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GARDENING IN THE SOUTHWEST 
FOR TROPICAL EFFECTS 
Agaves 
Aloes 
Bamboo 
Banana 
Bougainvilla (in South) 
Canna 
Castor Bean 
Catalpa Tree 
Chinaberry Tree 
Crinum 
Elephants Ears (Caladium) 
Fig Tree 
Fountain Grass 
Gourds 
Grapevines 
Hibiscus 
Jimson Weed (Datura) 
Locust Tree 
Mullein 
Magnolia 
Oleander 
Pampas Grass 
Palmetto 
Sycamore Tree 
Trumpet Vine 
Yuccas 
Some Old-fashioned Favorites 
Cape Jasmine (Gardenia) 
Cypress Vine 
Martha Washington 
Geranium 
Moss and Brier Rose 
Tuberose 
A Suggested Reference List of Dependable Plants 
That Bloom in the Fall 
Shrubs 
Abelia 
Althea 
Butterfly Bush 
Coralberry 
Crape Myrtle 
Dusty Miller 
Flowering Willow 
Ilex decidua 
Ligustrum and Privet 
Berries 
Poinciana 
Sumac (Rhus) 
Vitex 
Vines and Trailers 
Cypress Vine 
Morning Glory 
Perennial Pea 
Petunia 
Queen’s Wreath 
Scarlet Runner Bean 
Thunbergia 
Trailing Lantana 
Verbena 
Bulbous Plants 
Canna 
Crinum 
Hemerocallis 
Hybranthus Lily 
Rain Lily 
Spider Lily 
Tuberose 
Water Lilies 
Annuals and Perennials 
Ageratum 
Alyssum 
Calendula 
California Poppy 
Chrysanthemums 
Cleome 
Cosmos (Klondike) 
Cockscomb 
(Princess Feather) 
Datura (Jimson Weed) 
Eryngium 
Evening Primrose 
Four o’Clocks 
Gaura 
Goldenrods 
Hardy Asters 
(Michaelmas Daisies) 
Hibiscus (Mallow) 
Lantana 
Liatris (Gay Feather) 
Marigold 
Mexican Prickly Poppy 
Petunias 
Plumbago 
Roses 
Salvias 
Snapdragon 
Sunflowers in variety 
Zinnias 
