A List of Xeriscape Plants

The City's Xeriscape Demonstration Garden, 300 Laporte Ave., features these low water-using plants:

KEY:

(G) Groundcover

(P) Perennial

(S) Shrub

(T) Tree

Very Low Water Use

(T) Amur Chokecherry — Prunus maackii
(S) Armstrong Juniper — Juniperus chinensis `Armstrong'
(P) Baby Cole Gaillardia — Gaillardia x grandiflora `Baby Cole'
(P) Basket-of-Gold — Alyssum saxatile
(P) Blood Red Geranium — Geranium sanguineum
(P) Blue Flax — Linum lewisii
(S) Blue Pfitzer Juniper — Juniperus chinensis `Pfitzeriana Glauca'
S) Boulder Raspberry (Thimbleberry)— Rubus deliciosus
(S) Buffalo Juniper — Juniperus sabina `Buffalo'
Buffalograss Turf — Buchloe dactyloides
(T) Bur Oak — Quercus macrocarpa
(P) Burgundy Blanket Flower — Gaillardia x grandiflora `Burgundy'
(T) Canyon Maple — Acer grandidentatum
(P) Caucascus Geranium — Geranium caucascus
(G) Creeping Red Penstemon — Penstemon pinnafolius
(P) Crocus — Crocus sp.
(P) Dotted Gayfeather — Liatris punctata
(S) Dwarf Blue Rubber Rabbitbrush — Chrysothamnus naueosus pumila
(S) Dwarf Indigo Bush — Amorpha nana
(P) False Sunflower — Heliopsis helianthoides `Summer Sun'
(P) Goblin Gaillardia — Gaillardia x grandiflora `Goblin'
(T) Hawthorn — Crataegus sp.
(S) Hughes Juniper — Juniperus horizontalis 'Hughes'
(T) One-seed Juniper — Juniperus monosperma
(P) Pasque Flower — Anemone pulsatilla
(P) Purple Coneflower — Echinacea purpurea
(G) Purple Hardy Ice Plant — Delosperma cooperi
(G) Pussytoes — Antennaria parvifolia
(S) Rock Spiera — Holodiscus dumosus
(T) Rocky Mountain Juniper — Juniperus scopulorum
(P) Rocky Mountain Penstemon — Penstemon strictus
(S) Rocky Mountain Sumac — Rhus glabra cismontana
(P) Showy Sedum — Sedum telephium `Indian Chief'
(S) Sand Cherry — Prunus besseyi
(S) Sand Sagebrush — Artemesia filifolia
(S) Saskatoon Serviceberry — Amelanchier alnifolia
(P) Silver Mound — Artemisia schmidtiana
(S) Silver Spreader Juniper — Juniperus virginiana `Silver Spreader'
(G) Snow-in-Summer — Cerastium tomentosum
(P) Sunray Coreopsis — Coreopsis grandiflora
(P) Sunrose — Helianthemum nummularium
(S) Threeleaf Sumac — Rhus trilobata
(S) True Mountain Mahogany — Cercocarpus montanus
(P) Wargrave Pink Geranium — Geranium `Wargrave Pink'
(P) Wild Four O'Clock — Mirabilis multiflora

Low Water Use

(P) Blanket Flower — Gaillardia aristata
(S) Blue Chip Juniper — Juniperus horizontalis `Blue Chip'
(S) Blue Rug Juniper — Juniperus horizontalis `Blue Rug'
(T) Bristlecone Pine Pinus aristata
Brome/Fescue Turf 10% Smooth Brome — Bromus inermis,
70% Tall Fescue — Festuca arundinacea, 20% Kentucky Blue Grass Poa pratensis
(P) Carpathian Harebell — Campanula carpatica
(P) Common Primrose — Primula vulgaris
(P) Cottage Pinks — Dianthus plumarius
(G) Creeping Phlox — Phlox subulata
(G) Creeping Potentilla — Potentilla verna nana
(P) Daylily — Hemerocallis spp.
(P) Double Sunburst Coreopsis — Coreopsis lanceolata `Sunburst'
(T) Golden Raintree — Koelreuteria paniculata
(P) Grape Hyacinth — Muscari armeniacum
(P) Lamb's Ear — Stachy's byzantina
(S) Littleleaf Mockorange — Philadelphus microphyllus
(P) Missouri Evening Primrose — Oenothera missouriensis
(S) Mountain Snowberry — Symphoricarpos oreophilus
(P) Pasque Flower — Anemone pulsatilla
(T) Pecan — Carya illinoeusis
(T) Pinion Pine — Pinus edulis
(T) Pondersoa Pine — Pinus ponderosa
(P) Purple Coneflower— Echinacea purpurea
(S) Redtwig Dogwood — Cornus sericea coloradense
(G) Rock Soapwort — Saponaria ocymoides
(T) Russian Hawthorne — Crataegus ambigua
(P) Siberian Iris — Iris sibirica
(S) Winter Blue Juniper — Juniperus horizontalis `Winter Blue'
(P) Woody Yarrow — Achillea tomentosa nana
(P) Yellow Flax — Linum flavum

Moderate Water Use

(S) Alpine Currant — Ribes alpinum
(T) Austrian Pine— Pinus nigra
Bluegrass Turf — Poa pratensis
(T) Blue Spruce — Picea pungens glauca
(P) Columbine — Aquilegia spp.
(S) Compact Cranberrybush — Viburnum triobum `Compactum'
(P) Coral Bells — Heuchera sanguinea
(S) Cranberry Cotoneaster — Cotoneaster apiculata
(G) Creeping Grape Holly — Mahonia repens
(G) Creeping Potentilla — Potentilla verna nana
(G) Creeping Veronica — Veronica repens
(S) Dwarf Korean Lilac — Syringa meyeri
(S) Dwarf Winged Euonymus — Euonymus alata compacta
(P) Evergreen Candytuft — Iberis sempervirens
(P) Grape Hyacinth — Muscari armeniacum
(S) Gold Drop Cinquefoil — Potentilla fruticosa `Gold Drop'
(S) Green Mound Juniper — Juniperus chinesis procumbens `Green Mound'
(T) Hawthorn — Crataegus sp.
(S) Jackman Cinquefoil — Potentilla fruticosa `Jackmari'
(T) Kentucky Coffeetree — Gymnocladus dioicus
(G) Kinnickinnick — Arctostaphylos uvaursi
(G) Moneywort — Lysimachia nummularia
(S) Nannyberry Bush — Viburnum lentago
(S) Peking Cotoneaster — Cotoneaster acutifolia
(P) Perennial Bachelor Button — Centaurea montana
(T) Red Bud — Cercis canadensis
(P) Shasta Daisy `Alaska' — Chrysanthemum x superbum
(P) Speedwell — Veronica spicata
(G) Sweet Woodruff — Asperula oderata
(T) Tatarian Maple — Acer tataricum
(G) Whiplash Daisy — Erigeron flagilarius

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