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ZiaScapes - Xeric Plant Guide

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Penstemon, Scarlet Bugler
Scarlet Bugler has gray foliage and bright red flowers. Hummingbirds love this plant.  It can tolerate hot summer temperatures and winter temperatures. Scarlet Bugler likes full sun or part shade but will flower more in the sun.

Poppy, California
Smaller yellow petals with orange centers are a typical variation during the summer. The same individual plants produce pure orange flowers in spring. It is an easy way to cover a desert landscaping area with bright yellow flowers.

Prairie Mallow, Party Girl
Known as a miniature Holly Hock.  The bright rose-pink flowers line the stiff stems for several months in late summer.  Easily grown and thrives in average soils and is not fazed by the August heat.

Rosemary, Creeping
Prostrate Rosemary is a low-spreading, evergreen shrub or groundcover. Its leaves are green, leathery and very aromatic. This Rosemary has pale-blue flowers from early to mid-summer. Creeping Rosemary will trail over walls or edge of a raised bed to make a curtain like effect, it can even be used in large mixed containers.

Salvia, Blue Hills
The Salvia “Blue Hills”  has growing purple stems loaded with true blue flowers that bloom from June to October.  With its gray-green aromatic foliage, it makes an attractive accent all summer long.  To increase bloom time, it should be cut back after the first bloom.
 

Exposure	Full Sun
Soil Type	Any, well drained
Height	1 1/2 feet
Width	2 feet
Drought Tolerance	Moderate

Salvia, May Night
Outstanding for its compact growth habit, profuse deep purple flower spikes and vigorous re-blooming nature. "May Night" thrives in hot sunny planting sites.  The first flush of flowers comes in late spring. Deadheading and a little extra watering assures heavy re-blooming.
 

Exposure	Full sun
Soil Type	Any, well drained
Height	18 inches
Width	18 inches
Drought Tolerance	High

Sedum, Autumn Joy
Once you have gone through the fall with "Autumn Joy" in your garden, you wonder how you ever lived without it. Not what you typically think of as a Sedum, this tall upright variety blooms with large flower heads that start pink and age gracefully to a rich bronze.  Nice as a dried everlasting flower.

Sedum, Dragon's Blood
A fast-growing ground cover with brilliant red flowers in late summer. Succulent, needle-like leaves turn vibrant orange-red in fall. The more  sun it gets, the more intense both the flowers and foliage become.