Natural
gardens can be beautiful, relaxing and inexpensive by using plants that are native to your city and/or state. Let's say for example, you live in
Arizona. Arizona happens to be a drought state and therefore there is very little rainfall. Depending on the city you live in and it's temperatures, there are many plants and vegetations to choose from. Perhaps you already have some of them in your yard. Here is a list which includes many of the native plants for
Arizona. Please check with the United States Department of Agriculture to determine which plants are native to your area.
Here is a list which includes many of the native plants in
Arizona.
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Trees: |
Succulents and/or Cactus: |
Shrubs and/or Brushes: |
- Arizona
Mesquite
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Arizona Rosewood
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Blue Palo Verde
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Cat Claw
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Cottonwood
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Crucifixion Thorn
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Desert
Willow
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Foothill Palo Verde
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Hackberry
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Ironwood
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Juniper
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Scrub Oak
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Sugar Sumac
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White Thorn
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- Banana Yucca
- Chainfruit Cholla
- Compass Barrel
- Desert Christmas Cholla
- Desert Night- Blooming Cereus
- Engelmann's Prickly-Pear
- Fishhook Barrel
- Fishhook Cactus
- Hedgehog Cactus
- Ocotillo
- Saguaro
- Soaptree Yucca
- Staghorn Cholla
- Teddy Bear Cholla
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- Arrow Weed
- Brittlebush
- Creosote Brush
- Desert Honeysuckle
- Desert Lavender
- Fairy Duster
- Flat-Top Buckwheat
- Giant Bur-sage
- Golden Eye
- Grey Thorn
- Hop Bush
- Jojoba Bush
- Mormon Tea
- Quail Brush
- Red Barberry
- Trixis
- Turpentine Bush
- Wolfberry
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As you can see there is a lot to choose from. You must look up the regulations in your state before moving or removing a native plant. For instance in
Arizona most of the native plants are protected by law, so before removing the plants you are required to notify the Department of Agriculture.
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Here is a list of some optional ideas.
Using native plants with a mixture of: |
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Flagstone |
Gravel |
Old Lumber |
Pavers |
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Planters |
Railroad Ties |
Rocks |
Sand |
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All work great and will help to highlite your garden. You may wish to look around to see what you have on hand to add to your garden. Use your imagination so you can make it your own, not like someone down the road. For example, you might have kids and they may have had an old wagon that the tire got broke on. You may have put it in your garage to fix for them one day and one day just never came. You might consider turning it on it's side and adding some fill dirt and some flowers. Easy, simple and it looks wonderful!
Soon you will have a beautiful, relaxing, and natural garden you will love and enjoy!
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