Plant database
What grows here on almost no water.
Every plant we use in Salt Lake Valley yards, with the facts from the nursery tag and the ones the tag leaves out. Zone 6b to 7a, 4,500 feet, clay soil, July heat.
| Plant | Type | Water | Sun | Size | Bloom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firecracker penstemon Penstemon eatonii | Perennial | Very low | Full sun | 2–3 ft tall, 1–2 ft wide | April–June, scarlet |
| Rocky Mountain penstemon Penstemon strictus | Perennial | Low | Full sun to part shade | 2–3 ft tall, 1–2 ft wide | May–July, violet blue |
| Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | Very low | Full sun | 12–18 in | July–September, eyelash seed heads |
| Blue flax Linum lewisii | Perennial | Very low | Full sun | 18–24 in | May–July, sky blue, every morning |
| Sulphur buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum | Perennial | Very low | Full sun | 8–12 in tall, 2 ft wide | June–August, yellow aging to rust |
| Apache plume Fallugia paradoxa | Shrub | Very low | Full sun | 4–6 ft | May–October, white flowers then pink feathery plumes |
| Fernbush Chamaebatiaria millefolium | Shrub | Very low | Full sun to part shade | 4–6 ft | July–August, white spires |
| Rubber rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa | Shrub | Very low | Full sun | 3–5 ft | September–October, gold |
| Hummingbird mint Agastache spp. | Perennial | Low | Full sun | 2–3 ft | July–frost, orange, pink or lavender |
| Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass | Low | Full sun | 2–3 ft | August seed heads; copper fall color through winter |
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