Plants For Creosote Bush Scrub

A funny-looking perennial with small pink flowers on a 3' stalk. The stalk is inflated in the middle. This plant ranges from the drier areas of California to Arizona and Colorado. Hoover says it is a... Learn more.

Synonyms: Eurotia lanata, Krascheninnikovia lanata and Ceratoides lanata ( You may find it listed either way as the botanists cannot agree, other than to make life difficult.) Winter Fat is a 2-3' pe... Learn more.

(Ferocactus cylindraceus) A slow growing mound of thorns to maybe 6 ft. Tall and a foot wide. The 3 inch across yellow- orange flowers appear in May - July. Give sun, very fast draining soil, and li... Learn more.

Desert Olive is a deciduous shrub that grows fast to 6-8 feet. Native from northern central California to Riverside and east to Colorado and Texas. Useful fast filler for desert conditions, drought to... Learn more.

Ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens, is a unique looking plant. It looks like it could be growing on the floor of the ocean not standing tall in the middle of the hot desert. It grows in the hot desert reg... Learn more.

Ken Taylor owned a nursery in the Aromas area for years. Taylor Nursery produced native plants and very rare or unusual exotics. Taylor nursery was also into bonsai which is why he probably was afte... Learn more.

Western deserts up to 7000 ft., evergreen shrub to 4 ft., seeds and leaves vary from dark green to brilliant red, a nice addition to a dry landscape. It is well armed. (The last person I showed this p... Learn more.

Narrowleaf Goldenbush is a perennial, 3 ft., with yellow flowers 1 inch across, March- May, growing throughout California, Utah, and Arizona. Does best in full sun, is drought tolerant, needs good dr... Learn more.

Desert Lavender, Hyptis (Condea) emoryi, is a frost sensitive perennial that grows to 4-8ft tall and 3ft wide with gray foliage. It has blue-lavender flowers with a foliage scent similar to a tangy la... Learn more.

California Cleome (AKA Bladder Pod) Peritoma arborea, is a distinctive plant with unusual yellow flowers and cool fruits that when dry, resemble a paper lantern that rattles (the seeds inside the drie... Learn more.

Krameria parvifolia, Range Ratany, grows in the open hot desert. It makes a startling show of purple flowers in the spring in places that look look like the moon. Sorry, haven't figured out how to kee... Learn more.

Creosote Bush, Larrea tridentata, is an evergreen shrub of the deserts. Creosote Bush slowly grows to 6 feet tall and 8 feet wide. A very drought tolerant desert plant that adapts to pruning, and w... Learn more.

Desert Alyssum is an one foot perennial that likes the conditions it's native to in the Mojave Desert from Mojave to Utah. It needs perfect drainage and full sun. The fragrant white flowers are on a ... Learn more.

A weedy prostrate or erect, hairy annual, in sandy washes, roadsides, dry flats, with tiny, unnoticeable flowers. Found in CCo, SW, D to CO, AZ, Baja, CA. Flowers appear purplish (actually the sepal... Learn more.

Grape soda lupine is one of the smaller bush lupines with many different forms that range from the desert to mountains. The foliage is gray, the flowers are purple and smell like grape soda. Do not w... Learn more.

An annual that grows to 1 foot and has light blue flowers. It is very fuzzy. Learn more.

Waterjacket,  Lycium andersonii, is a wonderful plant from the desert. The Wolfberries are savored by every critter out there. The plants are nice looking have a fair flower show and easy to grow i... Learn more.

Has problems with handling rainfall above 15 inches. A somewhat woody perennial to 2ft. high that grows in the Mojave desert from Riverside to Utah. Two inch, light purple flowers that are a stunning... Learn more.

California Melic is a two feet high delicate perennial grass. In inland areas commonly on east/north slope, in part shade, under trees and shrubs, Pinus sabiniana, Quercus agrifolia, in oak woodland... Learn more.

Nicotiana obtusifolia, Desert tobacco grows from deserts in California to Texas and down into Mexico. Desert Tobacco is a soft little perennial that looks out of place in the desert. It looks more lik... Learn more.

Beargrass looks like an extra large bunch grass but it is actually in the lily family. This becomes quite evident when it flowers. The flower cluster (inflorescence) is large and white and resembles ... Learn more.

A beautiful annual or short lived perennial(like every perennial in the trade) of the much of the desert areas of Southern California. This picture was taken around Ridgecrest, but I have seen it at t... Learn more.

A beautiful annual of the western deserts. This picture was taken around Ridgecrest,. This plant disappears after flowering, nothing there. I doubt you will every see it in commercial seed packs, it w... Learn more.

Olneya tesota, Desert Ironwood, is hardy to about 25 deg.. It's requirements are about the small as citrus. Desert Ironwood small 15-20' desert tree much like a Blue Palo Verde. The wood is hard an... Learn more.

A small well behaved cactus that grows in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. Native from Ridgecrest area to Utah and S. to Mexico. Give sun and little or no water. Very difficult in clay soils, acid soi... Learn more.