Las Vegas Gardens: What Are the Best Plants to Grow?

LAS VEGAS GARDENS: WHAT ARE THE BEST PLANTS TO GROW?

If you read our last blog post, then your garden should be more than ready for plants! Living in a subtropical desert climate like we do here in Las Vegas, it can be hard to figure out what to plant. However, there are several guides that have been published in print and online. One in particular, DavesGarden.com, tells you all the plants that can grow and in what mile radius of a particular city. Check out their list of plants that can grow in Las Vegas and within a 3-mile radius!

For a bigger radius, be sure to check out DavesGarden.com!

Plant name	Location
Hot Pepper, Jalapeno Pepper ‘Jalapeno’ Capsicum annuum	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Tomato ‘Juliet’ Lycopersicon lycopersicum	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Pepper ‘Fish’ Capsicum annuum	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Sweet Pepper ‘Shishito’ Capsicum annuum	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Tomato ‘Chocolate Sprinkles’ Lycopersicon lycopersicum	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Pink Ladies, Mexican Evening Primrose, Showy Evening Primrose Oenothera speciosa	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Ornamental Eggplant, Easter Egg Plant Solanum ovigerum	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Buddleja Species, Woolly Butterfly Bush Buddleja marrubiifolia	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Bird of Paradise, Crane Flower Strelitzia reginae	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Desert Bird of Paradise, Yellow Bird of Paradise Caesalpinia gilliesii	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Pomegranate, Granate Apple Punica granatum	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Afghan Pine, Eldar Pine, Mondell Pine, Mondale Pine Pinus eldarica	Las Vegas, NV 0 miles
Ornamental Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine ‘Margarita’ Ipomoea batatas	Las Vegas, NV 1 miles
Silver Jade, Silver Dollar Plant, Beestebul, Chinese Jade, Money Plant, Round-leaved Crassula Crassula arborescens subsp. undulatifolia	Las Vegas, NV 2 miles
Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine ‘Lavender Lady’ Passiflora	Las Vegas, NV 2 miles
Ghost Plant, Mother of Pearl Plant Graptopetalum paraguayense	Las Vegas, NV 2 miles
Purple Heart, Purple Queen, Wandering Jew ‘Purpurea’ Tradescantia pallida	Las Vegas, NV 2 miles
Pencil Tree, Milkbush, Milk Bush, Finger Tree, Sticks of Fire ‘Rosea’ Euphorbia tirucalli	Las Vegas, NV 2 miles
Tomato ‘Hawaiian Tropic’ Lycopersicon lycopersicum	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Tufted Evening-Primrose Oenothera caespitosa subsp. marginata	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Paper Flower Psilostrophe cooperi	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Desert Indianwheat Plantago ovata	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Grape ‘Flame’ Vitis	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Loquat ‘Coppertone’ X Raphiobotrya	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Lantana Trailing Purple ‘Trailing Purple’ Lantana montevidensis	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Swiss Chard ‘Five Color Silverbeet’ Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Superb Beardtongue, Superb Penstemon Penstemon superbus	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Mexican Bladdersage, Paperbag Bush Salazaria mexicana	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Winterfat Krascheninnikovia lanata	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Las Vegas buckwheat, Nile’s wild buckwheat, golden buckwheat Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Weeping Lantana, Trailing Lantana ‘Monswee’ Lantana montevidensis	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Desert Dandelion Malacothrix glabrata	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Saltillo Evening Primrose Oenothera stubbei	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Peach ‘Honey Babe Miniature’ Prunus persica	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Baby’s Tears, Angel’s Tears, Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Big Galleta Hilaria rigida	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Pistachio Pistacia vera	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Mt. Atlas Mastic Tree Pistacia atlantica	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Mastic Tree Pistacia lentiscus	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Osage Orange, Bois d’arc, Bodock Tree, Horse Apple, Hedge Apple ‘Whiteshield’ Maclura pomifera	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Yellow Bells, Trumpet Flower Tecoma stans	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Spearleaf Swampmallow, Pale Pavonia, Pale Texas Rosemallow, Pale Rock Rose, Fairy Hibiscus Pavonia hastata	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Chinese Pistache, Chinese Pistachio Pistacia chinensis	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Australian Sarsparilla, False Sarsaparilla, Happy Wanderer, Coral Pea, Lilac Vine Hardenbergia violacea	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Redflower False Yucca, Red Yucca ‘Brakelights’ Hesperaloe parviflora	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Yellow Bells, Trumpet Flower ‘Gold Star’ Tecoma stans	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Hybrid Tea Rose ‘Tropicana’ Rosa	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Cabbage Palm, Cabbage Tree, Ti Kouka, Torbay Palm, Dracaena Spike ‘Red Sensation’ Cordyline australis	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Aloe Aloe leptosiphon	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Meyer’s Lemon