'Valentine' Emu BushWinter Color That Thrives on Neglect Phoenix's Best Low Water Blooming Shrub 'Valentine' Emu Bush (Eremophila maculata 'Valentine') is one of the most rewarding flowering shrubs you can plant in a Phoenix Valley landscape. This compact, evergreen beauty erupts with deep pink to red tubular flowers from late fall through spring the exact months when most desert gardens are starving for color. It stays a manageable 34 feet tall, handles full sun and

Winter (Dec to Jan): Evergreen but among the more frost-tender agaves: protect or cover on nights below about 28 to 30°F

5–2 feet per year with regular watering and full sun

5–6 ft with bloom stalks Mature Spread 3–4 feet Flower Color Coral-pink to salmon Bloom Season Nearly year-round

while Bear Grass (Nolina microcarpa) stays lower and clumping

In most Phoenix Valley locations (Zone 9b–10a)

It is not a fit if you have curious pets or small children

so keep it 3 to 4 ft off walkways

extra visual interest

5 feet apart on center so they knit into a solid line

Pomegranate produces gorgeous orange-red flowers in spring followed by heavy crops of jewel-toned fruit in fall

shrugging off normal Phoenix winter lows

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