Mojave Garden |
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Common Name |
Latin Name |
T |
H x W |
Ornamental Value |
Acton
Encelia * |
Encelia actoni |
S |
3' x 3' |
Yellow flowers in spring and summer, fragrant foliage |
Banana Yucca
* |
Yucca baccata |
YA |
4' x 4' |
Green leaves, white, greenish, or reddish flowers |
Bastard Sage
* |
Eriogonum wrightii |
P |
2 x 2 |
Lacy flowers in spring, deciduous |
Beargrass * |
Nolina bigelovii |
S |
4' x 3' |
Long grass-like leaves, white flowers |
Beavertail
Cactus * |
Opuntia basilaris |
CS |
1' x 2' |
Magenta to red flowers, purple green fruit |
California
Buckwheat * |
Eriogonum fasciculatum |
P |
18" to 3' |
Lacy flowers in spring |
California Barrel Cactus * |
Ferocactus acanthodes |
C |
To 6' |
Yellow to orange to red flowers in late summer or early
fall |
Claret Cup
Cactus |
Echinocereus triglochidiatus |
CS |
1' x 4' |
Showy scarlet to wine flowers in spring or early summer |
Cow's
Tongue Prickly Pear * |
Opuntia engelmannii var.
linguiformis |
CS |
4' x 4' |
Yellow flowers in spring, purple fruits |
Coyote Gourd
* |
Curcurbita palmata |
V |
1' x 30' |
Showy 3' wide yellow flowers April through September,
may be espalier |
Creosote Bush * |
Larrea tridentata |
S |
6' x 6' |
Yellow flowers, evergreen, fragrance from leaves when humidity is
high |
Desert Agave |
Agave deserti |
YA |
3' x 3' |
Yellow flowers |
Desert Almond * |
Prunus fasciculata |
S |
3' x 3' |
Tiny, white flowers, not showy |
Desert False
Indigo * |
Amphora fruticosa |
S |
10' x 10' |
Small purple flowers on 3 inch spike, fragrance of
guava, pineapple, lavender |
Desert
Honeysuckle |
Asnisacanthus thurberi |
S |
4' x 6' |
Lovely orange to red flowers superficially resemble
those of honeysuckles |
Desert
Larkspur |
Delphinium
pasishii |
S |
3' x 1' |
Blue to purple flowers in
April through June |
Desert
Lavender * |
Hyptis emoryi |
S |
8' x 8' |
Lavender flowers, minty
fragrance in spring, grey to white foliage |
Desert Marigold * |
Baileya multiradiata |
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1' x 1' |
Yellow daisies almost all year |
Desert
Milkweed * |
Asclepias erosa |
S |
2' x 2' |
White flowers May to July |
Desert
Penstemon * |
Penstemon pseudospectabilis |
S |
2' x 2' |
Showy magenta (pink-purple)
flowers in mid-summer |
Desert Rosemallow * |
Hibiscus coulteri |
P |
4' x 2' |
Showy cream, tan, or yellow
flowers March through November |
Desert Sage
* |
Salvia dorrii |
S |
2' x 2' |
Blue flowers bloom
late in spring , leaves fragran |
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Eaton's
Penstemon |
Penstemon eatoni |
S |
3' x 2' |
Showy red flowers in spring |
Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus
* |
Echinocereus
engelmannii |
C |
2' x 2' |
Showy magenta to fuschia flowers in spring or early
summer |
Fishhook
Barrel Cactus * |
Ferocactus cylindraceus |
CS |
4' x 1' |
Yellow flowers in early summer, yellow fruit |
Fourwing
Saltbush * |
Atriplex canescens |
S |
5' x 5' |
Yellow flowers May to
September, evergreen grey leaves |
Fragrant Evening Primrose |
Neriserenia camporum |
P |
8" x 1' |
White to pale pink flowers in spring |
Fragrant Pitcher Plant |
Lepechinia
fragrans |
S |
