This is the plant you see flowering in the dry shrub-steppe in August, September, and into October. Butterflies and bees love it. Rabbitbrush provides late season nectar and pollen. A wonderful native. Plant where it has room to seed itself and spread. It thrives in a wide range of coarse, alkaline soils that are common to desert environments. Pruning the shrub back to several inches in early spring, before new growth begins, may help improve the shrub's ornamental value. Zone 4/5/6.

Fourwing saltbush is an erect, stout, and much-branched shrub. Showy flowers in summer. Fruit is enclosed in a pair of 2-winged bracts, giving it the "fourwing" appearance.
Fourwing saltbush is well adapted to a wide range of temperature and soil conditions. It is highly tolerant of drought, salinity, and alkalinity.

Large shrub of western dry areas. Silvery foliage. Older shrubs reach 5-6’ tall with gnarled trunks. 4’ wide.

Fragrant foliage, very pretty spikes of white flowers. Native to Idaho & Oregon southward, in lava fields.

Year-round interest: fall and winter color. Fruits for the birds. Spring flowers.

Blooms & fruits all summer into fall. Hardy - native to Idaho & Oregon southward.

Great spring flowers, fall color. Will go dormant if too dry. Can tolerate dry shade.

This rose relative has small fragrant yellow flowers in the spring. Potential for use as a living snow fence, roadside beautification, and xeriscape plantings.

Outstanding fall color. Honeybee plant in spring. Deer proof. Berries for birds. Good specimen, screen or hedge shrub. Sun to part shade.

Tall shrub with three season interest: yellow flowers in spring, tasty orange fruit in summer, good fall colors. Attracts birds and bees.

Wax Currant is great for a bird garden and a butterfly garden.

This Pacific Northwest native is covered with pink flowers in the spring. Fall foliage is amazing with shades of red, purple, yellow and orange. Moderate water use: tolerates some drought. Full sun - partial shade. Zone 5.