Plant List

An important xeriscape concept is to group plants of similar water needs together.

 

Bulbs
Muscari (Grape Hyacinth)
Tulip

Grasses
Blue Avena
Dwarf Fountain Grass (Hameln)
Giant Sacaton (Drought Tolerant)
Karl Foerster (Feather Reed Grass)
Korean Feather Reed (Calamagrostis Brach.)
Miscanthus  (Purple Maiden Grass)
Switchgrass (Shenendoah)

Perennials 
Autumn Joy Sedum
Basket of Gold Allysum
Blue Flax
Coral Bells (Heuchera Sanguinea)
Coreopsis (Zagreb or Moonbeam)
False Sunflower (Heliopsis)
Greek Yarrow
Hyperion Day Lilly
Japanese Anenome
Johnson's Blue Geranium
Jupiter's Beard (Valerian) (White or Pink)
Ladie's Mantle (Good in Stone Work)
Lamb's Ears
Larkspur
Lavender (Munstead/Hidcote)
Maximillian Sun Flower (Santa Fe)
May Night Salvia
Mexican Evening Primrose
Moonshine Yarrow (Achillea)
Nepeta (Walker's Low 18" = Taller  Faaseni  6"= Shorter)
Pasque Flower
Peony
Pine Leaf Penstemon (Red)
Pink dianthus
Powis Castle (Artemesia)
Rudebekia  (Rudebekia Triloba smaller face)
Rudebekia (Goldstrum)
Santolina
Shasta Daisy (Alaska)
Turkish Veronica
Veronica Spicata (Spike Speedwell) Blue Pink or White
White Cloud Larkspur
Wine Cups (Callirhoe Invoulurcata)
Zauschneria

Ground Cover Shade
Sweet Woodruff
Vinca Minor (Purple flower Ground Cover 3-6")

Surprises
California Poppies (orange and white)
Dahlberg Daisy (Dyssodia Tenunlobia)
Johnnie Jump-ups

Shrubs
Alleghenny Viburnum
Anthony Waterer Spirea
Apache Plum
Barberry
Blue Mist Spirea
Butterfly Bush (Pink or Purple)
Chokeberry
Crandall Currant (Scent)
Dwarf Oregon Grape
Gold Mound Spirea
Korean Spice Viburnum
Lewis Mock Orange
Nanny Berry Viburnum
Pawnee Butte Sand Cherry (Ground Cover)
Pink Beauty Potentilla
Potentilla Fruticosa (Shrubby Cinquefoil)
Potentilla (Mackay's White)
Purple Lilac
Rabbit Brush (Regular and Dwarf)
Red Twig Dogwood
Russian Sage Dwarf version
Sand Cherry
Snowball Viburnum
Vanhoote Spirea White Flower (Large 6'-8')
Varigated Dogwood
Western Sage

Roses
Carefree Delight
Jeanne La Joy
Knockout
Macy's Pride
The Fairy

Trees
Autumn Purple Ash
Cockspur Hawthorne
Crabapple (White Snow 18') No fruit
Downy Hawthorne
Eastern Redbud
Ginnala Maple
Gingko Biloba (Maidenhair tree)
Green Gauge Plum
Honey Locust
Montmorency Cherry
Ornamental Pear
Russian Hawthorne 
Stanley Plum 

Trees that attract butterflies and humming birds
Eastern Red Bud
Crab Apple
Cherry Tree
Plum Tree
Hawthornes

Evergreens
Pinion Pine (Very Low Water)
Buffalo Juniper
Mugo Dwarf 
Wiltoni Juniper (Blue Rug)

Resources

Sites:
www.harlequinsgardens.com
www.highcountrygardens.com

Books:
Waterwise Landscaping by Jim Knopf
Xeriscape Colorado By Connie Ellefson and David Winger
Xericape Plant Guide by Denver Water
The Undaunted Garden by Lauren Springer
Plant Driven Design by Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden