|
Common Name |
Botanic
Name |
Water Needs |
|
Bulbs |
|
|
|
Crocus, Autumn |
Colchicum sp. |
Moderate +/- |
|
Crocus, Spring |
Crocus sp. |
Moderate +/- |
|
Daffodils |
Narcissus sp. |
Moderate +/- |
|
Grape Hyacinth |
Muscari armeniacum |
Moderate +/- |
|
Tulips |
Tulipa sp. |
Moderate +/- |
|
Grasses |
Botanic Name |
Water Needs |
|
Big Bluestem |
Andropogon gerardii |
Moderate to High |
|
Blue Avena |
Helictotrichon sempervirens |
Moderate +/- |
|
Blue Fescue |
Festuca glauca |
Moderate +/- |
|
Dwarf Fountain Grass |
Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Feather Reed Grass
|
Calamagrostis
x acutiflora
‘Stricta’ |
Moderate to High |
|
Hardy Pampas Grass |
Saccharum ravennae |
Moderate to High |
|
Little Bluestem |
Schizachyrium scoparium |
Low to High |
|
Maiden Grass |
Miscanthus sinensis |
Moderate to High |
|
Needle-and-Thread Grass |
Stipa comata
|
Low to High |
|
Ribbon Grass |
Phalaris arundinacea ‘Picta’ |
Moderate to High |
|
Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum |
Moderate to High |
|
Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum
'Dallas Blues' |
Moderate +/- |
|
Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum
'Heavy Metal' |
Moderate +/- |
|
Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum
'Shenandoah' |
Moderate +/- |
|
Groundcovers |
Botanic Name |
Water Needs |
|
Creeping Colorado Grape Holly (fall;
spring;
summer) |
Mahonia repens |
Low to High |
|
Himalayan Border Jewel |
Polygonum affine
|
Moderate to High |
|
Ice Plant |
Delosperma
'Blut' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Ice Plant |
Delosperma
floribundum 'Star Burst' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Ice Plant |
Delosperma
'John Proffitt' TABLEMOUNTAIN™ |
Moderate
+/- |
|
Ice Plant |
Delosperma nubigenum
'Yellow Hardy' |
Moderate +/- |
|
Ice Plant, Hardy |
Delosperma 'Kelaidis' MESA VERDE™ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Kinnikinick |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
Moderate +/- |
|
Pussytoes |
Antennaria sp. |
Low to Moderate |
|
Snow-in-Summer |
Cerastium tomentosum |
Low to Moderate |
|
Sweet Woodruff |
Galium odoratum |
Very Low to Low
|
|
Wild Strawberry |
Fragaria americana |
Moderate to High |
|
Perennials |
Botanic Name |
Water Needs |
|
Bachelor Button, Perennial |
Centaurea montana |
Moderate +/- |
|
Blackberry Lily |
Belamcanda chinensis |
Moderate +/- |
|
Black-eyed Susan |
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Blanket Flower |
Gaillardia sp. |
Low to Moderate |
|
Blanket Flower, Native |
Gaillardia aristata |
Low to Moderate |
|
Blue Flax |
Linum perenne |
Low to High |
|
Butterfly Weed |
Asclepias tuberosa |
Moderate to High |
|
Gayfeather, Eastern |
Liatris spicata |
High |
|
California Fuchsia |
Zauschneria garrettii ORANGE CARPET™ |
Low to Moderate |
|
Cashmere Sage |
Phlomis cashmeriana |
Moderate +/- |
|
Catnip |
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Chocolate Flower |
Berlandiera lyrata |
Low to Moderate |
|
Columbine |
Aquilegia sp. |
High |
|
Daylily |
Hemerocallis Stella d’Oro’ |
Moderate to High |
|
Dianthus |
Dianthus sp. 'First Love' |
Moderate +/- |
|
Evening Primrose |
Oenothera missouriensis |
Low to Moderate |
|
Evergreen
Candytuft |
Iberis sempervirens |
Moderate +/- |
|
Foxglove |
Digitalis obscura 'Sunset' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Foxglove |
