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The hardiest of the showy agaves — tight artichoke rosettes of blue-gray leaves that take cold to ~-5°F, far colder than most.
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Mexican Rush (Juncus mexicanus), a bunchgrass with green & brown flowers
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Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron californicum), a shrub with golden yellow flowers
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White Alder (Alnus rhombifolia), a tree with greenish catkins flowers
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Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis), a shrub with silvery catkins flowers
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Not a true willow but a desert show-stopper — orchid-like pink-lavender trumpets all summer that hummingbirds can't resist, on a fast, airy small tree.
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A fountain of silvery, fine-toothed straps radiating from a low trunk — a sculptural high-desert evergreen that's far hardier than it looks, taking cold to ~-5°








