Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate only occasionally to not at all in coastal gardens. It tolerates heat, frost, rabbit predation and is quite drought tolerant once established and cold hardy to 20-25 degrees F., possibly lower. This groundcover is primarily grown chiefly for its attractive silvery foliage, but the purple blooms that cover the plant in summer and attractive as well. It is a good ground cover for rocky slopes and the trailing branches will root at leaf nodes so is good for erosion control on slopes and banks.

Dalea greggii is native to southwest US and northern Mexico at 2000'-4500' elevation. The genus is named for the English physician. Apothecary and botanist Samuel Dale (1659-1739) and the specific epithet honors Josiah Gregg, (1806-1850) a naturalist who traveled through Texas in the 1840s taking note of the geology, plants and the people. In 1848 he joined a botanical expedition to western Mexico and California. Twenty-three species of plants are named in his honor. Other common names include Gregg Dalea, Gregg's Prairie Clover and Indigo Bush. Several of the shrubby species previously in the genus Dalea are now included in Psorothamnus.

We originally purchased our propagation stock of this nice little plant from Monrovia Nursery and grew it from 2001 until 2005. 

The information displayed on this page about Dalea greggii is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.