Yavapai County Cooperative Extension Xeriscape List

Shrubs

Latin Name	Common Name	Height/Width	Water	Hardiness	Sun Exposure	Seasonality	Flower Color	Flower Season
Agave neomexicana	New Mexico agave	2 ft/2 ft	low	up to 7,000	full sun	evergreen	yellow	spring, once
Agave parryii	Parry's agave	2 ft/3 ft	low	?	full sun	evergreen	white	summer
Agave utahensis	Utah century plant	1 ft/2 ft	low	hardy to 0 F	full sun	evergreen	yellow	spring-summer
Amorpha canescens	Leadplant	4 ft/4 ft	low	up to 4,500	sun	deciduous	purple	summer
Arctostaphylos pungens	Pointleaf manzanita	6 ft/6 ft	low	up to 8,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	pink/white	spring
Artemisia filifolia	Sand sagebrush	4 ft/5 ft	very low	hardy to 0 F	sun	evergreen	yellow/white	summer-fall
Artemisia tridentata	Big sagebrush	7 ft/7 ft	very low	up to 10,000	sun	evergreen	purple	summer?
Atriplex canescens	Four-wing saltbush	6 ft/8 ft	very low	up to 8,000	full sun	evergreen	yellow	summer
Atriplex obovata	Obovate saltbush	1 ft/2 ft	very low	hardy to 0 F	sun	evergreen	green/gray	summer?
Baccharis sarothroides	Desert broom	5 ft/5 ft	low	hardy to 15 F	sun-part shade	evergreen	white	fall
Berberis fremontii	Fremont barberry	10 ft/10 ft	low	up to 7,000	sun	evergreen	yellow	spring
Berberis haematocarpa	Red barberry	5 ft/5 ft	low	up to 7,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	yellow	spring
Buddleia marrubiifolia	Woolly butterfly bush	3 ft/4 ft	low	up to 4,500	sun-part shade	evergreen	orange	summer
Calliandra eriophylla	Pink fairyduster	4 ft/6 ft	very low	up to 5,000	sun	deciduous?	pink	summer?
Caryopteris x clandonensis	Blue mist spirea	3 ft/3 ft	low-mod	up to 8,500	full sun-part shade	deciduous	blue	summer
Ceanothus leucodermis	Chaparral whitethorn	12 ft/12 ft	low	up to 6,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	pink/blue/white	spring
Ceratoides lanata	Winterfat	3 ft/3 ft	low	hardy to 0 F	sun	evergreen	seeds white	fall-winter
Cercocarpus betuloides	Birchleaf mtn. mahogany	8 ft/6 ft	low	up to 6,500	sun	evergreen	color?	spring?
Cercocarpus ledifolius	Mountain mahogany	15 ft/8 ft	low	up to 9,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	yellow	spring
Cercocarpus montanus	Alderleaf mtn. mahogany	6 ft/5 ft	low	up to 9,500	sun	evergreen?	pink/red	spring?
Chamaebatiaria millefolium	Fernbush	6 ft/6 ft	low	up to 7,000	full sun	deciduous	white	summer
Choisya dumosa	Starleaf Mexican orange	2 ft/3 ft	low	up to 6,500	sun-part shade	evergreen	white	summer
Chrysactinia mexicana	Damianita	4 ft/4 ft	low	up to 6,000	sun-part-shade	evergreen	yellow	summer
Chrysothamnus nauseosus	Chamisa; rabbitbrush	4 ft/6 ft	low	up to 9,000	sun	deciduous	yellow	fall
Cowania mexicana	Cliffrose	15 ft/10 ft	low	up to 8,000	sun	evergreen	yellow	summer
Dalea formosa	Feather dalea	2 ft/2 ft	very low	hardy to 0 F	sun	deciduous	purple	spring
Dalea greggii	Trailing indigobush	1 ft/6 ft	very low	hardy to 10 F	sun-part shade	deciduous	purple	spring-fall
Dalea pulchra	Pretty dalea	3 ft/3 ft	very low	up to 5,000	sun	deciduous	purple	spring
Dasylirion wheeleri	Desert spoon; sotol	7 ft/4 ft	very low	up to 6,000	sun	evergreen	yellow	spring?
Dodonaea viscosa	Hopbush	10 ft/6 ft	low	hardy to 15 F	sun-part shade	evergreen	yellow/green	?
Dyssodia acerosa	Shrubby dogweed	0.5 ft/1 ft	very low	hardy to 10 F	sun	evergreen	yellow	summer
Echinocereus triglochidiatus	Claret-cup cactus	1 ft/4 ft	very low	up to 5,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	red/purple	spring
Encelia farinosa	Brittlebush	3 ft/4 ft	low	hardy to 15 F	sun	deciduous	yellow	spring
Encelia frutescens	Green brittlebush	3 ft/4 ft	low	hardy to 5 F	sun	deciduous	yellow	spring
Ephedra trifurca	Mormon tea	15 ft/15 ft	very low	up to 7,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	yellow (male)	spring
Ephedra viridis	Jointfir	3 ft/3 ft	very low	hardy to 0 F	sun	evergreen	green	spring
Ericameria larcifolia	Turpentinebush	6 ft/4 ft	very low	up to 6,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	yellow	fall
Eriodictyon angustifolium	Yerba santa	4 ft/5 ft	very low	up to 7,000	sun	evergreen	lavender	spring?
