Sandpaper verbena's deep purple flowers create a colorful carpet in drought-tolerant gardens

Bees and butterflies and color, oh my! This cheery native perennial will energize your landscape

Distinctive colored pads and yellow flowers make this cactus a favorite in Southwestern gardens

Easy come, easy grow — give this low-maintenance grass pride of place in your garden

Grow this pretty, hardy vine on a fence or as a ground cover for blooms throughout the colder months

Tall purple blooms bridge color gaps, contrast round flower forms and make for intriguing masses in the landscape

Get ahead with this early-blooming perennial, which has an unusual feature you've got to feel for yourself

Royally beautiful but mingling well with the masses, plants with purple flowers or foliage are worthy of homage in any garden

The long-lived, drought-tolerant Stipa pulchra is as admired for its benefits as for its good looks

Silvery stems in winter and a haze of purple blooms in spring and summer make this spiky plant a year-round performer in the garden