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Top native desert honeysuckles

4 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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4 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3 Part shade 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 3

Water use

Low 3

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 1

Form

Plant type

Perennial 4 Shrub 4
  • Flame Acanthus Anisacanthus quadrifidus caterpillars 1 food 2 flowers 12
  • Narrowleaf Desert Honeysuckle Anisacanthus linearis caterpillars 1 flowers 2
  • Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle Anisacanthus thurberi flowers 4
  • Anisacanthus puberulus

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