My Favorite Plants

My Favorite Trees

Hackberry

Hackberry
Botanical Name:

Celtis occidentalis

Height: 40 to 50 ft.
Width: 40 to 50 ft.
Water Usage: very low

Russian Hawthorn

Russian Hawthorn
Botanical Name:

Crataegus ambigua

Height: 15 to 25 ft.
Width: 10 to 15 ft.
Water Usage: low to very low

My Favorite Shrubs

Leadplant

Leadplant
Botanical Name:

Amorpha canescens

Height: 2 to 4 ft.
Width: 3 to 4 ft.
Water Usage: low to very low

Kinnikinnick

Kinnikinnick
Botanical Name:

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Height: 4 to 6 in.
Width: 2 to 6 ft.
Water Usage: low, very low

My Favorite Flowers

Snow-on-the-Mountain

Snow-on-the-Mountain
Botanical Name:

Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'

Height: 8 to 12 in.
Width: 1 to 2 ft., spreads by rhizomes
Water Usage: moderate

Sunset Hyssop

Sunset Hyssop
Botanical Name:

Agastache rupestris

Height: 2 to 3 ft.
Width: 2 to 3 ft.
Water Usage: low to very low

Golden garlic

Golden garlic
Botanical Name:

Allium moly

Height: 12 to 15 in.
Width: 6 to 12 in.
Water Usage: low to moderate

Dwarf Wild Blue Indigo

Dwarf Wild Blue Indigo
Botanical Name:

Baptisia australis var. minor

Height: 18 to 24 in.
Width: 18 to 24 in.
Water Usage: low

Mesa Verde Iceplant

Mesa Verde Iceplant
Botanical Name:

Delosperma 'Kelaidis'

Height: 2 to 4 in.
Width: 12 to 18 in.
Water Usage: low

Red Feathers

Red Feathers
Botanical Name:

Echium amoenum

Height: 10 to 16 in.
Width: 6 to 8 in.
Water Usage: low, very low

My Favorite Grasses

Overdam Feather Reed Grass

Overdam Feather Reed Grass
Botanical Name:

Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam'

Height: 1 to 3 ft.
Width: 18 to 24 in.
Water Usage: moderate