Plants A-Z

Agastache mexicana

Giant Mexican Lemon Hyssop

Summer-blooming peennial from Mexico. To 2–3 ft. (possibly 5 ft.) tall and 1 ft. wide. Bears mas...

Agastache rupestris

Licorice Mint

From southern Arizona, northern Mexico. To 1 1/2–2 1/2 ft. tall and 1 1/2 ft. wide, with narrow,...

Agave americana

Century Plant

Blue-green leaves grow to 6 ft. long, and have hooked spines along margins with a wicked spine at the ...

Agave desmettiana

Grows 2–3 ft. high and wide, with gracefully arching blue-green to yellow-green leaves with few ...

Agave geminiflora

Twin-flowered agave

To 2–3 ft. high and wide, with narrow, dark green, pencil-thin leaves. Yellow flowers, touched w...

Agave parryi

Attractive, compact, cold-hardy species native to Arizona and northern Mexico. Thick, blue-green or gr...

Agave potatorum

Butterfly Agave

Grows 1–2 ft. high and 2–3 ft. wide, usually as a solitary rosette. Its short, broad, toothed, blue-gr...

Agave victoriae-reginae

Queen Victoria Agave

Clumps grow slowly to only 12–18 in. across. The many dark green leaves are 6 in. long, 2 in. wi...

Ageratum houstonianum

Floss Flower

Native to Central America, West Indies. Easy-to-grow, dependable plants that bloom in summer and fall;...

Agonis flexuosa

Peppermint Tree

One of the best smalltrees for California gardens where temperatures stay above27°F (–3°C). Wi...

Agrostemma githago

Corn Cockle

An attractive weed of roadsides and grain fields, this Mediterranean species has naturalized in North ...

Agrostis stolonifera

Creeping Bent Grass

Premium lawn, but requires the most care, including frequent mowing to 1/2 in. tall with special mower...