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Also known as Devil’s Walking Stick and Candlewood, this striking, thorny accent plant is grows erectly to 20 feet tall. It is drought deciduous, the stems remaining leafless for most of the year, but becoming covered with leaves after rainfall. At the end of each branch blooms a tight cluster of scarlet flowers from March to July. Ocotillo grows in partial shade and dry, sandy or rocky soils; it is drought tolerant, though its leaves will wither once soil conditions become dry.
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Ocotillo is thought to attract these families of birds
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