Eriogonum fasciculatum	California buckwheat	5 ft/7 ft	very low	up to 7,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	pink/white	spring
Eriogonum umbellatum	Sulphur flower	1 ft/2 ft	very low	up to 11,000	sun	evergreen	yellow	summer
Eriogonum wrightii	Wright buckwheat	1.5 ft/2 ft	low	hardy to 0 F	sun	?	white/pink	summer-fall
Fallugia paradoxa	Apache plume	5 ft/5 ft	very low	up to 8,000	sun	deciduous	white/pink	summer
Fendlera rupicola	Cliff fendlerbush	6 ft/6 ft	very low	up to 7,000	sun	evergreen?	white	spring
Ferocactus wislizenii	Fishhook barrel cactus	11 ft/2 ft	very low	hardy to 0 F	sun	evergreen	orange	summer
Flourensia cernua	Tarbush	3 ft/3 ft	very low	hardy to 10 F	sun	evergreen	yellow	fall
Forestiera neomexicana	New Mexico privet	15 ft/10 ft	low	up to 7,000	sun	deciduous	yellow	spring
Fouquieria splendens	Ocotillo	15 ft/10 ft	very low	hardy to 10 F	sun	evergreen	orange	spring
Garrya flavescens	Silktassel bush	6ft/4ft	low	up to 7,000	sun	evergreen	catkins white	spring
Garrya wrightii	Wright silktassel	8 ft/6 ft	low	hardy to 10 F	sun-part shade	evergreen	catkins white	spring
Hesperaloe parviflora	Red yucca	3 ft/3 ft	moderate	up to 4,500?	sun-part shade	evergreen	pink	spring-summer
Hippophae rhamnoides	Sea buckthorn	18 ft/12 ft	low-high	up to 7,000	sun	deciduous	green	spring
Hyptis emoryi	Desert lavender	12 ft/15 ft?	very low	up to 5,000	sun	evergreen?	purple	spring
Juniperus horizontalis	Creeping juniper	1.5 ft/8 ft	low-high	up to 8,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	cones blue	--
Larrea tridentata	Creosote bush	10 ft/10 ft	very low	up to 5,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	yellow	spring
Leucophyllum frutescens	Texas ranger sage	6 ft/6 ft	low	up to 6,000?	sun	evergreen	purple	spring?
Lotus rigidus	Deer-vetch	1.5 ft/2 ft	very low	hardy to 0 F	sun	evergreen	yellow/orange	spring
Lycium andersonii	Anderson thornbush	6 ft/6 ft	very low	up to 6,000	sun	evergreen?	lavender	spring
Lycium pallidum	Pale wolfberry	4 ft/6 ft	very low	up to 7,000	sun	evergreen?	white	spring
Menodora scabra	Rough menodora	1 ft/1 ft	very low	hardy to 15 F	sun	evergreen?	yellow	spring-summer
Mimosa biuncifera	Catclaw mimosa	6 ft/6 ft	very low	up to 6,000	sun	deciduous	white/pink	spring-summer
Mimulus aurantiacus	Monkeyflower	2 ft/2 ft	very low	up to 5,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	various	spring-fall
Nolina microcarpa	Sacahuista; beargrass	5 ft/8 ft	very low	up to 6,500	sun	evergreen	green	spring-summer
Nolina parryi ssp wolfii	Wolf's beargrass	8 ft/10 ft	very low	up to 6,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	white (male)	spring
Opuntia engelmannii	Engelmann's prickly pear	4 ft/10 ft	very low	up to 6,000	sun	evergreen	yellow	spring
Opuntia imbricata	Tree cholla	8 ft/10 ft	very low	up to 6,000	sun	evergreen	pink	spring-summer
Opuntia leptocaulis	Desert Christmas cholla	2 ft/3 ft	very low	up to 5,000	sun	evergreen	yellow	spring-summer
Opuntia santa rita	Santa Rita prickly pear	4 ft/6 ft	very low	up to 4,000	sun	evergreen	yellow	spring
Parthenium incanum	Mariola	3 ft/4 ft	very low	up to 6,500	sun	deciduous	white	summer-fall
Poliomintha incana	Hoary rosemarymint	4 ft/6 ft	low	hardy to 10 F	sun	evergreen	blue	summer
Potentilla fruticosa	Cinquifoil; potentilla	4 ft/4 ft	low	up to 10,000	sun-part shade	deciduous	yellow	summer
Prunus besseyi	Western sand cherry	6 ft/6 ft	low-mod	up to 8,000	sun	deciduous	white	spring
Psorothamnus scoparia	Broom dalea	3 ft/4 ft	very low	hardy to 15 F	sun	deciduous?	blue	spring-summer
Quercus berberidifolia	California scrub oak	15 ft/12 ft	very low	up to 5,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	insignificant?	spring?
