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Flower Color

Purple

Water Needs

Very Low

Growth Habit

Mounding, irregular

Growth Rate

Moderate

Average Landscape Size

6' wide, 3' tall

USDA Hardiness Zone

7b (5 to 10F)

Care Information

You probably won't be able to find this in any nursery. If it's already growing on your property, lucky you. This native is a springtime favorite of desert dwellers due to its deep indigo flowers. By July heat, the plant has typically dropped all of its leaves and gone dormant. We added a drip emitter to one growing at the garden to see if it would keep it from going dormant and it appears to have had minimal effect.

Gardener's Notes

Has thorns