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Leucophyllum zygophyllum
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Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Violet
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
Gray-green leaves, slightly cupped. Give good drainage. Do not shear into hedge, but can prune branches back hard. Garden Notes: Shearing reduces blooms of Leucophyllums. Shear branches back hard in spring if needed to rejuvenate older plants. They will be bare for a short time, but will recover quickly.
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Leucophyllum laevigatum
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Common Name: CHIHUAHUAN SAGE
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Lavender
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 48"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:
Open, angular growth to 4 ft.x5ft. Tiny, dark green leaves, profuse lavender flowers. |
Leucophyllum frutescens
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Common Name: Texas Ranger
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 72"
Mature Width: 72"
Description:
ZONE 7? Plant against rock wall for protection. These were grown from seed. They will be a little smaller in pots. Garden Notes: Hardiness on these is unknown.
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Larrea tridentata
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Common Name: Creosote Bush
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Description:
Seen at desert museum Evergreen desert plant, bright green, glossy foliageZone 7 plant? Garden Notes: Trial for 2010-
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Leucophyllum minus
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Big Bend Silver
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
More cold tolerant than L. frutescens- smaller leaves. Nice small shrub. Retains gray color through winter. Purple blooms after rain |
Leucophyllum
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Common Name: Heavenly Cloud
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Violet
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 72"
Mature Width: 72"
Description:
Heavenly Cloud is a relatively fast grower. It needs good drainage. It may only be rated to ten degrees: plant in warm spot. |
Ceratoides lanata
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Winterfat
Bloom Season: Winter
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 26"
Description:
Shrub. Wooly-white seedheads in winter. Dried flower Garden Notes: Listed as a forage plant for deer,rabbits etc in winter. Mine has never been nibbled on. Not particularly showy, but it is extremely tough. Good for a small addition to a native bed.
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Atriplex canescens
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Common Name: Fourwing Saltbush
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 2-6'
Mature Width: 4-6'
Description:
Shrub, Rapid growth with moisture,grey foliage,small wildlife habitat,prune to hedge,windbreak. Garden Notes: Panhandle native. Extremely tough plant. Best without additional moisture once established.
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