David’s Dependable Desert Plant Collection represents a nice array of evergreen shrubs, succulents, and perennials that thrive in dry, hot western or Great Plains growing conditions. The collection featuring pollinator-friendly flowers and bird-friendly habitat for a beautiful and beneficial garden. A native shrub from the southwestern US, Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany features attractive silvery evergreen foliage for year-round interest and bird habitat (5-6' tall x 4-5' wide). New-Mexico native Green’s Beargrass has attractive evergreen foliage and provides a graceful grass-like form in the landscape (30-36" tall x 36-48" wide). Banana Yucca is a handsome southwestern native species with rosettes of stout olive-green leaves and big spikes of showy ivory flowers in late spring (15-18" tall + 2-3' flower spikes x 4-6' wide). Creeping Shrubby Ice Plant is a vigorous evergreen groundcover with succulent blue-green leaves and an explosion of shimmering fuchsia-pink flowers in late spring through early summer (3" tall x 12" wide).
Having proven their durability over time in David Salman’s own garden, these plants are resilient in difficult growing conditions and have long lifespans – a wise investment for any garden! Plant them together as the foundation of a new waterwise landscape design, or scatter them into your existing xeriscape to enhance with added texture and year-round visual interest.
David’s Dependable Desert Plant Collection includes 12 plants:
Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus intricatus) – 3 plants
Green’s Beargrass (Nolina greenei) – 3 plants
Banana yucca (Yucca baccata) – 3 plants
Creeping Shrubby Ice Plant (Ruschia pulvinaris) – 3 plants
*Plants are subject to change due to availability. If we make substitutions, we feature plants with similar attributes suitable to the collection.
More InformationSKU | HC017806 |
Item Package Size | Collection of 12 |
Common Name | David's Dependable Desert Plant Collection |
Zones | 6, 7, 8, 9 |
Light Requirements | Full Sun |
Flower Color | Pink, Yellow, White |
Mature Height | Varies from 3" to 60" tall |
Mature Plant Size | Varies from 8" to 4' wide |
Bloom Time | Late spring to fall |
Ships As | Potted Plant |
Evergreen Foliage | Yes |
Soil Type | Sandy Soil, Average Soil, Low Fertility Soil, Well-Drained Soil |
Soil Moisture | Waterwise |
Advantages | Attract Birds, Low Maintenance, Good Rockgarden Or Alpine Plant |
Ideal Region | West, Western Only, Southwest, Hot Desert, Pacific Northwest |
Planting Time | Spring / Summer, Fall |
Neonicotinoid Free | |
Item Unit Of Measure | Plant |
Ships To Canada | No |