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Requires almost no additional water to the natural rainfall amounts.
Veronica oltensis
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Thyme-leafed Speedwell
Bloom Season: Early Spring
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 1"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:
Slow growing, long lived ground cover, rock garden, evergreen foliage |
Penstemon rostriflorus
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Bridge's Penstemon
Bloom Season: Summer
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:
Reddish-orange blooms- extremely drought tolerant. Native to Utah |
Oenothera caespitosa
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: White Tufted Evening Primrose
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 8"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Fragrant 3-4" blooms open late in the day. Good drainage- rocky soils preferred. |
Mirabilis multiflora
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Desert Four o' clock
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: Purple
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 48"
Description:
Mounding, Brilliant blooms at different times of the day for a long season, dies to ground in winter. Reseeds a little too much. Covers 4 ft. |
Melampodium leucanthum
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Blackfoot Daisy
Bloom Season: Summer-All
Bloom Color: White with Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 10"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Nice Panhandle native. Long bloom season. Rock garden. Showy when in bloom. Reseeds nicely in gravel. To less extent in flower |
Leucophyllum zygophyllum
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Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Violet
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
Gray-green leaves, slightly cupped. Give good drainage. Do not shear into hedge, but can prune branches back hard. Garden Notes: Shearing reduces blooms of Leucophyllums. Shear branches back hard in spring if needed to rejuvenate older plants. They will be bare for a short time, but will recover quickly.
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Leucophyllum laevigatum
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Common Name: CHIHUAHUAN SAGE
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Lavender
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 48"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:
Open, angular growth to 4 ft.x5ft. Tiny, dark green leaves, profuse lavender flowers. |
Leucophyllum frutescens
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Common Name: Texas Ranger
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 72"
Mature Width: 72"
Description:
ZONE 7? Plant against rock wall for protection. These were grown from seed. They will be a little smaller in pots. Garden Notes: Hardiness on these is unknown.
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Larrea tridentata
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Common Name: Creosote Bush
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Description:
Seen at desert museum Evergreen desert plant, bright green, glossy foliageZone 7 plant? Garden Notes: Trial for 2010-
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Leucophyllum minus
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Big Bend Silver
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
More cold tolerant than L. frutescens- smaller leaves. Nice small shrub. Retains gray color through winter. Purple blooms after rain |