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Shrub · Rosaceae Draft — unreviewed

Arizona rosewood

Vauquelinia californica (Torr.) Sarg.

Dense, dark green native evergreen for tall screens in the desert, where few native plants give year-round cover. Flat white flower clusters in late spring.

Size over time

Typical landscape size 3–6 m (10–20 ft) tall and 2.4–3.6 m (8–12 ft) wide; slow growth, about 10 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.12) from the #3 install size.

0246mPlanting0.5 × 0.5 mYear 31.7 × 1.2 mYear 103.3 × 2.2 mMature4.5 × 3.0 m

Bloom

White flowers, May–Jun (northern-hemisphere months; timing shifts with region and season).

Bloom calendar: months each plant is in bloom
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Arizona rosewood : May–Jun

Design notes

  • Slow to establish; plant 15-gallon stock for faster screening.
  • Can be trained into a small multi-trunk tree.

Regions

Native range: Mountains of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.

Native to these OpenLandscape3D pilot regions:

Southwest

Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.

Related plants

Four-wing saltbush
Atriplex canescens · Shrub · 1.2–1.8 m (4–6 ft)
Fairy duster
Calliandra eriophylla · Shrub · 0.6–1 m (2–3 ft)
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis · Shrub · 1.8–3.6 m (6–12 ft)
Red twig dogwood
Cornus sericea · Shrub · 1.8–2.7 m (6–9 ft)
Texas mountain laurel
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum · Shrub · 3–4.5 m (10–15 ft)
Hop bush
Dodonaea viscosa · Shrub · 2.4–3.6 m (8–12 ft)

Plan with Arizona rosewood

Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.

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