Common name: Medicinal Aloe
Botanical name: Aloe vera
This clumping succulent will grow quickly to 2' x 5'. lt has gray-green fleshy leaves with soft tips. Yellow flowers appear on stalks in spring and attract hummingbirds. It is a prolific and tough aloe. Accepts full sun or partial shade.
Common name: Shoestring Acacia
Botanical name: Acacia stenophylla
Open evergreen tree grows to 30' x 20', with wispy habit. Greyish leaves unusual being under 1/4" wide but over 18" long. Showy creamy-yellow flowers borne in small globular clusters against stems fall through winter. Tall screning tree. Very drought tolerant when established. Avoid overwatering. Native to Austrailan.
Common name: European or Mediterranean Fan Palm
Botanical name: Chamaerops humilis
Slow growing multitrunked palm good for small areas and containers. Full sun or partial shade. Leaves have sharp spines. Native to Mediterranean and Africa.
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