Fouquieria splendens, Ocotillo
$19.00
Desert Agave, Mescal, Century Plant
An evergreen perennial that can reach three feet high by three feet wide. Yellow rosettes bloom in the spring. The flower blooms when the plant is mature, about forty years.
Desert Lavender (Condea emoryi), Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis), California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera), Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata), Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens), Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis), Blue Paloverde (Parkinsonia florida), WhIte Bursage (Ambrosia dumosa), Chuparosa (Justicia californica), Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus), Desert Agave (Agave deserti), BrIttlebush (Encelia farinosa), Indigo Bush (Psorothamnus sp.), Smoke Tree (Psorothamnus spinosus), Apricot Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua), Opuntia spp, numerous annual wildflowers
- Full sun, part shade
- Well drained moist to dry soil
- Slightly acidic, sandy, or gravely
- Attracts butterflies
- Deer resistant
- Hardy to 25 degrees
- Native to California