Parks and Recreation
Acacia Demonstration Gardens
50 Casa Del Fuego Street
(Gibson Road & Las Palmas Entradas)
Park hours: 6:00 am-midnight
The Acacia Demonstration Gardens is a collaborative effort between the City of Henderson, the Conservation District of Southern Nevada, and several other local organizations. The gardens provide a wealth of landscaping examples that are drought friendly for a dry desert climate. As well as providing a visual example of landscape possibilities and information about the plants displayed, the Acacia Demonstration Gardens also is home to several workshops each spring and fall. For more information on the gardens, please visit the link below or call (702) 267-4000.
Check the Henderson
Happenings for available classes
Demonstration Gardens Brochure
Plant Listing
| Botanical Name | Common Name |
| Acacia Greggii | Cat Claw Acacia |
| Acacia Smallii | Sweet Acacia |
| Acacia Stenophylla | Shoestring Acacia |
| Arbutius Unedo | Strawberry Tree |
| Celtis Reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry |
| Cercidium Floridum | Blue Palo Verde |
| Cercidium Hybrid Desert Museum | Desert Museum Palo Verde |
| Cercidium Microphyllum | Little-leaf Palo Verde |
| Chilopsis Linearis 'Lucretia Hamilton' | Dwarf Purple Desert Willow |
| Chilopsis Linearis 'Warren Jones' | Warren Jones Desert Willow |
| Chitalpa Tashkentensis 'Pink Dawn' | Chitalpa |
| Fraxinus Oxycarpa 'Raywoodii' | Raywood Ash |
| Fraxinus Velutina | Arizona Ash |
| Fraxinus Velutina 'Rio Grande' | Fan-tex Ash |
| Gleditsia Triacanthos 'Inermis' | Honey Locust |
| Juniperus Osteosperma | Utah Juniper |
| Lagerstromia Indica | Utah Juniper |
| Ligustrum Lucidum | Crape Myrtle |
| Olea Europaea 'Swan Hill' | Glossy Myrtle |
| Pinus Eldarica | Swan Hill Fruitless Olive |
| Pistacia Chinensis | Mondel Pine |
| Prosopis Chilensis 'Thornless' | Chinese Pistache |
| Prosopis Glandulosa 'Torreyana' | Thornless Chilean Mesquite |
| Prosopis Pubescens | Honey Mesquite |
| Prunus Calleryana 'Bradford' | Screwbean Mesquite |
| Punica Granatum | Bradford Pear |
| Quercus Gambelii | Pomegranate |
| Quercus | Scrub Oak |
| Quercus Virginiana | Ilex Holly Oak |
| Robina Ambigua | Live Oak |
| Sophora Secundiflora | Locust |
| Ulmus Parvifolia | Texas Mountain Laurel |
| Vitex Agnus-Castus | Lacebark Elm |
| Yucca Brevifolia | Chaste Tree |
| Edible Garden Trees | |
| Ficus Carica | Joshua Tree |
| Laurus Nobilis | Fig Tree |
| Malus Pumila Anna' | Bay Laurel |
| Pistacia Vera | Apple Tree |
| Prunus Amygdalus 'All-in-One' | Pistache Tree |
| Prunus Armeniaca | Almond Tree |
| Prunus Persica 'Bonanza' | Apricot Tree |
| Prunus Salicina | Dwarf Peach Tree |
| Tree Farm Trees | |
| Experimental Trees | Santa Rosa Plum |
| Henderson Trees | Varies by Owner |
| Palms | |
| Chamaeops Humilis | Mediterranean Fan Palm |
| Cycas Revoluta | Sago Palm |
| Phoenix Dactylifera | Date Palm |
| Trachtycarpus Fortunei | Windmill Palm |
| Washingtonia Filifera | California Fan Palm |
| Washington Robusta | Mexican Fan Palm |
