Top Desert Full Sun Plants for Low Maintenance Yards

Angelita Daisy 'Hymenoxys Acaulis'

• Full sun

• Small shrub

• Blooms yellow spring-fall

• Drought tolerant

Creosote 'Larrea Tridentata'

• Full sun

• Shrub

• Drought tolerant

• Blooms yellow spring-fall

• Hardy

Purple Fountain Grass 'Pennisetum Setaceum'

• Full sun

• Shrub

• Drought tolerant

• Blooms purple in spring

Pink Muhly Grass 'Muhlenbergia Capillaris Lenca'

• Full sun

• Shrub

• Drought tolerant

• Blooms late summer-fall

Damianita Daisy 'Chrysactinia Mexicana'

• Full sun

• Shrub

• Blooms yellow spring-fall

• Drought and heat tolerant

• Attracts butterflies

Jojoba 'Simondesa Chinensis'

• Full sun

• Shrub

• Blooms cream color in winter and spring

• Drought tolerant

• Hardy

Pink Fairy Duster "Calliandra Eriophylla'

• Full sun

• Shrub

• Drought tolerant

• Semi-evergreen

• Blooms pink winter-mid-spring

• Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies

Baja Fairy Duster 'Calliandra Californica'

• Full sun

• Shrub

• Drought tolerant

• Blooms red spring-fall

• Attracts hummingbirds