Digitalis thapsi 'SPANISH PEAKS' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Gazania |
Gazania krebsiana TANAGER™ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Gazania |
Gazania linearis ‘Colorado Gold’ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Golden Banner |
Thermopsis fabacea |
Moderate +/- |
|
Golden Rod |
Solidago |
Low to Moderate |
|
Hopflower Oregano |
Origanum libanoticum |
Low to Moderate |
|
Horsemint |
Monarda didyma |
Moderate to High |
|
Hummingbird Trumpet, Hardy
|
Zauschneria 'Arizonica' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Hyssop |
Agastache aurantiaca CORONADO™ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Hyssop |
Agastache 'Big
Bazooka' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Hyssop |
Agastache 'Black
Adder' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Hyssop |
Agastache cana 'Sinning' SONORANSUNSET™ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Hyssop, Sunset |
Agastache rupestris
|
Moderate +/- |
|
Jupiter’s Beard |
Centranthus ruber |
Low to High |
|
Lamb’s Ear |
Stachys byzantina |
Low to Moderate |
|
Lavender |
Lavandula
angustifolia 'Hidcote Superior' |
Moderate +/- |
|
Lavender |
Lavandula
angustifolia 'Munstead' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Lavender |
Lavandula
intermedia 'Blue Cushion' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Lavender, Pink |
Lavandula
angustifolia 'Jean Davis' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Mexican Hat Coneflower |
Ratibida columnifera |
Low to Moderate |
|
Mexican Winecups |
Callirhoe
Involucrata 'Tenuissima' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Pasque Flower, Eurasion |
Pulsatilla vulgaris |
Moderate +/- |
|
Penstemon |
Penstemon grandiflorus PRAIRIE JEWEL™ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Penstemon |
Penstemon strictus |
Moderate +/- |
|
Penstemon, Hybrid |
Penstemon x mexicali ‘RED ROCKS’™ |
Low to Moderate |
|
Penstemon, Pineleaf (Pineneedle
Beardtongue) |
Penstemon pinifolius
|
Low to Moderate |
|
Penstemon, Pineleaf |
Penstemon pinifolius 'Mersea
Yellow' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Penstemon, Pinfeleaf |
Penstemon pinifolius
"SHADES OF MANGO' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Poppy Mallow |
Callirhoë involucrata |
Moderate +/- |
|
Powis Castle Sage |
Artemisia arborescens x A. absinthium |
Moderate +/- |
|
Purple Coneflower |
Echinacea purpurea |
Moderate +/- |
|
Sage, Dwarf Culinary
|
Salvia officinalis 'Minima' |
Low to Moderate |
|
Shasta Daisy |
Leucanthemum x superbum |
Moderate +/- |
|
Showy Sedum |
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Siberian Iris |
Iris sibirica |
High |
|
Silver Mound Sage |
Artemisia schmidtiana |
Moderate +/- |
|
Silver Sage |
Salvia argentea |
Low to Moderate |
|
Spanish Gold Broom |
Cytisus purgens |
Low to Moderate |
|
Sulfur Flower |
Eriogonum umbellatum |
Low to Moderate |
|
Sun Daisy (African Daisy) |
Osteospermum barberiae v compactum
PURPLE MOUNTAIN |
Moderate to High |
|
Turkish Veronica |
Veronica liwanensis |
Low to Moderate |
|
Yarrow |
Achillea ‘Moonshine’ |
Low to Moderate |
|
Yarrow, Common |
Achillea millefolium |
Moderate +/- |
|
Shrubs (Deciduous) |
Botanic Name |
Water Needs |
|
American Plum |
Prunus americana |
Moderate to High |
|
Apache Plume |
Fallugia paradoxa |
