Also known as California Fuchsia and Zauschneria, this perennial grows up to 3 feet high and wide. As the name suggests, this is an excellent plant for attracting hummingbirds, producing bright red to red-orange, trumpet-shaped flowers from August to October. It tolerates full sun to partial shade and is drought tolerant.

Nevada Jointfir is a perennial, deciduous shrub that grows erectly to 5 feet in height. Small leaves fall off the plant early, leaving a yellowish-gray, leafless, broom-like shrub. The stems grow clusters of small, yellow/light brown flowers that form a cone-like inflorescence. This plant grows in full sun, and in dry, sandy or rocky soils.

This perennial, deciduous shrub, also called Boundary Ephedra and Pitamoreal, grows erect branches and shoots that reach up to 4 feet in height. During March and April, tiny, yellow flowers sprout from clusters of yellow to red-brown seed cones that grow out of the branches’ nodes. This plant grows in arid environments, and in rocky or gravelly soils.