Xeriscape Varieties

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