6' x 6' |
Aromatic white to purple
flowers blooming April to June |
Giant
Sacaton Grass * |
Sporobolus
wrightii |
G |
6' x 6' |
Pale pink fragrant flowers
mid-summer to fall |
Giant
Woolystar |
Eriastrum
densifolium |
S |
1' x 1' |
Light blue to purple flowers
bloom June to October, endangered |
Globe Mallow, Desert
Mallow * |
Sphaeralcea ambigua |
P |
2' x 3' |
Orange, pink, white, or lavender leaves mostly in spring |
Graham's Nipple Cactus * |
Mammillaria grahamii |
CS |
6" |
Large pink flowers February
to July, red fruits |
Grape Soda
Lupine * |
Lupinus excubitus |
S |
4' x 4' |
Showy purple blooms May and
June with fragrance of grape soda |
Golden Yarrow |
Eriophyllum confertiflorum |
P |
2' |
Mat of bright yellow flowers |
Great Basin
Sage * |
Artemisia tridentata |
S |
4' x 4' |
Silver-green leaves, drab
brown flowers August to October, fragrant |
Grinnell's Penstemon |
Penstemon
grinnellii |
S |
2' x 2' |
Showy pink flowers in spring |
Grizzly
Bear Pricklypear |
Opuntia erinacea |
CS |
1' x 3' |
Pink, red, or yellow flowers in May and
June |
Hairy
Goldenaster * |
Heterotheca
villosa |
S |
6' x 6' |
Yellow to gold flowers June
through October |
Hairy
Yerba Santa * |
Eriodictyon
trichocalyx |
S |
6' x 6' |
White to purple flowers in
spring |
Hollyleaf
Cherry |
Prunus ilicifolia |
T |
8' x 8' |
White flower spikes in
spring, bright red cherries in fall |
Honey
Mesquite * |
Prosopis
glandulosa |
T |
20' x 20' |
White flowers with long
stamens February through September, seed pods |
Indian
Milkweed * |
Asclepias eriocarpa |
S |
3' x 1' |
Yellow
flowers July to October, red fruits, butterfly magnet |
Indian
Ricegrass * |
Oryzopsis
hymenoides |
G |
2' x 1' |
Cream or tan flowers in
spring, goes dormant with summer heat, popular for dry flower
arrangements |
Jimson Weed
* |
Datura wrightii |
S |
2' x 4' |
Showy white or off-white 6
to 8 " flowers in spring, summer, and fall, deadly poisonous |
Joshua Tree
* |
Yucca brevifolia |
Y |
15' x 8' |
White to cream colored
flowers in March followed by attractive fruits |
Littleleaf
Mock Orange |
Philadelphus microphyllus |
S |
1' x 1' |
Dark green leaves, small white flowers have fragrance of
pineapples |
Matilija
Poppy * |
Romneya coulteri |
S |
6' x 3' |
Huge white flowers, yellow
centers, May to July, fragrant |
Mojave Aster * |
Xylorhiza tortifolia |
P |
1' x 2' |
Light purple flowers March through May and again in
September-October |
Mojave
Prickly Pear * |
Opuntia phaeacantha |
CS |
3' x 6' |
Yellow flowers in spring slowly changing to pinkish
orange, mahogany fruits |
Mojave Verbena * |
Verbena gooddingii |
P |
1' x 1' |
Pale lavender-blue flowers from February to November,
fragrant |
Mormon Tea * |
Ephedra trifurca or E. viridus |
S |
4' x 6' |
Texture of stems, yellow flowers on males in spring |
Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus belutoides |
T |
12' x 4' |
White to pink fragrant flowers, attractive leaves,
inverse conical shape, gains personality with age |
Narrowleaf Milkweed |
Asclepias fascicularis |
S |
3' x 1' |
White to off-white flowers July to October, butterfly
magnet |
Nevada Jointfir * |
Ephedra nevadensis |
S |
5' x 5' |
Texture of stems, yellow flowers on males in spring |
