Hardy Plumbago, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

Hardy Plumbago, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

Full Sun, Part Shade Medium Water Mature Size: 12”X 24” Blooming Season: Early Fall Flower Color: Blue An outstanding, long-lived groundcover that slowly weaves itself into the garden, creating large drifts of fall color. The deep blue flowers, which begin as the...
Yerba Mansa, Anemopsis californica

Yerba Mansa, Anemopsis californica

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...
Calycinum Flameflower, Phemeranthus syn talinum

Calycinum Flameflower, Phemeranthus syn talinum

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...
Soapweed Yucca, Yucca glauca

Soapweed Yucca, Yucca glauca

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...
Prickly Pear, Opuntia engelmannii engelmann

Prickly Pear, Opuntia engelmannii engelmann

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...