Suggested Ornamentals

Water Efficient Plants

Trees and Shrubs

Trees

Shrubs

Acer ginnala (ginnala or Amur maple)
Amorpha fruticosa (false indigo)
Caragana arborescens (caragana or pea shrub)
Cotoneaster spp. (cotoneaster)
Crataegus spp. (hawthorn)
Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive)
Juniperus spp. (junipers)
Lonicera spp. (honeysuckle)
Malus spp. (crabapple)
Potentilla fruticosa (cinquefoil)
Prinsepia sinensis (cherry prinsepia)
Prunus tenella (Russian almond)
Prunus tomentosa (Nanking cherry)
Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
(chokecherry)
Quercus macrocarpa (bur oak)
Ribes alpinum (alpine currant)
Ribes aureum (golden currant)
Rosa spp. (rose)
Shepherdia argentea (silver buffaloberry)
Sorbaria sorbifolia (Ural false spirea)
Syringa spp. (lilac)

Evergreen

Douglas Fir
Ponderosa Pine
Concolor Fir
Colorado Spruce

Deciduous

Ohio Buckeye
Western Catalpa
Hawthorn
Kentucky Coffee Tree Bur Oak
Swamp White Oak
Thornless Honey Locust
Hackberry

Deciduous and Evergreen

Japanese Barberry
Common Buckthorn
Nanking Cherry
Cotoneaster
Winged Euonymus
Forsythia
Tatarian Honeysuckle
Pfitzu Juniper
Common Lilac
Persian Lilac
Common Ninebark
Pygmy Peashrub
Mugo Pine
Serviceberry
Smooth Sumac
Staghorn Sumac
Nannyberry Viburnum
Wayfaringtree Viburnum
Yucca



Water Efficient Perennials

Bachelor Button
Creeping Baby's Breath
Blanket Flower
Butterfly Weed
Purple Coneflower
Dianthus – Pinks
Coreopsis
Crocus
Daylilies
Flax
Liatris
Penstemon
Pasque Flower
Evening Primrose
Tulips
Yarrow
Lambs Ear
Lavender
Snow in Summer
Russian Sage
Achillea ptarmica ('The Pearl')
Achillea millefolium ('Cerise Queen')
Achillea tomentosa (dwarf woolly yarrow)
Antennaria rosea (pussy toes)
Anthemis tinctoria (golden marguerite)
Arabis spp. (rockcress)
Artemisia schmidtiana ('Silvermound')
Artemisia ludoviciana var. 'Silver King' (ghost plant)
Aurinia saxatilis (basket of gold alyssum)
Bergenia cordifolia (giant rockfoil)
Campanula cochlearifolia (creeping bellflower)
Centaurea montana (perennial cornflower)
Dianthus deltoides (maiden pinks)
Dictamnus albus (gasplant)
Echinops ritro (globe thistle)
Eryngium spp. (sea holly)
Euphorbia cyparissias (Cypress spurge)
Festuca ovina var. glauca (sheep's fescue)
Gaillardia aristata (blanket flower)
Gypsophila paniculata (babysbreath)
Gypsophila repens (creeping babysbreath)
Hemerocallis spp. (daylily)
Heuchera spp. (coral bells)
Iris germanica (bearded iris)
Limonium spp. (sea lavender)
Malvastrum coccineum (prairie mallow)
Mamillaria vivipara (ball cactus)
Oenothera missouriensis (Missouri evening primrose)
Opuntia polycantha (prickly pear cactus)
Paeonia spp. (peony)
Papaver nudicaule (Iceland poppy)
Pharlaris arundinacea var. picta (ribbon grass)
Potentilla spp. (cinquefoil)
Sedum spp. (stonecrop)
Sempervivum spp. (hens and chicks)
Silene vulgaris maritima (sea campion)
Thymus spp. (thyme)
Veronica spp. (speedwell)
Yucca glauca (Adam's needle)

Water Efficient Annuals

Ageratum houstonianum (ageratum or flossflower)
Amaranthus caudatus (love-lies-bleeding)
Calendula officinalis (calendula or pot marigold)
Catharanthus roseus x tricophyllus (vinca or periwinkle)
Celosia cristata (cockscomb)
Centaurea cineraria (dusty miller)
Centaurea cyanus (bachelor's button or cornflower)
Chrysanthemum parthenium (feverfew or matricaria)
Cleome hasslerana (cleome or spider flower)
Coreopsis tinctoria (calliopsis)
Cosmos bipinnatus (cosmos)
Dianthus chinensis (China pink or dianthus)
Dimorphoteca sinuata (African daisy or star-of-the-veldt)
Dorotheanus bellidiformis (Livingstone daisy)
Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)
Euphorbia marginata (snow-on-the-mountain)
Gaillardia puchella (annual gaillardia or blanket flower)
Gomphrena globosa (globe amaranth)
Gypsophila elegans (annual babysbreath)
Helichrysum bracteatum (strawflower)
Kochia scoparia (burning bush or summer cypress)
Limonium sinuatum (statice or sea lavendar)
Pelargonium x hortorum (zonal geranium)
Petunia x hybrida (petunia)
Portulaca grandiflora (portulaca or rose moss)
Sanvitalia procumbens (creeping zinnia)
Tagetes spp. (marigold)
Zinnia spp. (zinnia)

 

Water Efficient Vines

Clematis spp. (clematis)
Ipomoea alba (moon flower)
Ipomoea tricolor (morning glory)
Lonicera sempervirens ('Dropmore Scarlet Trumpet' honeysuckle)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Tropaeolum majus (nasturtium)
Vitis riparia (riverbank grape or Manitoba grape)

 

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