It may surprise you, but the desert offers a wide variety of low-water-use landscape plants. Blending their various colors, textures, and forms allow you to create combinations to suit any yard. Below is just a sampling of some plants to consider:
- Aloe Vera (Aloe)
- Bottlebrush (Callistemon)
- Bougainvillea (Nyctaginaceae)
- Curve Leaf Yucca (Yucca gloriosa var. tristis)
- Flaming Katy (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana)
- Fox Tail Agave (Agave attenuata)
- Ghost Plant Succulent (Graptopetalum paraguayense)
- Golden Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus grusonii)
- Jade Plant or Friendship Tree (Crassula ovata)
- Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa tenuissima)
- Paddle Plant or Red Pancake (Kalanchoe thyrsiflora)
- Texas Sage (Leucophyllum frutescens)
- Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans)
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