Quercus turbinella	Scrub oak	8 ft/12 ft	low	hardy to 15 F	sun-part shade	evergreen	insignificant	spring
Rhamnus californica	California buckthorn	10 ft/10 ft	low	hardy to 15 F	sun-part shade	evergreen	green/white	spring
Rhus glabra	Smooth sumac	7 ft/7 ft	moderate	up to 7,500	sun	deciduous	berries red	?
Rhus microphylla	Littleleaf sumac	8 ft/12 ft	very low	hardy to 5 F	sun	deciduous	white	spring
Rhus ovata	Sugar sumac	10 ft/10 ft	low	hardy to 10 F	sun-part shade	evergreen	white/pink	spring
Rhus trilobata	Three leaf sumac	6 ft/6 ft	low-mod	up to 9,000	sun-part shade	deciduous	green	spring
Rhus typhina	Staghorn sumac	10 ft/15 ft	low	up to 7,500	sun-part shade	deciduous	yellow	summer
Rhus virens	Evergreen sumac	8 ft/10 ft	very low	hardy to 5 F	sun-part shade	evergreen	white	spring-summer
Ribes aureum	Golden currant	6 ft/6 ft	low-mod	up to 8,000?	part shade	deciduous	yellow	spring
Robinia neomexicana	New Mexico locust	20 ft/20 ft	low-mod	up to 8,500	sun	deciduous	pink	summer
Rosa arizonica	Arizona rose	4 ft/3 ft	low	up to 9,000	sun-shade	deciduous	pink	spring-summer
Rosa x harisonii	Harison's yellow rose	5 ft/6 ft	low-mod	up to 9,000	sun	deciduous	yellow	spring
Rosmarinus officianalis	Rosemary	4 ft/4 ft	low-mod	hardy to 0 F	sun-part shade	evergreen	blue	spring
Salazaria mexicana	Paperbag bush	3 ft/3 ft	low	hardy to 5 F	sun	deciduous	purple/white	spring
Salvia apiana	White sage	5 ft/6 ft	very low	up to 5,000	sun	evergreen	white	spring-summer
Salvia dorrii	Dorri sage; desert sage	3 ft/3 ft	very low	up to 6,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	blue/purple	summer?
Salvia greggii	Autumn sage	6 ft/5 ft	low-mod	up to 5,800	sun-part shade	evergreen	red/pink/white	spring-fall
Salvia mohavensis	Mojave sage	2 ft/2.5 ft	low	hardy to 0 F	sun	evergreen	blue/lavender	spring-summer
Santolina chamaecyparissus	Lavender cotton	1.5 ft/2 ft	low	up to 8,000	sun	evergreen	yellow	summer
Shepherdia argentea	Silver buffaloberry	10 ft/8 ft	low	up to 7,500	sun	evergreen	berries red	summer?
Simmondsia chinensis	Jojoba	6 ft/6 ft	very low	up to 7,500	sun	evergreen	?	?
Sphaeralcea ambigua	Globe mallow	3 ft/3 ft	very low	up to 8,000	sun-part sun	evergreen	orange	summer
Stanleya pinnata	Desert plume	5 ft/5 ft	low	up to 8,000	sun	?	yellow	spring-summer
Syringa rothomagensis	Chinese lilac	8/6 ft	moderate	up to 7,500	sun-part shade	deciduous	purple	spring
Syringa vulgaris	Lilac	20 ft/15 ft	low-mod	up to 11,000	sun	deciduous	purple	spring
Tiquilia greggii	Plum tiquilia	2 ft/2 ft	very low	hardy to 5 F	sun	deciduous	pink/purple	summer
Ungnadia speciosa	Mexican buckeye	15 ft/15 ft	very low	hardy to 5 F	sun-part shade	deciduous	pink	spring
Yucca angustissima	Narrowleaf yucca	4 ft/1.5 ft	very low	up to 7,500	sun	evergreen	white?	summer?
Yucca baccata	Banana yucca	3 ft/3 ft	very low	up to 7,000	sun	evergreen	white	spring
Yucca brevifolia	Joshua tree	30 ft/20 ft	very low	up to 6,000	sun	evergreen	white/green	spring (not all)
Yucca elata	Soaptree yucca	10 ft/8 ft	very low	up to 6,000	sun	evergreen	white	spring (not all)
Yucca schidigera	Mohave yucca	15 ft/4 ft	very low	up to 8,000	sun-part shade	evergreen	white/purple	spring
Zizyphus obtusifolia	Graythorn	6 ft/8 ft	very low	hardy to 15 F	sun	deciduous	insignificant	summer
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