Drought tolerant, summer-dry perennials and grasses under Chilean Wine Palm trees, Jubaea chilensis in garden designed by Cristobal Marinovic, Panquehue, Chile, panorama

Taken at the 25th Annual InterCity Show & Sale 2010 in the Los Angeles County Arboretum

Iceplant (species tba).

San Diego, California.

March 24, 2010.

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This was an old slightly overgrown nursery in Fallbrook that was fun to wander around.

Psorothamnus fremontii; "Indigo Bush"

Pea-flowers of deep blue grace this shrub native to Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.

Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California.

May 5, 2010.

Plant from my neighbor's xeriscape.

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Yellow flower perennial Sulfur Buckwheat - Eriogonum umbellatum in Kyte California native plant garden with orange poppies

Ximena Nazal's garden in Valparaiso Region, Chile

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A FLAGSTONE PATH LEADS YOU AROUND THE CORNER PAST THE GRILL...

Psathyrotes ramosissima; "Turtleback"

This mounding, wooley plant is native to deserts in the southwestern United States.

Here, in the Panamint Valley, Death Valley National Park, California.

May 5, 2010.

Garden designed by Cristobal Marinovic, Panquehue, Chile

Demolition begins. Everything will go (both front and back yards), except for the trees and a few camellias. #drought #DroughtTolerant #yard #YardReDo

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