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

Kentucky Coffeetree

Kentucky Coffeetree
Botanical Name:

Gymnocladus dioicus

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

Vanderwolf's Pyramid Limber Pine

Vanderwolf's Pyramid Limber Pine
Botanical Name:

Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid'

Height: 20 to 40 ft.
Width: 10 to 30 ft.
Water Usage: low

American Plum

American Plum
Botanical Name:

Prunus americana

Height: 10 to 30 ft.
Width: 8 by 12 ft.
Water Usage: 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

Summer Wine Ninebark

Summer Wine Ninebark
Botanical Name:

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward'

Height: 4 to 6 ft.
Width: 4 to 6 ft.
Water Usage: low

Dwarf Globe Blue Spruce

Dwarf Globe Blue Spruce
Botanical Name:

Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa'

Height: 8 to 10 ft.
Width: 8 to 10 ft.
Water Usage: moderate

Staghorn Sumac

Staghorn Sumac
Botanical Name:

Rhus typhina

Height: 15 to 20 ft.
Width: 12 to 15 ft.
Water Usage: 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

Bloody Cranesbill

Bloody Cranesbill
Botanical Name:

Geranium sanguineum

Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Width: 4 to 6 ft.
Water Usage: moderate

Siberian Iris

Siberian Iris
Botanical Name:

Iris sibirica

Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Width: 1 to 2 ft.
Water Usage: moderate

Kobold Gayfeather

Kobold Gayfeather
Botanical Name:

Liatris spicata 'Kobold'

Height: 18 to 24 in.
Width: 12 to 18 in.
Water Usage: low

Purple Ornamental Oregano

Purple Ornamental Oregano
Botanical Name:

Origanum laevigatum

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

Pineleaf Penstemon

Pineleaf Penstemon
Botanical Name:

Penstemon pinifolius

Height: 6 to 10 in.
Width: 12 to 15 in.
Water Usage: low

Cobweb Houseleek

Cobweb Houseleek
Botanical Name:

Sempervivum arachnoideum

Height: 2 to 4 in.
Width: 8 to 10 in.
Water Usage: very low

Wichita Mountain Goldenrod

Wichita Mountain Goldenrod
Botanical Name:

Solidago 'Wichita Mountain'

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

Variegated Maiden Grass

Variegated Maiden Grass
Botanical Name:

Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'

Height: 4 to 5 ft.
Width: 2 to 3 ft.
Water Usage: moderate

Mexican Feather Grass

Mexican Feather Grass
Botanical Name:

Nassella tenuissima

Height: 2 to 3 ft.
Width: 1 to 2 ft.
Water Usage: low to very low