Nodding
Needlegrass * |
Nassella cernua or Stipa cernua |
G |
2' x 3' |
Tufted
foliage with elegant flower stems |
Orange Bush Monkeyflower |
Diplacus
aurantiacus |
S |
3' x 3' |
One inch yellow to orange to
scarlet flowers in spring, dormant in summer in desert |
Our
Lord's Candle Yucca * |
Yucca whipplei |
Y |
3' x 4' |
Evergreen, white and purple
flowers in spring |
Palmer's
Penstemon |
Penstemon palmeri |
S |
2' x 1' |
Showy pink flowers in
spring, aromatic |
Pancake
Prickly Pear * |
Opuntia chlorotica |
C |
3' x 3' |
Yellow-orange flowers in
spring, red fruits |
Paper Flower |
Psilostrophe cooperi |
S |
2' x 1' |
Yellow flowers bloom early
in spring and last for a long time eventually turning into dry and
paper-like, used for dry arrangements |
Parish's
Bluecurls |
Trichostema
parishii |
S |
3' x 3' |
Showy blue fragrant flowers
in spring |
Parry's
Beargrass * |
Nolina parryi |
Y |
3' x 3' |
White flowers on very tall
stalks in spring |
Pipestem Clematis |
Clematis lasiantha |
V |
to 20' |
Small white to tan blooms late spring to
mid-summer, vine to 20 feet |
Pointleaf Manzanita
* |
Arctostaphylos
pungens |
S |
6' x 6' |
White to pink flowers in late winter to
spring, red berries in summer |
Prickly Pear Cactus
* |
Opuntia
engelmannii |
C |
3' x 3' |
Yellow to red flowers April-May, purple
fruit |
Prince's Plume * |
Stanleya pinnata |
P |
6' x 5' |
3 foot yellow flower spikes bloom April through
September |
Purple Threeawn
* |
Aristida purpurea |
G |
3' x 3' |
Bunch grass, purple blooms April to
October |
Red Barberry |
Berberis haematocarpa |
S |
6' x 8' |
Fragrant yellow flowers, red berries, purple fall color |
Redberry |
Rhamnus crocea |
S |
12' x 9' |
White flowers in March and April,
followed by showy red berries, tree looks like scrub oak |
Redshank * |
Adenostoma sparsifolium |
S |
5' x 6' |
Small showy white flowers July and August |
Redspined Fishhook Cactus
* |
Sclerocactus polyancistrus |
C |
1' x 1' |
Showy fuschia to magenta
flowers in spring or early summer |
Rockspirea |
Holodiscus dumosus |
S |
8' x 5' |
White spray of flowers in July,
fruits in October |
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Royal Penstemon |
Penstemon spectabilis |
S |
3' x 2' |
Purple-blue flowers in spring |
Rubber
Rabbitbrush * |
Chrysothamnus nauseosus |
S |
5' x 6' |
Small yellow flowers in summer, cotton
tufts in fall, grey leaves and limbs |
Sacahuista * |
Nolina microcarpa |
YA |
6' x 8' |
Greenish white flower
cluster in spring, 6 foot leaves |
Scarlet Bugler |
Penstemon centranthifolius |
S |
1' x 2' |
Showy red flowers in spring |
Scarlet Keckiella |
Keckiella ternata |
S |
3' x 3' |
Red flowers spring to summer |
Screwbean
Mesquite * |
Prosopis pubescens |
T |
15' x 15' |
Yellow flowers in late spring, fragrant, interesting
seedpods |
Scrub Live Oak
* |
Quercus turbinella |
T |
6' x 6' |
Remains small, evergreen |
Side Oats Grama
* |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
G |
2' x 2' |
Purple blooms summer to fall |
Skeletonleaf Goldeneye |
Viguiera stenoloba |
P |
2' x 3' |
Golden flowers after rains |
Skunkbush Sumac |
Rhus trilobata |
S |
2' x 2' |
Small white or yellow flowers in
