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WATER-EFFICIENT
LANDSCAPE PLANTS
C ONTENTS
Planning a water-efficient landscape ................................................................................................................ 1
Establishing your landscape ............................................................................................................................. 1
Understanding plant names.............................................................................................................................. 2
Plant hardiness zones ....................................................................................................................................... 2
For more information ....................................................................................................................................... 3
PLANT LISTS
Annuals............................................................................................................................................................ 4
Bulbs................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Ferns and groundcovers ................................................................................................................................. 10
Ornamental grasses ........................................................................................................................................ 13
Perennials ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
Shrubs ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
Trees .............................................................................................................................................................. 29
Vines .............................................................................................................................................................. 34
ATER-EFFICIENT
LANDSCAPE PLANTS
PLANNING A
WATER-EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE
Besides selecting water-efficient plants, there are several
things you can do to reduce the amount of water needed in
your landscape. Many of these suggestions are based on the
concept of xeriscaping, a term coined in the 1980s to
describe water-efficient landscaping. Key steps to establishing a successful water-efficient landscape include:
Starting with a landscape plan
Improving your soil
Selecting appropriate plants
Getting your plants off to a good start
Watering wisely
Mulching
Taking care of your plants
NNUALS
Eschscholzia californica
(California poppy)
Botanical name
Common name
Hardiness
Height
Abutilon hybrids*
Flowering maple
23'
Arctotis species*
African daisy
Argemone mexicana
Prickly poppy
Argyranthemum
frutescens
Width
Flowering
Remarks
23'
Springsummer
(white, yellow,
pink, red)
18"
18"
Summerfall
(many colors)
2'
18"
Summerfall
(yellow)
Marguerite daisy
4'
4'
Summer
Brachycome
iberidifolia*
HH
818"
18"
Summer
(blue, violet,
white)
Calandrinia umbellata
Rock purslane
HH
6"
Summer
(pink)
Calendula officinalis*
Pot marigold
HH
2'
2'
Summer
(orange, yellow)
Catharanthus roseus
Rose periwinkle
1014"
Summerfall
(pink, red, white)
Celosia cristata*
Cockscomb
HH
1024"**
Summerfall
Taller varieties can be used for cutting.
(red, yellow,
orange, pink, cream)
Cleome hasslerana*
Spider flower
HH
34'**
1218"**
Summerfall
(white, violet,
pink)
Cosmos bipinnatus*
Garden cosmos
14'**
818"**
Summerfall
(many colors)
Unless otherwise indicated, all of the listed plants prefer full sun.
Hardiness: T=tender annual (does not tolerate frost); HH=half-hardy annual (tolerates light frost); H=hardy annual (tolerates heavy
frost, might overwinter)
*Multiple cultivars available.
**Size depends on cultivar.
ANNUALS
Botanical name
Common name
Hardiness
Height
Width
Dimorphotheca species*
African daisy
2'
2'
Dorotheanthus
bellidiformis
Livingstone daisy
3"
12"
23'
1'
Echium vulgare
Flowering
Remarks
Summerfall
(white, yellow)
Summer
(pink)
Summer
Best with good drainage; spectacular
(blue, white, pink) spikes of flowers.
Eschscholzia
californica
California poppy
6"1'
6"1'
Summerfall
(orange, white)
Felicia species*
Blue marguerite
614"
13'
Summer
(blue)
Gaillardia pulchella*
Blanketflower
1820"
Summerfall
(red, yellow)
Gazania x hybrida*
Gazania
612"**
610"**
Gilia capitata
830"
8"
Summer
(blue)
Gilia tricolor
Birds eyes
1020"
8"
Summer
(violet)
Glaucium flavum
Sea poppy
2'
18"
Summer
(yellow, orange)
Gray-green foliage.
Gomphrena species*
Globe amaranth
824"**
10-12"**
Summer
(white, lavender,
rose)
Helianthus annuus*
Common sunflower
HH
210'**
Summerfall
(yellow, red)
HH
13'**
Summerfall
(red, orange,
yellow, white)
Summerfall
Will often overwinter; foliage may be
(cream, yellow,
green with silvery gray on underside.
pink, orange, red)
Hunnemannia
fumariifolia
2'
2'
Summer
(yellow)
Lavatera trimestris*
Lavatera
2148"**
Summer
(many)
ANNUALS
Botanical name
Common name
Hardiness
Height
Width
Flowering
Remarks
Summer
(many)
Summer
(blue, red,
pink, white)
Limonium sinuatum*
Statice
HH
18"
1'
Lisianthus species*
(may be seen as
Eustoma grandiflorum)
Texas bluebell
HH
840"**
612"
Mesembryanthemum
species*
Ice plant
6"
9"
Summer
(many)
Papaver rhoeas*
Shirley poppy
1236"**
Summer
(pink, white, red)
Portulaca species*
Moss rose
610"**
612"**
Summer
(white, orange,
yellow, pink)
Ricinus communis
Castor bean
HH
12'
5'
Summer
(white)
Salvia farinacea*
Texas violet
HH
12'**
12'**
Summerfall
(blue, white)
Salvia splendens*
Scarlet sage
HH
1030"**
Summerfall
Sanvitalia procumbens*
Creeping zinnia
HH
6"
12"
Summerfall
(yellow)
Senecio cineraria*
Dusty miller
1218"
Summer
(yellow)
Tropaeolum majus*
Nasturtium
HH
18"4'
18"
Summer
(many)
Verbena x hybrida*
Garden verbena
10"3'**
618"**
Summer
(many)
Zinnia grandiflora
Rocky Mountain
zinnia
12"
12"
Summer
(yellow)