Fragrance
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| Common Name |
Latin Name |
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H X W |
Ornamental Value |
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Acton Encelia |
Encelia actoni |
S |
3' X 3' |
Yellow flowers in spring and summer, fragrant foliage |
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Antelope
Bitterbrush, Greasewood |
Purshia tridentata |
S |
5' X 5' |
Fragrant with yellow flowers
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Autumn Sage |
Salvia greggi |
S |
3' X 3' |
Red flowers, aromatic |
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Azure Penstemon |
Penstemon
azureus |
P |
2' X 2' |
Blue-purple flowers in mid-summer |
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Bay Laurel |
Laurus nobilis |
T |
10' x 10' |
Inconspicuous yellow flowers
December through May, fragrant leaves |
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Blackfoot Daisy |
Melampodium leucanthum |
P |
6" X
1' |
White one inch daisies |
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Blue Palo Verde |
Cercidium floridum |
T |
12' X 15' |
Evergreen branches, yellow flowers two weeks in April or
May, fragrant |
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Brittle Bush |
Encelia farinosa |
S |
3' X 3' |
Yellow flowers blooming all spring |
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Bush Beardtongue |
Keckiella breviflora |
P |
5' X 5' |
White flowers line with
purple, pink, or red streaks in spring and fall, fragrant |
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California Brickelbush |
Brickellia californica |
S |
3' X 6' |
Insignificant pale yellow
flowers with strong fragrance |
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California Evening Primrose |
Oenothera californica |
P |
3' X 10' |
White to pink fragrant flowers |
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California Lilac |
Ceanothus greggii vestitus |
S |
6' X 6' |
White flowers in spring through summer |
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Catclaw Acacia |
Acacia greggii |
T |
15' X 20' |
Yellow flowers in spring, grey deciduous foliage,
fragrant |
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Chihuahuan Sage,
Cenizo |
Salvia mellifera |
S |
4' X 5' |
Fragrant with lavender to purple flowers |
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Chocolate Daisy |
Berlandiera lyrata |
P |
1' X 1' |
Yellow daisies almost all year |
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Cleveland Sage |
Salvia clevelandii |
S |
4' X 4' |
Purple trumpet shaped flowers, evergreen |
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Cliff
Fendlerbush |
Fendlera
rupicola |
S |
1' X 6' |
Purple flowers in spring to fall, fragrant, silver
foliage |
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Cliff Rose, Mexican
Cliffrose |
Purshia mexicana |
S |
8' X 5' |
Fragrant white aromatic flowers with long yellow stamens |
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Coulter Pine |
Pinus coulteri |
T |
40' X 20' |
Long dark green needles |
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Creosote Bush |
Larrea tridentata |
S |
6' X 6' |
Small yellow flowers, evergreen |
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Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus ledifolius |
T |
12' X 12' |
Inconspicuous flowers but
eye catching spiral silver-haired seed plumes, plant has spicy aroma |
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Desert Alyssum |
Lepidium fremontii |
P |
2' X 2.5' |
Fragrant white flowers March to May |
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Desert Apricot |
Prunus fremontii |
T |
15' x 10' |
Fragrant white/pink flower in February
and March |
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Desert False
Indigo |
Amphora fruticosa |
S |
10' x 10' |
Small purple flowers on 3 inch spike,
fragrance of guava, pineapple, lavender |
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Desert Lavender |
Hyptis emoryi |
S |
8' X 8' |
Lavender flowers, minty fragrance in spring |
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Desert Sage, Purple
Sage |
Salvia dorrii |
S |
2' X 2' |
Blue flowers bloom late in spring , leaves fragrant |
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Fairy Duster, Pink
Fairy Duster |
Calliandra eriophylla |
S |
4' X 4' |
Silver-green leaves, fragrant, pink to red duster blooms most of year |
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Fragrant Ash,
Flowering Ash |
Fraxinus cuspidata |
T |
12' X 12' |
White flowers in spring |
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Fragrant Evening Primrose |
Neriserenia camporum |
P |
8" X
1' |
White to pale pink flowers in spring |
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Fragrant
Pitcher Plant |
Lepechinia fragrans |
S |
6' X 6' |
Aromatic white to purple flowers blooming April to June |
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Giant Sacaton Grass |
Sporobolus wrightii |
P |
6' X 6' |
Pale pink fragrant flowers
mid-summer to fall |
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Goldenball
Leadtree, Lemonball |
Leucaena retusa |
T |
25' X 25' |
Golden fluffy balls of flowers after rains |
