Desert Plant List

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Desert Tobacco

Scientific name:

Nicotinia obtusifolia

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3'x3'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Greenish White - Pale Yellow

Desert Wild Grape

Scientific name:

Vitis girdiana

Water needs:

Low-Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun; Shade

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

50’x50’

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

n/a

Desert Willow

Scientific name:

Chilopsis linearsis

Water needs:

Low -Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun; Partial Shade

Growth rate:

Moderate-Fast

Mature size:

25’x25’

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Lavender

Diamond or Pencil Cholla

Scientific name:

Cylindropuntia ramosissima

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Slow

Mature size:

6-10'x1-5'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Pink to Reddish-Brown (less often yellow)

Dyebush

Scientific name:

Psorothamnus emoryi

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3’x3'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Purple

Easter Lily Cactus

Scientific name:

Echinopsis oxygona

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

1'x2'

Native region:

Desert Adapted

Flower color:

White

Elephant Tree

Scientific name:

Bursera microphylla

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Slow

Mature size:

10x10

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Cream

Elephants Food

Scientific name:

Portulacaria afra

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Full Shade

Growth rate:

Moderate-Fast

Mature size:

1'x10'

Native region:

Desert Adapted

Flower color:

Lavender

Firecracker Penstemon

Scientific name:

Penstemon eatoni

Water needs:

Low - Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

2'x3'

Native region:

Sonoran Desert; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Red

Fishhook Barrel Cactus

Scientific name:

Ferocactus Wislizeni

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Slow-Moderate

Mature size:

3'x5'

Native region:

Sonoran Desert

Flower color:

Yellow; Orange; Red

Fishhook Cactus

Scientific name:

Mammillaria dioica

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Slow

Mature size:

4"x6"

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

White; Yellow

Fourwing Saltbush

Scientific name:

Atriplex canescens

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

4'x4'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Frogfruit

Scientific name:

Phyla nodiflora

Water needs:

Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun; Partial Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

6"x3'

Native region:

California; Chihuahuan Desert

Flower color:

White

Gaura

Scientific name:

Gaura lindheimeri

Water needs:

Low; Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun; Filtered Shade

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3'x3'

Native region:

Chihuahuan Desert

Flower color:

Pink

Golden Dogbane

Scientific name:

Thymophylla pentachaeta

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

1'x2'

Native region:

Sonoran Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Grape Soda Lupine

Scientific name:

Lupinus excubitus

Water needs:

Exposure:

Growth rate:

Mature size:

Native region:

Flower color:

Greggs Mist

Scientific name:

Conoclinium greggii

Water needs:

Moderate

Exposure:

Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Mature size:

Native region:

Sonoran Desert; Chihuahuan Desert

Flower color:

Blue

Hollyleaf Cherry

Scientific name:

Prunus ilicifolia ssp illcifolia

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

5-40'x5-20'

Native region:

Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Cream; White; Purple

Honey Mesquite

Scientific name:

Prosopsis glandulosa var. torreyana

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

20-30'x20-30'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Hooker's Evening Primrose

Scientific name:

Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri

Water needs:

Moderate

Exposure:

Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3'x3'

Native region:

California Native

Flower color:

Yellow