Evergreen Herbaceous Perennial
Blooms May thru July with red pistils, fades to buff. Foliage turns bronze/red in Fall. Deer resistant. Good for cut flowers.
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Euphorbia xanti
Open branched, deciduous succulent shrub.
Large perennial shrub with pencil-like branches topped with exploding small cherry-like pink blossoms in spring through summer. Can spread and form large stands.
Euphorbia “Copton Ash”
Evergreen Herbaceous Perennial
Remains fairly dense year-round. Gray foliage, sulphur-yellow blooms all summer long. Deer-resistant.
Euphorbia “Red Velvet”
E. amygdaloides “Red Velvet”
Evergreen shrub
Thick velvety dark reddish leaves on full stems. Large bloom sprays of green bracts and mixed brightly-colored blooms. Deer-resistant.
Fascicularia pitcairniifolia
Medium bromeliad to 30″; leaves turn red before blooming
Faucaria bosscheana
Small green, soft-toothed mesemb w/smooth glossy surface. Variable, can be nearly toothless. Small clumps of mini aloe-like rosettes. Yellow flowers.
Faucaria felina
Green, soft-toothed mesemb w/smooth surface. Small clumps of mini aloe-like rosettes.
Faucaria tuberculosa
F. felina ssp. tuberculosa
A dark-green leafed mesemb, with teeth-like tubercules on surface
Faumatium hybrid
Faucaria x Stomatium
Burgundy and green leaves with white speckles protruding in all directions. Toothless hybrid mesemb w/smooth surface. Tight clumps of mini rosettes.
Fenestraria aurantiaca
2-3″ clusters. Transparent tips are the characteristic windowed leaves. In habitat the leaves hide below the surface and only the windowed tips are visible. Rot-prone: low water, or mist. Flowers range from off-white to yellow/gold.
While commonly known as F. aurantiaca, can be found as F. rhopalophylla subsp. aurantiaca with yellow flowers and subsp. rhopalophylla with white flowers.
Fenestraria rhopalophylla
2-3″ clusters. Transparent tips are the characteristic windowed leaves. In habitat the leaves hide below the surface and only the windowed tips are visible. Rot-prone: low water, or mist. Flowers are white.
While commonly known as F. aurantiaca, can be found as F. rhopalophylla subsp. rhopalophylla with white flowers and subsp. aurantiaca with yellow flowers.
Ferocactus
The barrel cacti of the North American deserts, globose to cylindrical forms.
Ferocactus chrysacanthus f. rubrispinus
Solitary barrel with vibrant red spines. Slow growing, densely spined. 12 inch diameter, eventually growing 3ft tall. Keep dry in winter.
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Sonoran desert red fire barrel; very dry, rocky soil.
Ferocactus emoryi
Large barrel to 40″d; blooms young; hooked spines
Ferocactus glaucescens
Solitary or multistemmed globular barrels to 20″d. Bluish hue, flattened top, brownish-yellow recurved spines.
Ferocactus gracilis
Solitary cylindrical to 5ft. tall, 12″ diameter
Ferocactus gracilis ssp. coloratus
Baja native; solitary barrel to 12″ dia., eventually 4′ tall
Ferocactus hamatacanthus
Solitary barrel to 12″ dia., eventually 2′ tall;
Ferocactus herrerae
F. wislizeni v. herrerae
Solitary cylindrical to 6ft. tall, 18″d. Yellow/red flowers
Ferocactus histrix
Widespread throughout Mexico. Large barrel to 24+ inches across, will eventually form a column to nearly 4ft tall. While once considered sacred, they are now harvested as a part of the candy industry.
Ferocactus latispinus
Large barrel to 18″d.; blooms young; very thick hooked spines
Ferocactus macrodiscus
Barrel cactus that grows usually flattened, 12-16″ d., often partially submerged in the soil.
Ferocactus pottsi
Solitary barrel to 16″ dia., eventually 3′ tall
Ferocactus robustus
Large clusters can reach 15ft wide; yellow flowers
Ferocactus stainesii
F. pilosus
Generally solitary, fast grower, to 24″; new spines bright red
Ferocactus tiburonensis
F. wislizeni v. tiburonensis
Large barrel to 3ft. tall; red blooms, very thick hooked spines
Ferocactus viridescens
Solitary barrels grow along the Southern California coast to 12″ tall.
Ferocactus wislizeni
Usually solitary to 30″ d.; striped orange/red blooms, narrow curved spines
Ferraria crispa
Bizzare Iris-relative emerges in fall with unique silver-green succulent “airplane-wing” leaves. Extraordinary, intricate blooms follow Winter through Spring, with the added bonus of carrion fragrance! Summer dormant, keep dry until Fall rains.