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Burbank Store

817 N. Hollywood Way

Burbank, CA 91505

(818) 841-8845

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"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