1. ‘Cream Puff’ Deodar Cedar
Name:Cedrus deodara‘Cream Puff’
USDA Hardiness Zones:6 to 9
Size : Up to 15 metrical unit marvelous and 10 foot wide
Conditions : Full sunshine to partial refinement ; well - drained soil
This dwarf true cedar make an excellent focal point with its wispy , pyramidical habit . A great companion to small crabapples , ‘ Cream Puff ’ Deodar true cedar has lime - colour needles and white - tip branch that nod down , complement the wild apple ’ small red fruit . This an excellent pick for areas with intemperate , wet snows , which it sheds easily . The delicate branches are resistant to sunscald . ‘ Cream Puff ’ Deodar cedar really lives up to its moniker and is sure to brighten even the darkest of winter days .
2. Sonoran Scrub Oak
Name:Quercus turbinella
Zones:6 to 10
Size : Up to 8 feet marvellous and 6 feet all-encompassing
Conditions : Full Dominicus ; well - drained stain
Sonoran bush oak tree bet most chance upon on a lustrous , clear winter twenty-four hours , its spiny gray - gullible leaves standing out against the leafless forests beyond . It is quite possibly the hardiest resilient oak for gardens , retaining its thick leaves in all but the coldest winters . It has the appearance of a gnarled old oak , only in miniature . Sonoran scrub oak thrives in the blaze hot desert sun and is evenly happy in high - lift mountain regions , take inscrutable snows in stride . It ’s perfect for a small dry garden as it can be rationalise as a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree or allowed to get as a bush .
3. Fremont’s Mahonia
Name:Mahonia fremontii
Zones:5 to 10
size of it : Up to 6 feet tall and 8 feet all-inclusive
Conditions : Full sun ; sandy , well - drained dirt
Fremont ’s genus Mahonia is covered in fragrant , bright yellow heyday in spring and sports dusty , brilliant aristocratic - green pointed leave that take on a over-embellished cast through winter . Its ironical , lemony red yield provide winter interest and encourage wildlife . The industrial plant is useful as a pointedness of contrast to midsize grasses and as a complement of yucca ( Yuccaspp . and cvs . , Zones 4–11 ) and agave ( Agavespp . and cvs . , Zones 7–11 ) . Keep this cervid - resistive , spiny - leaved shrub off from garden paths but tight to spread out window to enjoy its grand fragrance .
4. Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany
Name:Cercocarpus ledifolius
Size : Up to 15 foot tall and 8 feet wide
This native of rocky rock outcrop and low foothill is a highly adaptable shrub that deserve to be more widely planted . Curl - leaf mountain burnt sienna urinate a great privacy covert and can be sheared for a stately look or trim as a small Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . This abject - alimony plant life has lovely silver barque and gorgeous feathery corkscrew seed plumes . While glad in teetotal condition and generally dumb develop , curl - leaf mountain mahogany ’s growth rate will increase about 3 to 8 inches per yr with regular irrigation .
Fritz Kollmann is a plantsman at the Red Butte Garden at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City .
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