Arizona Bloom & Seasonal Interest Calendar
A well-designed Arizona landscape has something happening every month — winter blooms, spring color, monsoon flowers, fall structure, and year-round foliage. Use this calendar to plan a planting palette that doesn't go quiet in summer or empty in winter.
Bloom timing varies by region, exposure, irrigation, and weather. AE confirms seasonal palette during design.
- Desert Museum Palo VerdeParkinsonia hybridTreeSpring
Bloom: Spring, with seasonal variation
- Desert WillowChilopsis linearisTreeSpringSummer
Bloom: Spring through summer depending on variety and conditions
- CascaloteTara cacalacoTreeWinterFall
Bloom: Fall–winter
- Texas Mountain LaurelSophora secundifloraTreeSpring
Bloom: Spring
- Little Leaf CordiaCordia parvifoliaShrubSpringFall
Bloom: Spring–fall
- Baja Fairy DusterCalliandra californicaShrubYear-round
Bloom: Nearly year-round
- Red Bird of ParadiseCaesalpinia pulcherrimaShrubSummer
Bloom: Summer
- Mexican Bird of ParadiseErythrostemon mexicanusShrubSpringFall
Bloom: Spring–fall
- Orange BellsTecoma 'Orange Jubilee'ShrubSpringFall
Bloom: Spring–fall
- Valentine BushEremophila maculata 'Valentine'ShrubWinterSpring
Bloom: Winter–spring
- ChuparosaJusticia californicaShrubWinterSpring
Bloom: Winter–spring
- BrittlebushEncelia farinosaFlowering PerennialSpring
Bloom: Spring
- Globe MallowSphaeralcea ambiguaFlowering PerennialSpring
Bloom: Spring
- Golden Barrel CactusEchinocactus grusoniiCactusSpring
Bloom: Mature plants may bloom seasonally
- Argentine GiantEchinopsis candicansCactusSpringSummer
Bloom: Spring–summer nights
- Hedgehog CactusEchinocereus engelmanniiCactusSpring
Bloom: Spring
- Red YuccaHesperaloe parvifloraYuccaSpringFall
Bloom: Spring through fall depending on conditions
- Brakelights Red YuccaHesperaloe parviflora 'Brakelights'YuccaSpringFall
Bloom: Spring–fall
- Yellow YuccaHesperaloe parviflora (yellow form)YuccaSpringFall
Bloom: Spring–fall
- OcotilloFouquieria splendensYuccaSpring
Bloom: Seasonal red blooms, often spring
- Gopher PlantEuphorbia rigidaSucculentWinterSpring
Bloom: Late winter–spring
- Pink Muhly GrassMuhlenbergia capillarisGrassFall
Bloom: Fall
- Regal Mist MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris 'Regal Mist'GrassFall
Bloom: Fall
- DamianitaChrysactinia mexicanaGroundcoverSpringFall
Bloom: Spring–fall
- VerbenaGlandularia gooddingiiGroundcoverSpringFall
Bloom: Spring–fall
- Dalea (Trailing Indigo Bush)Dalea greggiiGroundcoverSpring
Bloom: Spring
- GazaniaGazania rigensGroundcoverSpringFall
Bloom: Spring–fall
- Lady Banks RoseRosa banksiaeVineSpring
Bloom: Spring
- Cat's Claw VineDolichandra unguis-catiVineSpring
Bloom: Spring
- Queen's WreathAntigonon leptopusVineSummerFall
Bloom: Summer–fall
- Star JasmineTrachelospermum jasminoidesVineSpring
Bloom: Spring
- BougainvilleaBougainvillea spp.VineSpringFall
Bloom: Spring–fall
- HoneysuckleLonicera japonicaVineSpringSummer
Bloom: Spring–summer