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Sprawling vines and palm trees

Large shade tree

Landscape Designer: Sara Jacoby

Xeriscaped front yard. Landscape Designer: Sara Jacoby

Assortment of desert plants

Succulent and lantana

Cactus with lantana backdrop

Cacti with wildflowers

Wildflowers

Xeriscape yard

Xeriscape

Assortment of plants

Various drought tolerant plants

Parry's Agave and Desert Marigold

Ocotillo with Mexican Evening Primrose

Colorful flowers and shrubs

Plants in pots

Cactus in planter

Various cacti

Xeriscape with statue

Desert plants

Plants along beautiful red wall

Desert trees and shrubs

Desert plants with house in background

Mature mesquite tree

Xeriscaping, side yard

Desert adapted plants in pots

Stunning prickly pear

Various desert plants

Outdoor living in the Sonoran Desert- native plants provide, shade, color and texture. (Palo Verde tree- by chair, Ocotillo- center, Desert Marigold- yellow/foreground, Blanket Flower- orange and yellow foreground and Penstemon- dark red to right of Ocotillo).

Agave with various desert plants and grass

A beautiful mix of colors - Lantana (purple and yellow), Cherry Sage (red plants by windows), Desert Spoon (foreground).

Grass with desert adapted plants along edge

Various flowering shrubs

Citrus and desert plants

Cacti and various desert plants

Backyard xeriscaping

Flowering shrubs and agave

Yellow and purple wildflowers

Xeriscaped front yard

Yellow wildflowers

Waterfall with xeriscape

Hummingbird visiting flowering agave

Bird on branch

Agave and wildflowers

Desert plants along walkway

Various succulents and desert plants

Xeriscape

Hummingbird visiting flowers

This raised bed planting area is an attractive, water-efficient way to grow vegetables. Like the rest of the yard, it is watered with a drip system.

Various wildflowers

Front yard desert landscaping

Backyard landscaping

Irrigation box

Irrigation

Cactus and desert plants

Various desert plants

Various desert plants in front yard

Flowering shrubs

More front yard xeriscaping

Saguaro with various desert plants

Red bird of paradise

Flowering palo verde

Flowering palo verde

Beautiful red flowers

Waterfall with desert plants

Charles Mann

Waterfall with xeriscaping

Saguaro looking over gate

Desert plants in front yard

Palo verde trees

Flowering xeriscape

Backyard xeriscape

Flowering palo verde with various cacti and flowers

Various backyard landscaping with grass

Flowering prickly pear

Various desert shrubs

Various flowering shrubs

Flowering prickly pear

Flowering prickly pear

Charles Mann

Front yard with desert landscaping

Desert landscaping

Prickly pear and other various plants

Saguaros and various desert plants

Backyard xeriscaping

Front yard xeriscape

Various succulents

Xeriscape along walkway

Front yard xeriscape

Xeriscaping along the water

Various cacti and wildflowers

Cactus with wildflowers

Potted cacti

Tree Bear Grass forms the dramatic background for a diverse selection of cacti and succulents mixed with ground covers and seasonal wildflowers. Featured here are Red Barrel Cactus and Parry's Agave (from left to right in foreground) with Purple Verbana (yellow flowers), Firecracker Penstemon(to left of Eurphorbia) and Ice plant (bottom right).

Desert tree in landscape

Flowers

Octopus Agaves provide a dramatic accent in this desert garden. The yellow ground cover (smaller) yellow flowers is Damianita.

Butterfly

Wildflowers