In Phoenix, emu bushes make outstanding small shrubs. It makes a fine addition as a flowering accent shrub to most any xeric landscape settings in south central Arizona provided soils are well drained and not excessively irrigated. Flowers during entire warm season. Hardy to 20oF. In Phoenix, its growth rate and ultimate size are somewhat contingent on amounts of supplemental water (water less = grow less, smaller; water more = grow more, larger.)
