Xeric is a Greek word that means dry. It is a word that describes plants that can thrive under dry conditions or very minimal water. Xeric plants thrive in desert conditions while often displaying vibrant colors. If you want to add xeric plants to your landscape, you are at the right place. We offer a 1-year warranty on all plants. Contact the staff at SMART for the following:
Dwarf Plumbago
Showy, versatile and durable groundcover for sun or shade. Electric blue flowers are set off by bronze-green to dark green leaves on wiry stems. Spreads slowly, providing wonderful drifts of color. As the flowers fade, the autumn foliage takes center stage, developing brilliant shades of red.
Pincushion Flower
The largest of pincushion flowers to be found with charming, honey-scented, violet-blue flowers. The 3-inch wide blooms rise on stiff, upright stems above a small, naturally compact mound of finely cut, often fuzzy foliage. Excellent cut flowers. Attractive as a border plant, specimen in a rock garden, or in a mass planting.
Pink Muhly Grass
Stately, showy foliage with an exceptional, upright, slightly arching form. Glittering clouds of vivid purple plumes emerge 3 to 5 weeks later than Regal Mist, lending far richer color from late summer to fall. Foliage stays green much longer than others of its type. An outstanding single specimen; spectacular massed in a meadow or native garden.
Sedum-Autumn Joy
This sturdy perennial is as tough as they come. Clumping foliage displays large, plate-like flower clusters that start pink, then gracefully age to rosy russet-red in the fall. A fine addition to the rock garden or mixed border. Succulent foliage will die back to the ground in cold winter regions, but will re-emerge in early spring.
Chrysanthemums
Valued for their intense color display at the end of the growing season. Flowers are available in many forms and colors range from pure white to yellow, bronze, pink and lavender, coral and salmon, purple, and deep burgundy red.
Cherry Autumn Sage
Great as a low layer planting acting as a beautiful evergreen foreground to your taller elements in the back. This Xeriscape worthy, Cherry sage will survive with as little as 12 annual inches of rain, evergreen, long flowering perennials is a no brainer pick for most full sun, drought resistant garden designs.
Texas Ranger variety
Drought resistant and heat loving, this compact variety was bred to thrive in the Southwest. Bright rose pink flowers bloom throughout the summer, especially when humidity spikes. Small silvery leaves cover branches that grow more tightly than others of the species.
Turpentine Bush
Super cold hardy sunflower relative is native to Arizona and the Chihuahuan desert. Its evergreen foliage smells like turpentine when crushed, which makes it unattractive to rabbits and deer. Bright-yellow flowers that draw butterflies grace the top of this shrub in late summer and fall. It grows well in areas with native and rocky soils that receive little water, maintenance, or protection from wildlife.
Burning Bush
A sensational accent or natural hedge prized for its intense scarlet red fall coloring. The interesting, compact, mounded form displays attractive rich green leaves spring through summer. Exceptional when featured en masse, at the foreground of larger conifers or evergreen shrubs.
Dwarf Chamisa
Rabbitbrush, also known as chamisa, is a member of the sunflower family, and is by far the most prevalent and noticeable plant. It exhibits yellow flowers that bloom in the early fall. Native uses include dye, tea, medicines and food.
Ornamental Pear
Often preferred for their showy flowers during the spring and their striking leaf color as the weather cools. Because they are not grown for fruit, they are fairly simple to care for.
Chinese Pistache
With its tolerance of hot sun and cold temperatures, this is the perfect shade tree for desert climates. New foliage emerges with red tones, maturing to dark green before turning shades of yellow to red in fall. Wonderful as a single specimen or as a street tree.
Ray Wood Ash
Can grow to be a large tree with a round-headed form, so it is capable of providing the right amount of summer shade! It's a favorite in landscapes throughout the Southwest both for its shade coverage as well as the beautiful fall color it brings to yards! In the fall, the attractive dark green leaves turn to an alluring red wine color.
Purple Autumn Ash
Grown for its special and magnificent rich purple and mahogany fall coloring. It develops into a large tree 60 feet tall and 40 feet wide that can also be trimmed to maintain a smaller size. It grows around 2 feet a year and quickly matures into a screen or weather-break or as a single specimen shade tree.
Autumn Blaze Maple
An improved hybrid with brilliant, long lasting, orange-red fall color, an upright, uniform branching habit and a rapid growth rate. Thrives in warm climates extending well into the deep south and west; will tolerate wet soils with good drainage. An excellent lawn, park or street tree.
Modesto Ash
Serving Albuquerque, NM, SMART Landscape Management specializes in xeriscaping, landscape installations, and landscape maintenance. 1-year warranty on all plants. Residential maintenance plans available. Free estimates. Call us today.
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