Use it as an understory plant for coldhardy bluegray or greenishgray succulents, such as candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica, USDA Zone 8; find your zone), whale's tongue agave (Agave ovatifolia, Zone 7) and common sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri, Zone 6), or plant underneath the iconic ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens, Zone 7).