21 Easy Desert Landscape Plants For Your Yard

USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9 Color Varieties: Yellow Sun Exposure: Full sun to partial shade Soil Needs: Well-drained; excellent choice for xeriscaping

USDA Hardiness Zones: 8 to 11Color Varieties: White, pinkSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9Color Varieties: Pink, rust redSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9Color Varieties: Pink, rust redSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9Color Varieties: PinkSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 9 to 11Sun Exposure: Full to partial sunHeight: 3 to 4 feetSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 10 Color Varieties: White Sun Exposure: Full sun Soil Needs: Well-drained; excellent choice for xeriscaping

USDA Hardiness Zones: 6 to 10Color Varieties: WhiteSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 8 to 10Color Varieties: Greenish-yellow; rarely flowersSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

Echeveria agavoides is so named because the leaves are reminiscent of Agave. It’s also commonly called “hen and chicks plant” for the way offsets (the chicks) are naturally propagated from the mother plant (the hen), but this common name is more properly reserved for Sempervivum tectorum.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 9 to 11Color Varieties: Red, pinkSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

Despite resembling each other so closely, there’s a world of difference between the two: Sempervivum is hardy all the way to zone 3, while Echeveria is a tropical plant that will die in the North if left outside over the winter.

USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 8Color Varieties: Green leaves that sometimes turn redSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 10 to 12Color Varieties: Yellow, red, orangeSun Exposure: Indirect sunlight indoors, full sun to partial sun outdoorsSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 8Color Varieties: Salmon, white, orange, pink, rose, yellowSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9Color Varieties: YellowSun Exposure: Full sun to partial shadeSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: Annual, but reseeds in zones 2 to 11Color Varieties: White, purple, pink, yellow, orangeSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 9 to 11Color Varieties: IvorySun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Sandy, infertile

USDA Hardiness Zones: 8 to 11Color Varieties: OrangeSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 7 to 11Color Varieties: PinkSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 9 to 11Color Varieties: WhiteSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained

USDA Hardiness Zones: 8 to 10Color Varieties: YellowSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained, fertile

USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9Color Varieties: PurpleSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained