Plants For Creosote Bush Scrub

A Penstemon eatonii in the nursery - grid24_12
Penstemon eatonii Firecracker Penstemon

Penstemon eatonii, Firecracker Penstemon,  is similar to Penstemon centranthifolius, in that most leaves are arranged in a low rosette next to the ground, and the flowers are borne on vertical floweri... Learn more.

Penstemon fruticiformis

Death Valley Penstemon is native to the Inyo Mountains, Panamint and Argus ranges into the west side of Death Valley. A shrubby little perennial with white snapdragon like flowers. Learn more.

Desert Beardtongue (Penstemon pseudospectabilis) - grid24_12
Penstemon pseudospectabilis Desert Penstemon

Desert Penstemon, Penstemon pseudospectabilis is a two or three foot perennial with green-red leaves and 1-2" rose purple flowers on a 3' spike. Native to mountains of Southern California deserts u... Learn more.

Penstemon thurberi. Thurber's Penstemon - grid24_12
Penstemon thurberi Desert Surprise

A 2-3' perennial with small narrow leaves on slender stems with 1/2" blue flowers that are not showy but very interesting. The whole plant is a kind of invisible wild flower that is used by hummingbir... Learn more.

Peucephyllum schottii has aromatic foliage and yellow flowers. Pigmy-Cedar smells like a conifer. - grid24_12
Peucephyllum schottii Pigmy-Cedar

Schott's Pygmy-cedar, Peucephyllum schottii, is a little green bush of the South Western Deserts. Its native range is fairly diverse and includes Death Valley, to Baja and east to Utah and the Grand C... Learn more.

A white-lines sphinx moth visits a  Phacelia campanularia,
Desert Bluebell. - grid24_12
Phacelia campanularia Desert Bluebell

There are a couple of forms of this. ssp. campanularia that grows in the S.E. Calif. desert. ssp. vasiformis grows in the middle desert. The trade does not recognize either and only sells the species.... Learn more.

Phacelia tanacetifolia Lacy Phacelia - grid24_12
Phacelia tanacetifolia Lacy Phacelia

An annual wildflower of sizable portions that grows under creosote and other desert shrubs in the Mojave, Quercus dumosa, Q. Douglasiana and Juniperus californica and other dryland trees in the Califo... Learn more.

Physalis crassifolia,  yellow nightshade groundcherry - grid24_12
Physalis crassifolia Ground Cherry

Physalis crassifolia, Ground Cherry grows from California Deserts through Utah, across to Texas and down to Baja. You'll trip across it in sandy washes and rocky places. This is another plant that loo... Learn more.

Pluchea sericea Arrow Weed

A 5ft evergreen (gray) bush. It grows in sandy washes where there is moisture. Native from the San Luis Obispo county into the Deserts to Texas.. The flowers are lavender and relatively showy. This on... Learn more.

Prosopis glandulosa torreyana, Honey Mesquite flowers - grid24_12
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana Honey Mesquite

Honey Mesquite is a deciduous tree to 20 ft.. Native in the San Joaquin Valley, the Mojave Desert and into Mexico. This Mesquite has edible pods that taste similar to stringy carob pods. Although It... Learn more.

An old photo of  Prosopis pubescens, Screwbean Mesquite. - grid24_12
Prosopis pubescens Screwbean Mesquite

The pods are tight little spirals on a shrub or small tree, flowers yellow, deciduous 15-25'. We've found it to be less hardy than Honey Mesquite by 5 or more degrees. This is a very nice looking tree... Learn more.

Desert almond, Prunus fasciculata - grid24_12
Prunus fasciculata Desert Almond

A rather nondescript deciduous shrub to 6\'. It\'s flowers are mot showy. There are little almonds on it in summer. It is a good transition plant between the oaks and the desert. It is also a good wil... Learn more.

An old picture of Desert Peach,. This is what the web looked like in 1997. - grid24_12
Prunus fremontii Desert Apricot

Desert Apricot grows in sandy washes and moister hillsides and gullies. This is one of the plants of the desert that you can't figure out have(or why) it grows. You'll almost never see a ripe fruit as... Learn more.

Psilostrophe cooperi - grid24_12
Psilostrophe cooperi Paper flower

Whitestem Paperflower is a very heavy flowering perennial that grows in the desert mountains from Southern California through New Mexico and up into Utah. Give sun and little water after the first ... Learn more.

Psorothamnus arborescens simplicifolius, California Indigo Bush leaves - grid24_12
Psorothamnus arborescens var. simplicifolius California Indigo Bush

California Indigo Bush is a deciduous bush that grows in desert washes in the north western portion of the Colorado Desert from the desert floor up to about 1460 meters(4800 ft,). You'll almost always... Learn more.

Psorothamnus spinosus Smokethorn; Smoketree; Indigobush; Barneby Smoketree; Dalea spinosa; Desert Smoke Tree . - grid24_12
Psorothamnus spinosus Smoke Tree

Smoke Tree grows in sandy desert washes from Baker across to extreme south Nevada and down through California and Arizona to the middle of Baja. You should try this in the citrus areas of the San Joaq... Learn more.

Rhamnus californica cuspidata California coffee berry - grid24_12
Rhamnus californica var. cuspidata California coffee berry

Rhamnus californica cuspidata form of Coffeberry from the Sierras and inner Coast Ranges of S. California. The only significant difference from this form and the regular species is dentate(small teet... Learn more.

Wood Rose, Rosa-woodsii-glabrata - grid24_12
Rosa woodsii var. glabrata Mojave Rose

Mojave Rose looks like a cross between Rosa californica and Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana. This rose grows in springs in the Mojave Desert. Not super thorny, nice flower with nice hips. Should be us... Learn more.

Salazaria mexicana, Bladder sage has interesting flowers - grid24_12
Salazaria mexicana Bladder-Sage

Salazaria mexicana, Bladder Sage is a rather delicate, 3 feet tall bush with intricately arranged purple flowers; the whole effect is to make it appear ghostly. Bladder Sage grows in many diverse ... Learn more.

Salix exigua Narrowleaf Willow - grid24_12
Salix exigua Narrowleaf Willow

A tall deciduous shrub that is native from Texas to California to B.C.. It has a grey leaf that is only 1/4 inch wide and 2-5 inches long. I have seen these in Lee Vining, and they were growing in an... Learn more.

Salix goodingii San Joaquin Willow - grid24_12
Salix gooddingii San Joaquin Willow

A 15-30' deciduous shrub-tree. Yellow stems and light green leaves. Native through much of the Southwest. Not a fast grower. It spends most of its first few year growing roots. We have seen this in th... Learn more.

Salix gooddingii var. variabilis San Joaquin Willow

A 15-30ft deciduous shrub-tree. Yellow stems and light green leaves. Native through much of the Southwest. Not a fast grower. It spends most of its first few year growing roots. Learn more.

A Costa hummingbird on a compact white sage. - grid24_12
Salvia apiana var. compacta Compact White Sage

Compact white sage is about half the size of the regular white sage, but the leaves are the same. The flowers are on a slender spike with very quaint clean flowers that are perfectly sized for bumbl... Learn more.

Salvia carduacea, Thistle Sage flowers. - grid24_12
Salvia carduacea Thistle Sage

A very colorful annual of hot interior areas. We do not generally grow annuals. Here's a native sage page where you can see all the sages of California. Learn more.

Salvia columbariae, chia flowers. - grid24_12
Salvia columbariae Chia

A little annual sage that doesn't look like a sage. Not much scent but nice 1 inch flowers on a 1-2 foot plant. Native on the south slopes on rock or gravel. Chia grows commonly on disturbed soil. But... Learn more.

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