African SpearPhoenix's Toughest Sculptural Indoor Outdoor Succulent African Spear (Sansevieria cylindrica), also known as Cylindrical Snake Plant, is one of the most indestructible and architecturally striking succulents you can grow in the Phoenix Valley. Its rigid, cylindrical spear shaped leaves grow in elegant fan formations, reaching 23 feet tall with a sculptural presence that looks equally stunning in a modern Scottsdale living room or a shaded patio garden

Golden Barrel: golden globes that play warm-on-warm or cool the planting with their yellow spines

Blue Palo Verde provides excellent dappled shade for patios

Does Argentine Giant work near pools

Architects and landscape designers in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley love this cactus for its clean columnar form and unusual texture

Ghost Aloe: a silver-blue hybrid that brightens a mixed rosette planting or container

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Attribute Detail Scientific Name Agave vilmoriniana Common Names Octopus Agave

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Watering Aloe 'Pink Blush' in Phoenix

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Plants Needed (18 in spacing) 10 sq ft 5 to 6 plants 25 sq ft 11 to 13 plants 50 sq ft 22 to 26 plants Single accent in a pot or boulder pocket 1 plant (offsets will fill in) Tiger Aloe Season-by-Season in Phoenix