| Accents | |
| Agapanthus Orientals | Lily of the Nile |
| Agave Murpheyi | Murphy's Agave |
| Agave Utahensis | Pygmy Agave |
| Agave Victoria-Reginae | Queen Victoria's Agave |
| Baileya Multiadiata | Desert Marigold |
| Caesalpinia Gilliesii | Yellow Bird of Paradise |
| Caesalpinia Pulcherrima | Red Bird of Paradise |
| Calliandra Californica | Red Fairy Duster |
| Calliandra Eriophylla | Pink Fairy Duster |
| Dasylirion Acrotriche | Green Desert Spoon |
| Dasylirion Wheeleri | Desert Spoon |
| Dietes | Evergreen Iris |
| Encelia Farinosa | Brittlebush |
| Fouquieria Splendens | Ocotillo |
| Helianthus Annuus | Sunflower |
| Hemerocallis Hybrid | Day Lily |
| Hesperaloe Parviflora 'Red' | Red Yucca |
| Hesperaloe Parviflora 'Yellow' | Yellow Yucca |
| Hymenoxys Acaulis | Angelita Daisy |
| Muhlenbergia Capillaris | Regal Mist Deer Grass |
| Muhlenbergia Rigens | Deer Grass |
| Nolina Bigelovii | Beargrass |
| Nolina Microcarpa | Beargrass, Sawgrass, Sacahuista |
| Oryzopsis Hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass |
| Pennisetum Setaceum | Fountain Grass |
| Pennisetum 'Rubrum' | Ruby Fountain Grass |
| Penstemon Eatonii | Firecracker Penstemon |
| Penstemon Palmeri | Palmer Penstemon |
| Phormium Tenax 'Compacta' | Dwarf New Zealand Flax |
| Stipa Speciosa | Bunchgrass |
| Yucca Baccata | Banana Yucca |
| Yucca Elata | Soap Tree |
| Yucca Recurvifolia | Weeping Yucca |
| Yucca Schidigera | Mojave Yucca |
| Shrubs | |
| Abelia Grandiflora 'Prostrata' | Prostrate Glossy Abelia |
| Aloysia Wrightii | Wright's Bee Bush |
| Ambrosia Dumosa | White Bursage |
| Artemesia Ludoviciana | Water Sage |
| Atriplex Canescens | Four-wing Salt-bush |
| Atriplex Lentiformis | Quail Bush |
| Atriplex Polycarpa | Desert Salt-bush |
| Baccharis Sarothroides | Desert Broom |
| Buxus Microphylla Japonica 'Compacta' | Dwarf Japanese Boxwood |
| Cassia Artemesioides | Feathery Cassia |
| Cassia Nemophila | Desert Cassia |
| Cassia Phyllodenia | Silvery Cassia |
| Celtis Pallida | Desert Hackberry |
| Chrysactinia Mexicana | Damianita |
| Cotoneaster Lacteus | Red Clusterberry |
| Dalea Fruitescens | Black Dalea |
| Dalea Pulchra | Indigo Bush |
| Echinacea Purpurea | Purple Coneflower |
| Ericameria Laricifolia | Turpentine Bush |
| Eriosonum Wrightii | Wright's Buckwheat |
| Euonymus Japonica | Evergreen Euonymus |
| Fallusia Paradoxa | Apache Plume |
| Hyptis Emori | Desert Lavender |
| Ilex Cornuta 'Burfordii' | Burford Holly |
| Ilex Cornuta Dwarf 'Burfordii' | Dwarf Burford Holly |
| Ilex Vomitoria 'Nana' | Dwarf Yaupon |
| Larrea Tridentata | Creosote Bush |
| Leucophyllum Cadidum 'Silver Cloud' | Silver Ranger |
| Leucophyllum Frutescens 'Green Cloud' | Green Texas Ranger |
| Leucophyllum Laevigatum | Chihuahuan Sage |
| Ligustrum Japonicum | Waxleaf Privet |
| Lycium Andersonii | Wolfberry |
| Myrtus Communis 'Compacta' | Compact Myrtle |
| Nandina Domestica 'Compacta' | Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo |
| Photinia Fraseri | Fraser's Photinia |
| Pittosporum Tobira | Mock Orange |
