"Hot Zone" Plants
Do you live in a "Hot Zone?" Locations like The Santa Clarita Valley and Palmdale, with their frequent hot days and cold nights, require plants that are quick to adapt to sudden changes in climate and temperature. Following is a list of some of our favorite choices for these challenging garden locations.
| PLANTS | SUN | SHADE |
| Accent Plants | Day Lily (yellow, orange) | Lily of the Nile |
| Fortnight Lily (Morrea iridioides) | Mondo Grass | |
| Lily Turf (Liriope) | ||
| 12" - 18" tall, 3 - 4 ft spread | Felicia (blue) | Star Jasmine (part sun) |
| Juniper "Buffalo" | ||
| Juniper procumbens nana | ||
| Star Jasmine | ||
| 2 ft tall, 2 - 3 ft spread | Nandina "Nana" and "Gulfstream" | Nandina "Nana" and "Gulfstream" |
| Euonymus microvariegata | ||
| Asparagus sprengeri | ||
| Pittosporum "Wheeler's Dwarf | Asparagus sprengerii | |
| Floribunda Roses | Pittosporum "Wheeler's Dwarf" | |
| 3 - 4 tall, 3 - 4 ft spread | Pyracantha "Santa Cruz" | Gardenia "August Beauty," "Mystery" |
| Nandina domestica | Azalea "Southern Indica" varieties only | |
| Raphiolepis, Pink and White | Camellia sasanqua | |
| Golden Euonymus | ||
| Japanese Boxwood | ||
| Petite Dwarf Oleanders | ||
| Asparagus meyeri | ||
| Arborvitae (Thuja) | ||
| Junipers "Sea Green," "Gold Coast" | ||
| Roses | ||
| 5 - 6 ft tall | Pink Escallonia | Camellia sasanqua |
| Pittosporum tobira | ||
| "Hardy" Oleanders | ||
| Ligustrum Texanum | ||
| 6 - 10 ft. tall | Podocarpus Macrophyla | Podocarpus "Maki" |
| Photinia frazeri | Prunus carolineana compacta "Brite N Tite" | |
| Dodonea purpurea (red leaf) | ||
| Lilacs | ||
| Eastern Snowball | ||
| Prunus carolineana "Brite n Tite" | ||
| Upright Column plants 8 -12 ft | Juniper torulosa | Podocarpus "Maki" |
| Ligustrum (pyramids) | ||
| Podocarpus macrophylla | ||
| Juniper "Spearmint", "Spartan" | ||
| Specimen Plants | Lilacs | Pygmy Date Palm |
| Chinese Magnolias | ||
| Pinus thunbergii (Black Pine) | ||
| All Ming, Bonsai and Juniper trees | ||
| Crape Myrtle (dwarf varieties) | ||
| Chamerops Humilis | ||
| Vines | Campsis (Orange Trumpet) | Boston Ivy |
| Lavender Trumpet Vine | Pink Jasmine | |
| Carolina Jessamine (yellow) | Carolina Jessamine (yellow) | |
| Wisteria | Potato Vine | |
| Hall's Honeysuckle | ||
| Ground Covers | African Daisies (purple and white) | Mondo Grass |
| Gazanias | English Ivy | |
| Festuca (gray leaf) | Vinca minor |