mid-spring, red berries, leaves turn reddish in fall, deciduous |
Smoke Tree
* |
Dalea spinosa |
T |
15' x 30' |
Purple sweet smelling pea flowers in the
spring, silver leaves, green stems, leaves for only a short time |
Snapdragon Penstemon |
Keckiella breviflora |
S |
6' x 3' |
Wonderfully fragrant, bright yellow
flowers spring and summer and elegant foliage |
Soapweed Yucca |
Yucca glauca |
YA |
3' x 3' |
Bell shaped flowers, greenish white, pendulous, June
to August |
Southern California Grape |
Vitis girdiana |
V |
9' x 30' |
White flowers in spring, blue fruit in
summer, ground cover |
Spiny Hopsage
* |
Grayia spinosa |
S |
2' x 2' |
Dark green leaves, bright red flowers
March through June |
Strawberry
Cactus * |
Mammillaria dioica |
CS |
18" x 1' |
White to pink flowers, scarlet fruit |
Sticky Monkeyflower |
Mimulus aurantiacus |
S |
3' x 3' |
White to orange to red flowers mid-spring
to early summer |
Strawberry Cactus
* |
Mammillaria dioica |
C |
1' x 6": |
White to pink
flowers, scarlet fruit |
Sulfur Flower
* |
Eriogonum umbellatum |
S |
3' x 3' |
Yellow flowers in spring, good ground
cover |
Summer Holly |
Comarostaphylis
diversifolia |
S |
18' x 15' |
White cup shaped flowers May and June
followed by edible red berries |
Sugarbush |
Rhus ovata |
S |
12' x 15' |
Cream flowers in spring, red fruits in
early summer |
Teddybear Cholla * |
Opuntia bigelovii |
CS |
4' x 4' |
Green-yellow to white flowers in spring, green or yellow
fruit |
Torry Mesquite * |
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana |
T |
10' x 25' |
Yellow flowers in late spring, fragrant, seedpods are
sometime scarlet |
Toyon |
Heteromeles arbutifolia |
S |
8' x 5' |
Small white flowers
late spring to early summer, beautiful red fruit in clusters later |
Tree Poppy
* |
Dendromecon rigida |
T |
8' x 6' |
Profuse bright yellow
poppy flowers spring through fall |
Turpentinebush
* |
Ericameria laricifolia |
S |
6' x 8' |
Yellow flowers, red berries, purple fall color |
Upright Prairie Coneflower |
Ratibida columniferaP |
P |
3' x 2' |
Showy brown, yellow, orange flowers May
through October |
Waterjacket, Anderson
Wolfberry * |
Lycium andersonii |
S |
3' x 18" |
Butterflies and bees use flowers, songbirds eat berries |
Wavyleaf Soap Plant
* |
Chlorogalum
pomeridianum |
P |
to 3' |
Summer white lilies, dies out in late
summer |
Winterfat
* |
Ceratoides lanata |
S |
2' x 3' |
Silvery leaves, white hairs on leaves in fall |
Woodland Strawberry |
Frageria vesca ssp.
californica |
S |
6" x 9' |
White flowers in spring, red fruit in
summer, ground cover |
Wooly
Bluecurls |
Trichostema lanatum |
S |
4' x 4' |
Blue-pink flowers in spring and fall,
fragrant |
Wooly Indian Paintbrush
* |
Castilleja
foliolosa |
P |
3' x 3' |
Showy orange to red flowers March through
June |
Wooly Milkweed
* |
Asclepias eriocarpa |
P |
3' x 3' |
Profuse large clusters of pink-white
flowers |
Yarrow |
Achillea
millefolium californica |
P |
3' x 3' |
White to near white, sometimes pink, flat
topped cluster of small flowers from mid-spring to early winter,
fragrant |
Yellow
Bush Snapdragon |
Keckiella antirrhinoides |
S |
6' x 3' |
Wonderfully fragrant, bright yellow flowers spring and
summer and elegant foliage |