Cenizos are not susceptible to pests or diseases other than cotton root rot, which well-drained soil will discourage. If they are planted in acid soils, dolomitic limestone should be added. In areas of high rainfall or poorly drained soil, cenizos should be planted in raised beds. Although watering in dry summer months will make it grow faster, overwatering or poor drainage will quickly kill it, and shade will promote leggy growth and less flowering.
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However, to thrive in a landscape, it must have full sun and very well-drained alkaline soil. Cenizo is often used along highways and in commercial landscapes because of these qualities.
It is extremely drought and heat tolerant and maintenance-free once established. It grows on rocky caliche slopes and stony, calcareous soils.
Cenizo's native range is from Northern Mexico through the Rio Grande Plains and Trans-Pecos, sparingly in the Western Edwards Plateau, into New Mexico. It is sometimes called "barometer bush" because flowering is triggered by humidity or high soil moisture after rains. Texas Sage, Texas Ranger, Texas Rain Sage, Cenizo, Texas Silverleaf, Ash-bush, Wild Lilac, Purple Sage, Senisa, Cenicilla, Palo Cenizo, Hierba del CenizoĬenizo is one our most outstanding native plants, a medium-sized shrub with a compact form, delicate silvery to gray-green leaves, and stunning displays of prolific purple blooms from summer into fall.
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