The arid and semi-arid plants in my garden. There water and exposure needs vary and I have attempted to group those with similar requirements together on separate irrigation valves.

Achnatherum (syn. Eriocoma, Oryzopsis and Stipa) hymenoides – Ricegrass

Achnatherum thurberianum – Thurber’s Needlegrass

Agastache rupestris

Agave neomexicana –

Agave parryii –

Alllium ‘Bubble Bath’

Allium ‘Medusa’

Allium ‘Millenium’

Amelanchier alnifolia – Western Serviceberry

Antennaria microphylla – Little Leaf Pussytoes

Aquilegia barnebyi – Oil Shale Columbine

Arctostaphylos x coloradoensis ‘Panchito’

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Kinnickinnick

Argemone munita –

Artemisia arbuscula –

Artemisia ludoviciana –

Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingense

Atriplex confertiflora – Saltbush

Berberis fremontii

Berberis repans – Creeping Oregon Grape

Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’ – Blue Gramma Grass

Chanaectis douglasii – Dusty Maiden

Ceanothus cuneatus –

Ceanothus velutinus – Snowbrush

Cercis occidentalis – Western Redbud

Cercocarpus intricatus – Little Leaf Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus ledifolius – Curl Leaf Mountain Mahogany

Chamaebatiaria millifolium – Desert Fernbush

Chrysothamnus viscififlorus – Yellow Rabbitbrush

Cupressus (Hesperocyparis) glauca ‘Sulphurea’ – Arizona Cypress

Cylindropuntia (neighbor’s)

Cylindropuntia echinocarpa ‘Golden Cholla’

Cylindropuntia echinocarpa ‘Silver Fox’

Dalea ornata – Blue Mtn. Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover

Delosperma ‘Fire Spinner’

Delosperma ‘Ganita Orange’

Delosperma ‘Allan’s Apricot’

Delosperma ‘Ocean Sunset – Orange Glow’

Delosperma cooperi ‘Jewel of the Desert Grenade’

Delosperma cooperi ‘Jewel of the Desert Peridot’

Echinacea paradoxa 

Echinocereus reichenbachii

Echiocereus triglochidatus

Echinocereus yovapaiensis

Ephedra minim – Mongolian Joint Fir

Ericameria nauseosa – Gray Rabbitbrush

Erigeron linearis

Erigeron speciosa

Eriogonum compositum

Eriogonum elata

Eriogonum heracleoides

Eriogonum jamesii

Eriogonum niveum

Eriogonum nudum

Eriogonum ovalifolium

Eriogonum strictum

Eriogonum umbellatum

Eriophyllum lanatum – Oregon Sunshine

Fallugia paradoxa – Apache Plume

Festuca idahoense – Idaho Fescue

Frageria Virginian

Fraxinus anomala – Desert Ash

Gaillardia aristata – Blanket Flower

Gaura lindheimeri

Gazania linearis (Colorado Gold)

Geum triflorum – Prairie Smoke

Glaucium flavum ‘Aurantiacum’ – Orange Long Horned Poppy

Gray spinosa – Spiny Hopsage

Gymnocalycium bruchii

Hesperaloe parviflora – False Yucca

Hesperaloe parviflora – Yellow Flowered False Yucca

Hesperostipa comata – Needle and Threadgrass

Heteroatheca villosa –

Heuchera cylindriga – Round Leaf Alumroot

Holodiscus microphyllus – Rock Spirea

Hymenoxis hoopsii

Iliamna rivularis – Mountain Hollyhock

Ipomopsis aggregata

Koeleria macrantha – Junegrass

Krasheninnikovia lanata – Winter Fat

Leucocrinum montanum – Sand Lily

Lewisia cotyledon ‘Elise’

Lewisia rediviva – Bitterroot

Liatris ligulistylis – Rocky Mtn. Blazing Star

Linum lewisii – Western Blue Flax

Lupinus albicaulis

Maihuenia poeppigii

Mentzelia laevicaulis – Blazing Star

Monardella macrantha ‘Marian Sampson’

Monardella odoratissima – Coyote Mint

Monardella villosa – ‘Russian River Coyote Mint’

Muhlenbergia reverchonii ‘Undaunted’

Oenothera caespitosa – Tufted Evening Primrose

Opuntia x ‘Dark Knight’

Opuntia x ‘Kanab Blue’

Opuntia fragili ‘Potato’

Opuntia macrocentra ‘Backlash’

Opuntia polyacantha v. erinacea – Grizzly Bear Prickly Pear

Opuntia santa-rita

Packera cana – Wooly Groundsel

Pediocactus simpsonii

Penstemon barrettiae

Penstemon barbatus

Penstemon davidsonii

Penstemon deustus

Penstemon eatonii

Penstemon euglaucus

Penstemon fruticosus

Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Electric Blue’

Penstemon humilis

Penstemon palmerii

Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Penstemon pinifolius

Penstemon pinifolius ‘Mersea Yellow’

Penstemon procerus

Penstemon richardsonii

Penstemon rostriflorus

Penstemon speciosus

Penstemon strictus

Penstemon venustus

Penstemon whippleanus

Phacelia linearis

Phemeranthus calcynium ‘Judith’s Favorite’

Phoenicaulis cherianthoides – Daggerpod

Philadelphus lewisii – Western Mock Orange

Phlox diffusa

Pinus contorta var. latifolia ‘Chief Joseph’

Pinus contorta var. latifolia ‘Taylor’s Sunburst’

Pinus longeva – Great Basin Bristlecone Pine

Pinus monophylla – Single Needle Pinion Pine

Pinus sabiniana – Ghost Pine

Polonium occidentale – Western Jacob’s Ladder

Pseuodoroegeneria spicata – Bluebunch Wheatgrass

Quercus berberidifolia

Quercus douglasii

Quercus hypoleucoides – Mexican Silver Oak

Quercus sadleriana

Quercus turbinella – Desert Shrub Oak

Ratibida columnifera ‘Red Midget’

Ribes aureum – Golden Current

Ribes cereum – Wax Current

Ribes x gordonianum

Salvia azurea

Salvia dorrii

Salvia pachyphylla

Saxifraga x grum ‘Dentata’

Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Standing Ovation’ –

Solidago rugos ‘Fireworks’

Sphaeralcea munroana – Munro’s Globemallow

Stanley pinnata – Prince’s Plume

Stryax redivivus – California Snowbell

Tanacetum densum ssp. Amani – Partridge Feather

X Chitalpa tashentensis ‘Morning Cloud’

Yucca angustissima (Tim Hannis)

Yucca brevifolia – Joshua Tree

Yucca elata var. utahensis

Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’

Yucca glauca

Yucca rostrata ‘Sapphire Skies’

Zauschneria can ‘Sierra Salmon’

Zauschneria canum ssp. garrettii