My Favorite Plants

My Favorite Shrubs

Fernbush

Fernbush
Botanical Name:

Chamaebatiaria millefolium

Height: 4 to 6 ft.
Width: 4 to 6 ft.
Water Usage: very low

Russian Sage

Russian Sage
Botanical Name:

Perovskia atriplicifolia

Height: 3 to 5 ft.
Width: 3 to 5 ft.
Water Usage: very low

My Favorite Flowers

Moonshine Yarrow

Moonshine Yarrow
Botanical Name:

Achillea 'Moonshine'

Height: 24 to 30 in.
Width: 18 to 24 in.
Water Usage: low

Blue Fortune Hyssop

Blue Fortune Hyssop
Botanical Name:

Agastache 'Blue Fortune'

Height: 2 to 4 ft.
Width: 18 to 24 in.
Water Usage: low to moderate

Sonoran Sunset Hyssop

Sonoran Sunset Hyssop
Botanical Name:

Agastache cana 'Sinning'

Height: 12 to 18 in.
Width: 12 to 15 in.
Water Usage: low to moderate

Sunset Hyssop

Sunset Hyssop
Botanical Name:

Agastache rupestris

Height: 2 to 3 ft.
Width: 2 to 3 ft.
Water Usage: low to very low

Purple Sensation Allium

Purple Sensation Allium
Botanical Name:

Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'

Height: 2 to 3 ft.
Width: 6 to 12 in.
Water Usage: low

Eastern Blue Star

Eastern Blue Star
Botanical Name:

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Height: 2 to 3 ft.
Width: 2 to 3 ft.
Water Usage: low to very low

Prickly Poppy

Prickly Poppy
Botanical Name:

Argemone polyanthemos

Height: 1 to 3 ft.
Width: 1 to 2 ft.
Water Usage: very low

Table Mountain Iceplant

Table Mountain Iceplant
Botanical Name:

Delosperma 'John Proffitt'

Height: 2 to 4 in.
Width: 12 to 18 in.
Water Usage: low

Yellow Iceplant

Yellow Iceplant
Botanical Name:

Delosperma nubigenum

Height: 1 to 2 in.
Width: 12 to 18 in.
Water Usage: low

Orange Carpet Hummingbird Trumpet

Orange Carpet Hummingbird Trumpet
Botanical Name:

Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii

Height: 4 to 6 in.
Width: 20 to 30 in.
Water Usage: very low

Orange Foxtail Lily

Orange Foxtail Lily
Botanical Name:

Eremurus x isabellinus 'Cleopatra'

Height: 3 to 4 ft.
Width: 18 to 24 in.
Water Usage: low

Yellow Foxtail Lily

Yellow Foxtail Lily
Botanical Name:

Eremurus bungei

Height: 3 to 4 ft.
Width: 18 to 24 in.
Water Usage: low

Candytuft

Candytuft
Botanical Name:

Iberis sempervirens

Height: 8 to 12 in.
Width: 18 to 24 in.
Water Usage: low

Daffodil

Daffodil
Botanical Name:

Narcissus spp.

Height: 12 to 24 in.
Width: 12 to 18 in.
Water Usage: low

Peony

Peony
Botanical Name:

Paeonia lactiflora

Height: 2 to 4 ft.
Width: 2 to 4 ft.
Water Usage: low

Cashmere Sage

Cashmere Sage
Botanical Name:

Phlomis cashmeriana

Height: 3 to 4 ft.
Width: 18 to 30 in.
Water Usage: low

Gray-Headed Prairie Coneflower

Gray-Headed Prairie Coneflower
Botanical Name:

Ratibida pinnata

Height: 3 to 5 ft.
Width: 2 to 3 ft.
Water Usage: low

Platinum Sage

Platinum Sage
Botanical Name:

Salvia daghestanica

Height: 8 to 10 in.
Width: 12 to 18 in.
Water Usage: low, very low

Kitchen Sage

Kitchen Sage
Botanical Name:

Salvia officinalis

Height: 18 to 24 in.
Width: 18 to 24 in.
Water Usage: low

Autumn Joy Sedum

Autumn Joy Sedum
Botanical Name:

Sedum 'Autumn Joy'

Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Width: 1 to 2 ft.
Water Usage: low

Frosty Morn Stonecrop

Frosty Morn Stonecrop
Botanical Name:

Sedum erythrostictum 'Frosty Morn'

Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Width: 1 to 2 ft.
Water Usage: low

Orange Stonecrop

Orange Stonecrop
Botanical Name:

Sedum kamtschaticum var. ellacombeanum

Height: 4 to 6 in.
Width: 1 to 2 ft.
Water Usage: low

Dragon's Blood Sedum

Dragon's Blood Sedum
Botanical Name:

Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood'

Height: 2 to 4 in.
Width: 12 to 18 in.
Water Usage: low

Partridge Feather

Partridge Feather
Botanical Name:

Tanacetum densum ssp. amani

Height: 4 to 6 in.
Width: 18 to 24 in.
Water Usage: very low

Woolly Thyme

Woolly Thyme
Botanical Name:

Thymus pseudolanuginosus

Height: 0.5 to 1 in.
Width: 12 to 18 in.
Water Usage: low

Pink Chintz Thyme

Pink Chintz Thyme
Botanical Name:

Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'

Height: 2 to 3 in.
Width: 12 to 18 in.
Water Usage: low

My Favorite Grasses

Blue Oat Grass

Blue Oat Grass
Botanical Name:

Helictotrichon sempervirens

Height: 2 to 4 ft.
Width: 2 to 4 ft.
Water Usage: low

Mexican Feather Grass

Mexican Feather Grass
Botanical Name:

Nassella tenuissima

Height: 2 to 3 ft.
Width: 1 to 2 ft.
Water Usage: low to very low

Shenandoah Switchgrass

Shenandoah Switchgrass
Botanical Name:

Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'

Height: 3 to 5 ft.
Width: 18 to 24 in.
Water Usage: low

Blue Heaven Little Bluestem

Blue Heaven Little Bluestem
Botanical Name:

Schizachyrium scoparium 'MinnBlueA'

Height: 2 to 4 ft.
Width: 2 to 3 ft.
Water Usage: very low