low water

Plants that have established themselves as desert dwellers. They also make great focal points in home gardens, especially for Xeric-Adapted Gardens.

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'Flapjack' Plant

Kalanchoe thryrsiflora

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 1 to 1 1/2 ft.

Spread: 1 to 2 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: Yellow

Ice Plant- Hardy

Delosperma cooperi

Type: Groundcover

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: Under 6 in.

Spread: 9 to 12 in.

Season of Bloom: Summer - Fall

Bloom Color: Pink - Purple

Gopher Plant

Euphorbia rigida

Type: Perennial

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 to 10

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 1 1/2 to 2 ft.

Spread: 1 1/2 to 2 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: Pink - Yellow

Hedgehog Aloe

Aloe humilis ‘Hedgehog’

Full Sun

Low Water

Grows 10-16” tall

Agave 'Parry's'

Agave parryi

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 11

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 2 ft.

Spread: 2 ft.

Season of Bloom: Late Spring - Early Summer

Bloom Color: Yellow

'Prickly Pear' Cactus Spineless

Opuntis sp.

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 3 ft.

Spread: 6 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring - Summer

Bloom Color: Bright Yellow

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Birds - Hummingbirds

Red Yucca

Hesperaloe parviflora

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 5 ft.

Spread: 4 ft.

Season of Bloom: April to October

Bloom Color: Salmon - Red

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds - Butterflies

Whale's Tongue Agave

Agave ovatifolia

Perennial Succulent

Full Sun/Partial Sun

Grows 3-5 ft. tall

Spreads 4 to 6 ft.

Prepared/Well-Drained Soil

Wildlife Value: Deer resistant

Ghost Plant

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Succulent

Full Sun/Partial Sun

Forms trailing rosettes, 6 in. high, 3 ft. wide

Bloom Period: Spring

Bloom Color: White flowers

Once established, needs only occasional watering

Yellow Yucca

Hesperaloe parviflora 'Yellow'

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 5 ft.

Spread: 4 ft.

Season of Bloom: April to October

Bloom Color: Salmon - Red

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds - Butterflies

'Autumn Joy' Sedum

Sedum sp.

Type: Perennial

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3

AHS Heat Zone: 12 to 3

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 2 to 3 ft.

Spread: 2 ft.

Season of Bloom: September to November

Bloom Color: Pink

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Butterflies

Yucca 'Banana'

Yucca baccata

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 6

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 2 to 3 ft.

Spread: 6 ft.

Bloom Color: White

'Arizona Barrel' Cactus

Ferocactus wislizeni

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 11

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 4 to 6 ft.

Spread: 3 to 4 ft.

Season of Bloom: Late Spring - Summer

Bloom Color: Red - Gold

'Red Peruvian Apple' Cactus

Cereus repandus

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 to 10

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 8 to 10 ft.

Spread: 6 to 8 ft.

Season of Bloom: Late Spring - Early Fall

Bloom Color: Rose - White

Stonecrop 'Matrona' Showy

Sedum 'Matrona'

Type: Perennial

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 to 9

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 2 to 3 ft.

Spread: 1 1/2 to 2 ft.

Season of Bloom: Late Summer - Early Fall

Bloom Color: Pink

Sedum 'Mexican'

Sedum mexicanum

Type: Groundcover Perennial

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 to 10

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 1 ft.

Spread: 1 to 1 1/2 ft.

Season of Bloom: Late Spring - Early Summer

Bloom Color: Yellow

Red Yucca 'Brakelights'

Hesperaloe parviflora 'Brakelights'

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 5 ft.

Spread: 4 ft.

Season of Bloom: April to October

Bloom Color: Salmon - Red

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds - Butterflies

Sedum 'Major'

Sedum dasyphyllum

Type: Groundcover Perennial

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3 to 9

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 2 to 3 ft.

Spread: 4 to 6 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: Gold

Spurge 'Ascot Rainbow'

Euphorbia x. martini 'Ascot Rainbow'

Type: Perennial

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 to 9

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 1 1/2 to 2 ft.

Spread: 1 1/2 to 2 ft.

