Heat Tolerant Landscape Plants for Phoenix Arizona

Heat tolerant landscape plants for Phoenix Arizona

Many desert plants can take full sun in the lower desert and look healthy. However, there is a shorter list of plants that can handle the kind of oven created by reflected heat. An extreme reflected heat environment exists when a plant is growing within a few feet of a white wall in Southern or Western exposure. In June in Phoenix, temperatures in this situation can easily top 130 degrees F. Listed below are plants that actually do well and look good in reflected heat. More detailed information can be found by clicking on the name of the plant.