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Desert Plant List
This list is what we grow. For current inventory and pricing, click here.
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Peritoma arborea
Low
Full Sun; Filtered Shade
Fast
3-6'x3-6'
Local Native
Yellow
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Aloe Blue Elf
Moderate
Full Sun; Part Shade
Slow-Moderate
1.5'x2’
Desert Adapted
Orange-Red
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Ageratum corymbosum
Moderate
Filtered Sun
Fast
3’x3’
Sonoran Desert; Chihuahuan Desert
Light Blue
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Parkinsonia florida
Very Low
Full Sun
Fast
20'x20'
Local Native
Yellow
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Cylindropuntia fulgida var mamillata
Very Low
Full Sun; Filtered Sun
Slow
3'x3'
Sonoran Desert
n/a
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Encelia farinosa
Low
Full Sun
Fast
4’x4’
Local Native
Yellow
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Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Very Low
Full Sun
Moderate
3'x7'
Mojave Desert; Local Native
Yellow; Red; Orange
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Opuntia microdasys
Low
Full Sun; Part Shade
Fast
2-3’x4-6’
Sonoran Desert
Yellow
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Ambrosia dumosa
Very Low
Full Sun
Fast
3'x3'
Local Native
Cream
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Eriogonum fasciculatum
Low
Full Sun
Moderate
3'x5'
Local Native; Mojave Native
White - Pink - Rust
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Epilobium canum
Local Native; Mojave Desert
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Ruellia californica
Low
Full Sun
Fast
4'x4'
Sonoran Desert
Purple
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Artemisia californica
Low
Filtered Shade
Fast
4x8
Local Native; Mojave Desert
White; Cream; Yellow
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Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Chihuahuan Desert
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Cylindropuntia californica
CA Native
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Caesalpinia cacalaco
Low
FullSun; Reflected Heat
Moderate
15-20’x15-20’
Sonoran Desert
Yellow
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Senegalia greggii
Very Low
Full Sun
Slow-Moderate
15'x20'
Local Native
Yellow
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Cylindropuntia fulgida
Low
Full Sun
Moderate
15'x6'
Sonoran Native
Pink
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Hymenoclea salsola
Low
Full Sun
Moderate
4'x8'
Local Native
Cream - Yellow
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Berlandiera lyrata
Low-Moderate
Full Sun; Part Shade
Fast
1’x2’
Sonoran Desert
Yellow