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Grape Soda Lupine |
Lupinus excubitus |
S |
4' X 4' |
Showy purple blooms May and
June with fragrance of grape soda |
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Great Basin
Sage, Big Sagebrush |
Artemisia
tridentata |
S |
4' X 4' |
Silver-green leaves, fragrant |
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Gregg Dalea |
Dalea greggii |
S |
1' X 6' |
Purple flowers in spring to fall, fragrant |
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Huajillo |
Havardia pallens |
T |
20' X 15' |
Fragrant, white, ball shaped
flowers May through August |
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Indigo Bush |
Amorpha californica |
P |
6' x 6' |
Violet flowers in spring, fragrant,
attracts butterflies |
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Lechuguilla |
Agave lechuguilla |
CS |
18" X 2' |
Evergreen, fragrant yellow-green flower |
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Limber Pine |
Pinus
flexilis |
T |
30' x 20' |
Long dark blue/green needles |
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Littleleaf
Mock Orange |
Philadelphus microphyllus |
S |
1' X 1' |
Dark green leaves, small white flowers have fragrance of
pineapples |
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Lodgepole Pine |
Pinus contorta |
T |
40' X 15' |
Dark green needles, slender conical shape |
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Matilija Poppy |
Romneya coulteri |
P |
3' X 2' |
Huge white flowers, yellow centers, May to July,
fragrant |
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Mescal Bean |
Sophora
secundiflora |
T |
20' X 15' |
Distinctive, showy;
pendulous raceme of purple flowers late winter to early spring, fragrant |
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Mountain Desert Sage |
Salvia pachyphylla |
S |
2' x 2' |
Two-tone red and purple large flowers July through
September, evergreen
grey-green leaves |
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Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus belutoides |
T |
12' x 4' |
White to pink fragrant flowers,
attractive leaves, inverse conical shape, gains personality with age |
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New Mexico
Locust |
Robinia
neomexicana |
T |
5' X 6' |
Green leaves, purplish to pink flowers are fragrant |
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Palmer's
Penstemon |
Penstemon palmeri |
P |
2' X 1' |
Showy pink flowers in spring, aromatic |
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Parish's
Bluecurls |
Trichostema parishii |
P |
3' X 3' |
Showy blue fragrant flowers
in spring |
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Ponderosa Pine,
Yellow Pine |
Pinus ponderosa |
T |
100' X 30' |
Dark green needles |
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Red Barberry |
Berberis haematocarpa |
S |
6' X 8' |
Fragrant yellow flowers, red berries, purple fall color |
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Rocky
Mountain Douglas Fir |
Pseudotsuga menziesii |
T |
40' X 20' |
Long dark green needles, fragrant |
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Roundflower Catclaw |
Acacia roemeriana |
T |
10' X 15' |
White fluffy balls of fragrant white flowers, pinkish
flat beans |
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Smoke Tree |
Dalea spinosa |
T |
15' X 30' |
Purple flowers in spring, fragrant |
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Skeletonleaf Goldeneye |
Viguiera stenoloba |
P |
2' X 3' |
Golden flowers after rains |
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Starleaf
Mexican Orange |
Choisya dumosa |
S |
18" X 3' |
White fragrant flowers after rains, fancy leaves |
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Texas Plume |
Bauhinia lunarioides |
T |
12' X 10' |
Fragrant pale pink
orchid-like flowers in spring, butterfly shaped flowers |
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Turpentinebush |
Ericameria laricifolia |
S |
6' X 8' |
Yellow flowers, red berries, purple fall color |
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Whitebrush |
Aloysia gratissima |
S |
6' X 6' |
White flowers March to
November |
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White Fir |
Albies concolor |
T |
30' X 12' |
Evergreen, popular Christmas tree, leaves have lemony
fragrance |
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White Sage, Bee Sage |
Salvia apiana |
S |
3' X 3' |
White flowers, grey leaves, aromatic |
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Whitethorn
Acacia |
Acacia constricta |
T |
15' X 10' |
Yellow puffballs in spring, fragrant,
attractive brown pods in fall |
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Wooly Bluecurls |
Trichostema lanatum |
S |
4' X 4' |
Blue-pink flowers in spring and fall, fragrant |
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Woolly Paper
Flower |
Psilostrophe
tagetina |
P |
1' X 1' |
Yellow flowers bloom early in spring and last for a long
time eventually turning into dry and paper-like, fragrant |
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Yarrow |
Achillea millefolium californica |
P |
3' X 3' |
White to near white, sometimes pink, flat topped cluster
of small flowers from mid-spring to early winter, fragrant |