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Bi-colored Hesperaloe
Gold Mound Lantana
Hesperaloe Yellow
Bamboo Muhly
Capital Columnar Callery Pear
Donkey Tail Euphorbia
Bi-colored Hesperaloe

Common name:Bi-colored Hesperaloe
Botanical name:Hesperaloe parviflora 'Duet'

Spectacular accent for desert gardens anywhere. Plants tolerate drought, full sun, reflected heat, and poor soils. Forms rosettes of leaves 4' x 6'. The red and yellow flower stalks emerge in spring and remain on the plant until the end of summer. - Mountain States Nursery

Gold Mound Lantana

Common name:Gold Mound Lantana
Botanical name:Lantana 'Gold Mound'

This mounding groundcover can reach 3' tall and has small, leathery green leaves with very round golden yellow flowers. Attracts butterflies.

Hesperaloe Yellow

Common name:Hesperaloe Yellow
Botanical name:Hesperaloe parviflora 'Yellow'

Upright succulent grows quickly to 3' x 5'. The yellow flower stalks emerge in spring and remain on the plant until the end of summer. Dark green strappy leaves. Plants tolerate drought, full sun, reflected heat, poor soils, and frost.

Bamboo Muhly

Common name:Bamboo Muhly
Botanical name:Muhlenbergia dumosa

Clumping grass grows at a moderate rate to 4' x 4'. Leaves are bright green and turn tan in fall. Flowering plumes appear fall, they start our green and dry to tan. Resembles short bamboo. Great in containers. Creates soft billowy effect in landscape. Accepts full sun or partial shade. Prune in spring when it begins growing & divide every 3-4 years. Native to Arizona and northwest Mexico.

Capital Columnar Callery Pear

Common name:Capital Columnar Callery Pear
Botanical name:Pyrus calleryana 'Capital'

The 'Capital' assumes a hardy, columnar form with thick, glossy green leaves that change from a red to a purple color in the fall. White flowers are borne in the spring. It reaches a size of 30' high by 7'-8' wide, and is a good tree where space is limited.

Donkey Tail Euphorbia

Common name:Donkey Tail Euphorbia
Botanical name:Euphorbia myrsinites

This hardy perennial grows 4-6" and has blue glaucous leaves that are stiff and round, set closely to the stem. Flattish clusters of chartreuse to yellow flowers bloom between late winter and early spring.

Designer: Jennifer Barr

Barr Gardens 6

Photographer: GardenSoft

Soils and Compost:

Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.

Water Saving Tip:

As the weather gets hotter avoid the temptation to increase run times.

Instead, schedule more start times with one to two hours in between to allow the water from the previous session to soak in before watering again.

Integrated Pest Management:

Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.