Plants A-Z

Dasylirion longissimum

Mexican Grass Tree

Smooth-dged green leaves in fountainlike clump to about 5 ft. high and wide. Trunk is slow to form, bu...

Dasylirion wheeleri

Desert Spoon

Forms a near-spherical clump 3 to 5 ft. high, 4 to 5 ft. wide. Stiff, spiky, bluish gray leaves to 3 f...

Datura innoxia

Angel’s Trumpet

From southwestern deserts of the United States and Mexico. Lightly fragrant, upward-facing, 6- to 8-in...

Datura stramonium

Angel’s Trumpet

Fragrant, upward-facing white or purple flowers, sometimes flushed pink. Plant grows 3 to 6 ft. high a...

Davallia trichomanoides

Squirrel'S Foot Fern

Asian native. Very finely divided evergreen fronds to about 1 ft. long, 6 in. wide, rise from light re...

Davidia involucrata

Dove Tree

Native to China. Grows to 35–65 ft. tall, with strong branching pattern and a rounded crown 15&ndash

Delonix regia

Royal Poinciana

This native of Madagascar, which Hawaiians call ohai’ula, is as flamboyant as it is shapely. Its...

Delosperma cooperi

Reaches 3 in. tall, 1 1/2 ft. wide, with cylindrical leaves and a summer-long display of rich purple f...

Delosperma nubigenum

Only 1 in. tall, spreading to 3 ft. The cylindrical leaves turn red in fall and winter, green up again...

Delphinium cardinale

Scarlet Larkspur

Native to California coastalmountains. Grows to 3–6 ft. talland 2 ft. wide, with erect stemsgrowing fr...

Delphinium elatum

Delphinium

This Siberian native grows 3–6 ft. tall and 2 ft. wide, with spikes of flowers in dark or dull p...

Delphinium nudicaule

Scarlet Larkspur

Native of Northern Californiaand southwestern Oregon. Slender plant to 1–3 ft. tall and less than a fo...