Tree, Valley Lemon ‘Improved Meyer’ Citrus x meyeri	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Brittle Prickly-Pear, Marble Cactus, Fragile Prickly Pear Opuntia fragilis var. denudata	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Firethorn ‘Tiny Tim’ Pyracantha	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Pomegranate ‘Wonderful’ Punica granatum	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Nectarine ‘Sweet Pearl’ Prunus persica var. nucipersica	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Parry’s Beardtongue, Parry’s Penstemon Penstemon parryi	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Hollyhock Alcea rosea	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Blue Grama Grass, Blue Gramma Bouteloua gracilis	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Rose Fountain Grass, Purple Fountain Grass ‘Rubrum’ Pennisetum setaceum	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Acca sellowiana	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Vitex, Chaste Tree, Lilac Chaste Tree, Monk’s Pepper Vitex agnus-castus	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Lantana Lantana camara	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Desert Willow, Desert Catalpa, Flowering Willow, Orchid of the Desert Chilopsis linearis	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Lily of the Nile, African Lily Agapanthus africanus	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Coriander, Cilantro, Chinese Parsley Coriandrum sativum	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Trumpet Narcissus, Trumpet Daffodil ‘King Alfred’ Narcissus	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Pride of Barbados, Red Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock Flower, flamboyan-de-jardin Caesalpinia pulcherrima	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Angel Trumpet, Angel’s Trumpet Brugmansia sanguinea	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Floribunda Rose ‘Europeana’ Rosa	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Floribunda Rose ‘Intrigue’ Rosa	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Oleander ‘Petite Pink’ Nerium oleander	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Texas Sage, Texas Ranger, Cenizo, Barometer Bush, Silverleaf, Purple Sage ‘Green Cloud’ Leucophyllum frutescens	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Violet Silverleaf, Texas Silverleaf, Silverleaf Ranger, Cenizo ‘Thunder Cloud’ Leucophyllum candidum	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Agave, Maguey Liso, Weber Agave Agave weberi	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Lantana ‘New Gold’ Lantana	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Pampas Grass ‘Pumila’ Cortaderia selloana	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Agave, Hybrid Agave, Mangave ‘Macho Mocha’ Agave	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Desert Marigold, Desert Baileya, Wild Marigold, Paper Daisy Baileya multiradiata	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Tomato ‘Tiny Tim’ Lycopersicon lycopersicum	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Lantana ‘Radiation’ Lantana	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Kale, Collard, Cole ‘Georgia’ Brassica oleracea var. acephala	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Cockscomb, Plume Plant, Feathered Amaranth (Plumosa Group) ‘Pampas Plume’ Celosia argentea var. plumosa	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Eggplant ‘Japanese White Egg’ Solanum melongena var. esculentum	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Sunflower ‘Mammoth Russian’ Helianthus annuus	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Globe Mallow, Desert Mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Carrot ‘Scarlet Nantes’ Daucus carota	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Sugar Bush, Chapparal Sumac Rhus ovata	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Tazetta Narcissus, Paperwhite Daffodil, Paperwhites ‘Ziva’ Narcissus	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Texas Ebony Pithecellobium flexicaule	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Saguaro, Sahuara, Giant Cactus Carnegiea gigantea	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Mission Cactus, Tuberous Prickly Pear, Nopal Opuntia ficus-indica	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Potato ‘Russet Burbank’ Solanum tuberosum	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Lemon ‘Eureka’ Citrus limon	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Silver Cassia, Feathery Cassia Senna artemisioides	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Algerian Ivy, Canary Island Ivy, North African Ivy, Madeira Ivy Hedera canariensis	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Ladino Clover, White Clover, White Dutch Clover Trifolium repens	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Sweet Orange, Navel Orange ‘Washington’ Citrus sinensis	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Lantana ‘Dallas Red’ Lantana camara	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Siberian Kale ‘Red Russian’ Brassica napus var. pabularia	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Mexican Fan Palm, Skyduster Washingtonia robusta	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
California Fan Palm Washingtonia filifera	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Potato ‘Yukon Gold’ Solanum tuberosum	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles
Desert Sand Verbena, Pink Sand Verbena Abronia villosa	Las Vegas, NV 3 miles

 

Do you have any other plants that you’ve seen grow well out here? If so, let us know in the comments! We want to hear from you!

Table and information from davesgarden.com. image courtesy of google.com.