climbers
Honey suckle Lonicera japonica
Lady Banks rose Rosa banksiae
Mandevilla trumpet vine Mandevilla amabilis 'Alice du Pont'
Snapdragon Vine Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Trumpet Vine, Red Distictis buccinatoria
Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virgin’s Bower Clematis drummondii
Small Shrubs and Woody Herbs
Autumn sage Salvia greggii		**
Broom Snakeweed Gutierrezia sorothrae
Butterfly bush Buddleia davidii		**
Damianita Chrysactinia mexicana
Desert bird of paradise, Caesalpinia gilliesii			Naturalized
Feather Dalea Dalea formosa	Alternate link
Golden currant Ribes aureum
Mariola Parthenium incanum	Alternate link
Mealy cup sage, Salvia farinacea		**
New Mexico olive, Forestieria neomexicana
Hibiscus, Paleface Hibiscus denudatus
Pomegranate Punica granatum	Alternate link
Pyracantha (Firethorn) Pyracantha coccinea		**
Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis
Rough Twin-pod Menodora scabra	Alternate link
Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia
Shrubby Poreleaf Porophyllum scoparium
Sumac, Evergreen Rhus virens	Alternate link	**
Texas Ranger, Leucophyllum frutescens		**
Threadleaf Groundsel Senecio flaccidus
Three leaf sumac, Rhus trilobata
White Sage Artemisia ludoviciana
Winter Fat Ceratoides lanata
Yellow Bells, Tecoma stans
Shrubs
Agerita Barberry Mahonia trifoliolata
Apache Plume Fallugia paradoxa
Blue Sage Salvia pinguifolia	Alternate Link
Creosote Bush Larrea tridentata	Alternate Link
Four-wing Saltbush Atriplex canescens	Alternate Link
Lotebush Ziziphus obtusifolia	Alternate Link
Mormon Tea Ephedra trifurca	Alternate Link
Ocotillo Fouquieria splendens	Alternate Link
Oreganillo Aloysia wrightii	Alternate Link
Pale Wolfberry Lycium pallidum	Alternate Link
Skeletonleaf Goldeneye Viguiera stenoloba	Alternate Link
Sumac, Skunkbush Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima	Alternate Link
Sumac, Littleleaf Rhus microphylla	Alternate Link
Whitethorn acacia Acacia constricta	Alternate Link
Evergreen Sumac Rhus virens choriophylla	Alternate Link
Lanceleaf Sumac Rhus lanceolata	Alternate Link
Desert Olive (Stretchberry) Forestiera pubescens	Alternate Link1 Alternate Link 2
Honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa	Alternate Link
One-seeded Juniper Juniperus monosperma	Alternate Link
Trees
Afghan Pine Pinus eldarica	Alternate Link	**
Arizona or Velvet ash Fraxinus velutina	Alternate Link
Catalpa Catalpa speciosa	Alternate Link
Chaste tree Vitex agnus- castus	Alternate Link
Chinaberry Melia azedarach (poisonous berries)	Alternate Link
Chinese pistache Pistacia chinensis	Alternate Link1 Alternate Link 2
Chitalpa Chitalpa tashkentensis	Alternate Link
Desert willow Chilopsis linearis	Alternate Link1 Alternate Link 2	**
Elderberry, Black Sambucus nigra
Fragrant ash Fraxinus cuspidata	Alternate Link
Hackberry, Common Celtis occidentalis	Alternate Link
Hackberry, Netleaf Celtis reticulata	Alternate Link
Live oak Quercus virginiana	Alternate Link1 Alternate Link 2
Mexican Elder Sambucus mexicana	Alternate Link1 Alternate Link 2
New Mexico Olive Forestiera neomexicana	Alternate Link
Purple robe Locust Robinia hispida	Alternate Link	**
Cacti, Agaves and Yuccas
Banana Yucca Yucca baccata	Alternate Link
Button Cactus Epithelantha micromeris	Alternate Link
Fishhook Cactus Sclerocactus uncinatus	Alternate Link
Century Plant Agave parryi	Alternate Link	**
Cholla (Cane Cholla) Opuntia imbricata	Alternate Link1 Alternate Link 2
Christmas Cactus Cylindropuntia leptocaulis	Alternate Link1 Alternate Link 2
Claret Cup Echinocereus triglochidiatus	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Eagle Claw Cactus Echinocactus horizonthalonius	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Foxtail Cactus Escobaria tuberculosa	Alternate Link
Graham’s Fishhook Cactus Mammillaria grahamii	Alternate Link
Hedgehog, Brownspined Echinocereus chloranthus	Alternate Link
Hedgehog, Scarlet Cactus Echinocereus coccineus	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Lechuguilla Agave lechuguilla	Alternate Link
New Mexico Agave (Mescal) Agave neomexicana	Alternate Link
New Mexico Spinystar Escobaria vivipara	Alternate Link
Nipple Bee Hive Cactus Coryphantha macromeris	Alternate Link
Prickly pear, Englemann's Opuntia engelmannii	Alternate Link	**
Prickly pear, Brown spined Opuntia phaeacantha	Alternate Link
Prickly pear, Purple Opuntia macrocentra	Alternate Link
Rainbow Cactus Echinocereus pectinatus	Alternate Link
- Texas Rainbow cactus Echinocereus dasyacanthus	Alternate Link
Red yucca Hesperaloe parvifolia	Alternate Link
Sacramento Mt. Foxtail Escobaria villardii	Alternate Link 1 Alternate Link 2
Small-seeded Sacahuiste Nolina microcarpa	Alternate Link
Soap tree yucca Yucca elata	Alternate Link	**
Sotol Dasylirion wheeleri	Alternate Link
Strawpile Hedgehog Echinocereus stramineus	Alternate Link
Texas Beargrass Nolina texana	Alternate Link
Torrey Yucca Yucca torreyi	Alternate Link