Flowering Plants

Color is one of the great benefits of Desert Friendly. Below you’ll find many flowering perennials, that can brighten and perfume your garden, add flavor to your table, and attract hummingbirds and butterflies.

What kind of flowering plants should i choose?

With so many options to choose from, use the mature size, light exposure, water use and region-adapted information in the plant list to narrow down the combinations of flowers best suited to your planting spaces.

While many of these flowering plants are nearly as long-lived as shrubs and take up nearly as much space, others are smaller in stature and have a two- to ten-year lifespan that allows you to change the look of some spaces without a big investment in time or money. Xeric flowering plants are also ideal for planting in pots to dress up your patio or front entrance when that uncontrollable urge to play in the dirt strikes.

Winecups, Callirhoe involucrata

Type: Flowering Plant / Deciduous Exposure: Full Sun Water Use: Low Mature Size: 1’ x 3’ This...

Gaura, Gaura lindheimeri

Type: Flowering Plant / Deciduous Exposure: Full Sun Water Use: Medium Mature Size: 3’ x 3’ This...

Snow in Summer, Cerastium tomentosum

Type: Deciduous Exposure: Sun/Shade Water Use: Medium Mature Size: 8”x2’ Just as its name...

Catmint, Nepeta x faaseni

Type: Shrub, Flowering Plant Exposure: Sun/Shade Water Use: Low Mature Size: 8” H x 2’ W, varies...

Flame Acanthus, Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii

Type: Deciduous shrub Exposure: Full sun to part shade Water Use: Low Mature Size: 4’ H x 4’ W...

Culinary Sage, Salvia officinalis

Type: Flowering Plant Exposure: Full sun to partial shade Water Use: Low Mature Size: 2’ H x 3’ W...

Hyssop, Agastache

Type: Flowering plant Exposure: Full Sun Water Use: Medium Mature Size: 24” x 24” As its nickname...

Black Dalea, Dalea frutescens

Type: Deciduous shrub Exposure: Full Sun Water Use: Low Mature Size: 2’ x 4’ This low-growing...

Sundrops, Calylophus species

Type: Flowering plant Exposure: Full sun Water Use: Low Mature Size: 18” x 18” This spectacular...

Paperflower, Psilostrophe tagetina

Type: Flowering plant Exposure: Full Sun Water Use: Rainwater only Mature Size: 16” x 16” If...

Grape Hyacinth, Muscari armeniacum

Exposure: Sun/Shade Water: Low Height and Spread: 10” X 10” Blooming...

Crocus spp. Crocus

Exposure: Sun/Shade Water: Medium Height and Spread: 6" x 6" Blooming...

Blue Mist Spirea, Caryopteris x clandonensis

Exposure: Full Sun Water: Low Height and Spread: H 3’ X W 5’ Blooming...

Desert Mules Ear, Scabrethia scabra

Exposure: Full Sun Water: Low Height and Spread: H 2’ x W 3’ Blooming...

Golden Baby Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis ‘Goldkind’

Exposure: Sun/shade Water: Medium Height and Spread:12-18” x 15-18” Blooming Season: Late Summer -...

Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa

Exposure: Sun / Shade Water: Medium Mature Size (H x W): 2’ x 2’ Blooming Season: June - September...

Hummingbird Plant, Epilobium syn zauschneria

Full Sun Medium Water Mature Size: 24”X 36” Blooming Season: Late Summer-Early Fall Flower Color:...

Desert Mule’s Ears, Wyethia scabra

Full Sun Rainwater Only Mature Size: 2’X 3’ Blooming Season: Spring into summer Flower Color:...

Partridge Feather, Tanacetum densum-amani

Full Sun, Part Shade Low Water Mature Size: 12”X 12” Blooming Season: Early Summer Flower Color:...

Desert Globemallow, Sphaeralcea ambigua

Full Sun Rainwater Only Mature Size: 2’X 2’ Blooming Season: Spring and late summer Flower Color:...

Autumn Joy Sedum, Sedum telephium

Full Sun, Part Shade Low Water Mature Size: 24”X 24” Blooming Season: Summer Flower Color: Red...

Soapwort, Saponaria oxymoides

Full Sun, Part Shade Medium Water Mature Size: 9”X 24” Blooming Season: Summer Flower Color: Pink...

Gray Santolina, Santolina chamaecyparissus

Full Sun Low Water Mature Size: 18”X 36” Blooming Season: June Flower Color: Yellow A terrific...

Garden Sage, Salvia officinalis

Full Sun Medium Water Mature Size: 24”X 24” Blooming Season: August-October Flower Color:...

Prairie Coneflower, Mexican Hat, Ratibida columnifera

Full Sun Low Water Mature Size: 32”X 32” Blooming Season: June-September Flower Color:...

Desert Beardtongue, Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Full Sun Low Water Mature Size: 3’X 3’ Blooming Season: Spring into summer Flower Color: Rose pink...

Pineleaf Penstemon, Penstemon pinifolius

Full Sun Low Water Mature Size: 12”X 20” Blooming Season: June-July Flower Color: Orange Pineleaf...

Rocky Mountain Penstemon, Penstemon strictus

Full Sun Low Water Mature Size: 24”X 24” Blooming Season: May-June Flower Color: Purple A native...

Yellow Evening Primrose, Oenothera macrocarpa syn missouriensis

Full Sun, Part Shade Medium Water Mature Size: 1’X 2’ Blooming Season: Late spring Flower Color:...

Catmint, Nepeta x fassenii

Full Sun, Part Shade Medium Water Mature Size: 8”X 24” Blooming Season: May-August Flower Color:...

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Flowering Plants

Color is one of the great benefits of Desert Friendly. Below you’ll find many flowering perennials, that can brighten and perfume your garden, add flavor to your table, and attract hummingbirds and butterflies.

What kind of flowering plants should i choose?

With so many options to choose from, use the mature size, light exposure, water use and region-adapted information in the plant list to narrow down the combinations of flowers best suited to your planting spaces.

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