Very Low to Moderate |
|
Austrian Copper Rose |
Rosa foetida ‘Bicolor’ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Bluemist Spirea |
Caryopteris x clandonensis |
Low to Moderate |
|
Boulder Raspberry |
Rubus deliciosus |
Moderate to High |
|
Butterfly Bush |
Buddleja davidii |
Moderate +/- |
|
Chokecherry |
Prunus virginiana |
Moderate to High |
|
Euonymus, Dwarf Winged |
Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ |
Moderate +/- |
|
Fern bush |
Chamaebatiaria millefolium |
Very Low to Moderate |
|
Golden Currant |
Ribes aureum |
Moderate +/- |
|
Greenleaf Manzanita |
Arctostaphylos patula |
Moderate +/- |
|
Leadplant |
Amorpha canescens |
Moderate +/- |
|
Lilac, Dwarf Korean
|
Syringa meyeri |
Moderate +/- |
|
Littleleaf Mockorange |
Philadelphus microphyllus |
Moderate +/- |
|
Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus montana |
Very Low to Moderate |
|
Mountain Ninebark |
Physocarpus monogynus |
Moderate +/- |
| New Mexico Cliff Rose |
Cowania neomexicana |
Very Low to Moderate |
|
Rabbit brush, Dwarf Blue |
Chrysothamnus nauseosus |
Very Low to Moderate |
|
Rabbit brush, Green |
Chrysothamnus nauseosus graveolens |
Very Low to Moderate |
|
Rocky Mountain Maple |
Acer glabrum |
Moderate +/- |
|
Rocky Mountain Smooth Sumac |
Rhus glabra cismontana |
Low to Moderate |
|
Rose, Red-leaved
|
Rosa glauca |
Moderate +/- |
|
Rose, Wood's |
Rosa woodsii |
Moderate +/- |
|
Russian Sage |
Perovskia atriplicifolia |
Low to Moderate |
|
Sand Cherry |
Prunus besseyi |
Moderate +/- |
|
Saskatoon Serviceberry |
Amelanchier alnifolia |
Moderate +/- |
|
Shrubby Cinquefoil |
Potentilla fruticosa |
Moderate to High |
|
Siberian Peashrub |
Caragana arborescens |
Moderate +/- |
|
Silver Buffaloberry |
Shepherdia argentea |
Moderate +/- |
|
Snowberry |
Symphoricarpos sp. |
Moderate +/- |
|
Squaw Currant |
Ribes cereum |
Moderate +/- |
|
Three Leaf Sumac |
Rhus trilobata |
Very Low to High |
|
Waxflower |
Jamesia americana |
Moderate +/- |
|
Shrubs (Evergreen) |
Botanic Name |
Water Needs |
| Common Juniper |
Juniperus communis |
Low to Moderate |
| Mugo Pine |
Pinus mugo |
Moderate +/- |
|
Savin Juniper |
Juniperus sabina ‘Buffalo’ |
Low to Moderate |
|
Trees |
Botanic Name |
Water Needs |
|
Amur Chokecherry |
Prunus maackii |
Moderate +/- |
|
Bur Oak |
Quercus macrocarpa |
Moderate to High |
| Downy Hawthorn |
Crataegus mollis |
Moderate +/- |
|
Golden Raintree |
Koelreuteria paniculata |
Low to Moderate |
| Green Ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
Moderate +/- |
| Kentucky Coffeetree |
Gymnocladus dioica |
Moderate +/- |
|
Piñon Pine |
Pinus cembroides edulis |
Very Low to Moderate |
|
Rocky Mountain Juniper |
Juniperus scopulorum |
Very Low to Moderate |
|
Tatarian Maple
(bloom) |
Acer tataricum |
Moderate +/- |
| Western Hackberry |
Celtis occidentalis |
Moderate +/- |
|
Turf Grasses |
Botanic Name |
Water Needs |
|
Buffalo Grass |
Buchloe dactyloides |
Low to Moderate |
| Kentucky Bluegrass |
Poa pratensis |
High |
|
Smooth Brome |
Bromus inermis |
Low to High |
|
Turf-type Tall Fescue |
Festuca elatior 'Major
League' Blend |
Moderate to High |
|
Vines |
Botanic Name |
Water Needs |
|
Trumpet Honeysuckle
(bloom) |
Lonicera sempervirens |
Moderate +/- |
| Woodbine Honeysuckle |
Lonicera periclymenum 'Graham Thomas' |
Moderate +/- |
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