by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2018 | Groundcovers
Full Sun, Part Shade Medium Water Mature Size: 1’X 3’+ Blooming Season: Summer Flower Color: White Widely regarded as a medicinal plant, and often found in the bosque as the wild groundcover under Cottonwoods, the landscape value of Yerba Mansa is finally being...
by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2018 | Desert Accents
Full Sun, Part Shade Low Water Mature Size: 8”X 8” Blooming Season: Summer Flower Color: Bright pink This perennial relative of moss rose grows neat tufts of narrow succulent leaves topped with a continuous show of rose pink flowers every afternoon throughout the hot...
by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2018 | Desert Accents
Full Sun Rainwater Only Mature Size: 3’X 3’ Blooming Season: Early summer Flower Color: White tinged pink There are many species of Yucca that are native in the Southwest. They vary in height, leaf width and color but they are all reliably heat- and...
by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2018 | Desert Accents
Full Sun Rainwater Only Mature Size: 5’X 8’ Blooming Season: Late spring Flower Color: Yellow or orange In high desert gardens, Engelmann Prickly Pear is one of the largest reliably cold-hardy cacti. Its dinner plate-sized pads stand perpendicular to the sun in...
by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2018 | Desert Accents
Full Sun, Part Shade Low Water Mature Size: 36”X 36” Blooming Season: May-June Flower Color: Reddish-Orange Hesperaloe is a very showy plant native to southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Not only does it thrive in hot, dry summers, it is also remarkably tolerant...
