Below is a list of the Native plants to the Las Vegas area. Most of them can grow with little water, and thrive off of the harsh sunlight which occurs in Las Vegas during the summer. I purposefully avoided the use of cacti because the proposed pocket park is a safe place for anybody in the community to enjoy even if they are 5 years of age or 70 years of age, therefore cacti unless properly maintained can become a hazard to the community members. Basket of Gold Brittle Bush Butterfly weed Chuparosa Desert (or Globe) Mallow Desert Marigold Bailey Gaura Mountain Marigold Mexican Honeysuckle Penstemon Russian Sage Sierra Sun Drop Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye Stone Crop Sunray Yarrow Black dalea Butterfly Bush Creosote Bush Lantana Pea Bush Trailing Indigo Dalea greggii Turpentine Bush Yucca Texas Ranger Cassia