Landscape
The purple form of hopbush (D. viscosa ‘Purpurea’) creates striking color contrast alongside gray-foliaged plants, such as ‘Blue Bells’ (Eremophila hygrophana ‘Blue Bells’), candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica), upright myrtle spurge (Euphorbia rigida), Parry agave (Agave parryi) and woolly butterfly bush (Buddleja marrubiifolia). Increasingly, hopbush is being used as a substitute for oleander shrubs (Nerium oleander), which have been affected in certain areas of Arizona and Southern California by oleander leaf scorch, a disease caused by the Xylella fastidiosa bacteria; it causes the plants to decline and die. Shown: Green and purple hopbush planted along a wal
Note of caution how big it can get: Hopbush is very low-maintenance. It requires no supplemental fertilizer and, if you give it enough room to grow to its mature size, very little pruning is required, unless you prune it into a more formal hedge. Shown: The purple form of hopbush being used as a backdrop for a perennial bed More Browse plants native to other regions of the U.S. See how to grow more plants with attractive foliage
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