There are few North American native shrubs that put on a better show for us and the native bees, than silver prairie clover, Dalea bicolor var. argyaea. This amazing dryland evergreen in the legume family, is clothed in small, bright silver foliage, which, starting for us in early October is adorned with hundreds of small clusters of lavender flowers. This incredibly drought tolerant gem hails from alkaline sandy soils in both Arizona and New Mexico, were they have real droughts. Below is a recent photo of one of our specimens.
