Desert Lavender
Hyptis emoryi
A tall, gray, lavender-scented desert shrub that blooms small violet flowers through the cool season. A vital winter nectar source for bees and hummingbirds in the Sonoran wash.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–10 ft
- Spacing
- 3–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, September
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, CA, NV