AZ Sweet OrangePhoenix's Favorite Backyard Citrus AZ Sweet Orange Tree The AZ Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) is the quintessential Phoenix backyard fruit tree producing armloads of sweet, juicy oranges every winter while providing beautiful evergreen foliage, fragrant spring blossoms, and welcome shade year round. Arizona grown sweet oranges are renowned for their exceptional flavor, thanks to the Valley's warm days, cool winter nights, and abundant sunshine.

Desert Spoon: a silver-blue rosette that grounds the base of a jessamine trellis with desert structure

Tipu Tree is semi-deciduous in Phoenix — it drops its leaves briefly in late January through February

During rare hard freezes

Tough Native Wildlife Shrub With Year-Round Berries for Phoenix Birds

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It is not a fit if you need a plant for open

Space 2–3 feet apart for a dramatic mass planting that creates a living carpet of blue-green rosettes

The Cat Claw Acacia is among the most drought-tolerant trees available for Phoenix — after the first 2 years

upright look with cascading purple blooms

Run Length Plants Needed (3

one plant fills out within a season or two

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