Season of Bloom: Summer - Fall

Bloom Color: Yellow - Green

Sedum 'Trailing'

Sedum brevifolium

Type: Perennial Groundcover

Deciduous

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 3 to 4 in.

Spread: 1 ft.

Season of Bloom: April to August

Bloom Color: Yellow

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Butterfly

Variegated Spanish Dagger

Yucca gloriosa

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 6 to 10 ft.

Spread: 3 to 6 ft.

Season of Bloom: Summer

Bloom Color: White

Native: Adapted

'Yellow Bunny Ears' Cactus

Opuntia microdasys

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 11

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 2 to 3 ft.

Spread: 4 to 6 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: Yellow

Native: Adapted

Yucca 'San Angelo'

Yucca gloriosa

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 1 to 3 ft.

Spread: 1 to 3 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: White

Agave 'Small Flowered'

Agave parviflora

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8 to 10

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 1 ft.

Spread: 8 in.

Season of Bloom: Spring - Summer

Bloom Color: Yellow

Agave 'Twin Flowered'

Agave geminiflora

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 11

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 1 1/2 to 2 ft.

Spread: 2 to 3 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: Yellow

Agave 'Jaws'

Agave gentryi 'Jaws'

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 to 10

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 2 to 3 ft.

Spread: 4 to 6 ft.

Agave 'Murphy's'

Agave murpheyi

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8 to 10

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 3 ft.

Spread: 4 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring to Fall

Bloom Color: Red - Yellow - Green

Agave 'Pulque'

Agave salmiana

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 6 ft.

Spread: 12 ft.

Season of Bloom: Summer

Bloom Color: Yellow

Agave 'Spot'

Manfred virginica

Type: Perennial

Evergreen

Light: Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 1 1/2' to 3 ft.

Spread: 2 to 3 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: Cream White

Native: Native

Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds

Agave 'Varigated Murphy's'

Agave murpheyi

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 3 ft.

Spread: 3 ft.

Season of Bloom: Summer

Bloom Color: Yellow

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Sedum 'Angelina'

Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 6 to 10 in.

Spread: 18 in.

Native: Adapted

Sedum 'Nussbaumer's'

Sedum nussbaumerianum

Type: Groundcover Perennial

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 10 to 11

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 1 ft.

Spread: 6 to 12 in.

Season of Bloom: Mid Winter

Bloom Color: White

Sedum 'Potosinum'

Sedum potosinum

Type: Groundcover

Evergreen

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 2 to 3 in.

Spread: 9 to 12 in.

Season of Bloom: Spring

Bloom Color: White

Sedum 'Silver Fox'

Sedum

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8 to 11

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 2 to 3 ft.

Spread: 6 to 8 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring - Early Summer

Bloom Color: Yellow

Sedum 'Vera Jameson'

Sedum spurium

Type: Groundcover

Evergreen

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 9 in.

Spread: 12 in.

Season of Bloom: Summer - Fall

Bloom Color: Dusty Pink

Wildlife Value: Butterflies

Senecio Blue Fingers

Senecio talimoides var. mandraliscae

Type: Perennial

Evergreen

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 8 to 10 in.

Spread: 8 to 10 in.

Season of Bloom: Summer

Bloom Color: Yellow/Orange - White

Senna 'Desert'

Senna nemophila

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8 to 11

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 3 to 4 ft.

Spread: 8 to 10 ft.

Season of Bloom: Summer

Bloom Color: Yellow

Senna 'Silver'

Senna artemisioides

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8 to 11

Light: Full Sun - Part Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 6 ft.

Spread: 6 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring - Summer - Fall

Bloom Color: Yellow

Native: Adapted

Wildlife Value: Bees

Agave 'Sharkskin

Agave scabra

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 8 to 11

Light: Full Sun

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 3 ft.

Spread: 3 ft.

Season of Bloom: Spring - Early Summer

Agave 'Smooth'

Agave desmettiana 'Variegata'

Type: Shrub

Evergreen

USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 to 11

Light: Full Sun - Partial Shade

Water Usage: Low

Soil: Well Drained

Height: 2 to 3 ft.

Spread: 2 to 3 ft.

Season of Bloom: Fall

Bloom Color: Yellow