| Pittosporum Tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf' | Dwarf Mock Orange |
| Punica Granatum 'Nana' | Dwarf Pomegranate |
| Pyracantha Koidzumii 'Santa Cruz' | Santa Cruz Pyracantha |
| Pyracantha Hybrid 'Ruby Mound' | Ruby Mound Pyracantha |
| Raphiolepis Indica 'Ballerina' | Dwarf Indian Hawthorn |
| Raphiolepis Indica 'Jack Evans' | Jack Evans Indian Hawthorn |
| Raphiolepis Indica 'Pink Lady' | Pink Lady Indian Hawthorn |
| Rosa Rugosa | Rose Hips |
| Rhus Ovata | Sugar Bush |
| Rhus Trilobata | Squawbush |
| Rhus Virens | Evergreen Sumac |
| Rosmarinus Officinalis | Rosemary |
| Salvia Dorii Var. Dorii | Purple Sage |
| Salvia Clevelandii | Chaparral Sage |
| Salvia Greggii | Sierra Linda Sage |
| Simmondsia Chinensis | Jojoba |
| Sphaeralcea Ambigua | Globe Mallow |
| Stanleya Pinnata | Indian Spinach |
| Tecoma Speacies 'Orange Jubilee' | Orange Jubilee Trumpet Flower |
| Tulbaghia Violacea | Society Garlic |
| Vauquelinia Californica | Arizona Rosewood |
| Viburnum Tinus 'Compacta' | Dwarf Tinus Viburnum |
| Xylosma Congestum 'Compacta' | Compact Xylosma |
| Ground Covers and Vines | |
| Acacia Redolens 'Desert Carpet' |
Creeping Acacia |
| Actindia Arguta | Hardi Kiwi |
| Baccharis Hybrid 'Starn Thompson' | Thompson's Baccharis |
|
Campsis Radicans |
Trumpet Creeper |
| Cotoneaster Dammeri | Bearberry Cotoneaster |
| Dalea Capitata 'Sierra Gold' | Sierra Gold Dalea |
|
Dalea Greggii |
Trailing Indigo Bush |
| Junipeus Confera 'Emerald Sea' | Shore Juniper |
| Junipeus Sabina 'Buffalo' | Buffalo Juniper |
| Lantana Species 'New Gold' | New Gold Lantana |
| Lantana Montevidensis |
Purple Trailing Lantana |
| Liriope Muscari | Lily Turf |
| Lonicera Japonica 'Halliana' | Hall's Honeysuckle |
| Macfadyena Unguis-Cati | Cat's Claw Vine |
| Myopoum Parvifolium | Prostrate Myoporum |
| Nandina Domestica 'Harbor Dwarf' | Spreading Heavenly Bamboo |
|
Oenothera Berlandieri |
Mexican Evening Primrose |
|
Passiflora Edul's 'Incense' |
Passion Vine |
| Rosemarinus Officinalis 'Prostratus' | Spreading Rosemary |
| Rubus Species 'Deliciosus' | Boulder Raspberry |
| Rubus Species 'Navajo' |
Blackberry |
| Teucrium Chamaedrys |
Germander |
|
Teucrium Chamaedrys 'Prosratus' |
Prostrate Germander |
| Trachelospermum Asiaticum | Asiatic Jasmine |
| Trachelospermum Jasminoides | Star Jasmine |
| Verbena Rigida |
Verbena |
| Vitis Arizonica | Canyon Grape |
| Vitis Vinifera Thompson's Seedless' | Thompson's Seedless Grapes |
| Cacti | |
| Echinocactus Polycephalus | Cotton Top Cactus |
| Echinocereus Enselmanii |
Strawberry Hedgehog |
|
Ferocactus Acanthodes |
Red Fire Barrel Cactus |
| Mammillaria Tetrancistra | Fishhook Cactus |
|
Neolloydia Johnsonii |
Pismy Barrel Cactus |
| Opuntia Acanthocarpa |
Buckhorn Cholla |
| Opuntia Basilaris |
Beavertail Cactus |
| Opuntia Bigelovii | Teddy Bear Cholla |
| Opuntia Erinacea | Mojave Priackly Pear |
| Opuntia Chlorotica | Pancake Prickly Pear |
| Opuntia Polycantha | Plains Prickly Pear |
| Opuntia Whipplei | Whipple Cholla |