SunnylandsGarden Guide

Filter by Location

Filter by Plant Types

About
Garden Guide
Map
Resources: Desert Plants

Skip to content

Garden Guide

This guide is designed to assist with your exploration and identification of garden plants.

Please send comments or questions to education@sunnylands.org.

Plants

A shoulder-high row of Leucophyllum full of purple blooms along the Sunnylands Center and Gardens' parking lot.

Barometer Bush

(Leucophyllum spp.)

A grouping of Cowhorn Agave in the round planter in front of the entrance to Sunnylands Center and Gardens.

Cowhorn Agave

(Agave bovicornuta)

A top-down view of the Golden Barrel with yellow spines and a yellow flower.

Golden Barrel

(Echinocactus grusonii)

A large group of gopher plants display their chartreuse flowers.

Gopher Plant

(Euphorbia rigida)

A grouping of Medicinal Aloe bloom under a Mesquite tree at Sunnylands Center and Gardens.

Medicinal Aloe

(Aloe vera)

The brown bark of a Mesquite branch with small green leaves.

Mesquite hybrids

(Prosopis x. spp.)

A row of Smooth Agave with fully emerged bloom stalks in the gardens.

Smooth Agave

(Agave desmettiana)

A blooming Sweet Acacia against a backdrop of the Center and Gardens.

Sweet Acacia

(Vachellia farnesiana)

Visit the Sunnylands homepage