Low Water Use Accents
Scientific Name Common Name Hgt Width Evergree or Deciduous Hardy and Notes Agave species Century Plant Varies Varies Evergreen Bouteloua spp. Grama grass varies varies varies Chamaerops humilis Mediterranean Fan Palm 12' 10' Evergreen Dasylirion sp. Sotol Varies Varies Evergreen Hesperaloe species False Yucca 5' 4' Evergreen Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass 4 4 Evergreen Muhlenbergia dumosa Bamboo Muhly 4 4 Evergreen Muhlenbergia lindhindermeri Lindhinder's Mulhy 3 5 Evergreen Muhlenbergia capillaris Pink Muhly 3 3 Evergreen Muhlenbergia ridigia Purple Muhly 3 3 Evergreen Nolina species Beargrass 8' 5' Evergreen Opuntia species Prickley Pear / Cholla 4' 10' Evergreen Pennisetum setaceum Purple Fountain Grass 4' 4' Deciduous Marginal Trachycarpus fortunei Windmill Palm 15' 7' Evergreen Washingtonia filifera California Fan Palm 50' 10' Evergreen Washingtonia robusta Mexican Fan Palm 80' 6' Evergreen Marginal Brahea aramata Mexican Blue Palm 40' 3' Evergreen Yucca aloifolia Spanish Bayonet 10' 5' Evergreen Yucca baccata Banana Yucca, Datil 3' 2' Evergreen Yucca brevifolia Joshua Tree 20' 20' Evergreen Yucca elata Soaptree Yucca 12' 3' Evergreen Yucca recurvifolia Pendulous Yucca 5' 2' Evergreen Yucca schottii Schott's Yucca 15' 5' Evergreen
Ornamentals for Far West Texas Index