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Plant GuideAgave ‘Sharkskin’
Agave 'Sharkskin'Thick, succulent grayish green leaves tipped with spines make this 3-foot-tall and wide agave a striking addition to a xeric bed or desert garden.
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Plant GuideOcotillo
Fouquieria splendensThis southwestern native shrub grows to 20 feet tall and 15 feet wide and sports long, dull, spiny stems that green up and leaf out after a rain, followed by…
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Plant GuideGraythorn
Ziziphus obtusifoliaAppropriately named, this open shrub has grayish green leaves and stiff, thorn-tipped branches.
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Plant GuideCandelilla
Euphorbia antisyphiliticaCandelilla forms an upright clump of slender, waxy gray-green stems.
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Plant GuideBlue beargrass tree
Nolina nelsoniiThis yucca-like Mexican plant has bold bluish leaves to 3 feet long that have tiny serrations on the edges.
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Plant GuidePrairie zinnia
Zinnia grandifloraThis native perennial wildflower of the American Southwest bears a profusion of bright yellow to golden yellow flowers atop 4-inch high plants that spread to 15 inches wide.
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Plant GuideMound lily
Yucca gloriosaThis sculptural plant bears sword-like leaves to 24 inches long in shades of blue- or gray-green and maturing to dark green, with smooth margins.
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Plant GuideDahlberg daisy
Thymophylla tenuilobaThis fragrant annual is covered with delicate, daisy-like yellow blossoms in July and August.
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Plant GuideMexican feather grass
Nassella tenuissimaNo other grass exhibits quite the refinement of texture as this species.
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