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RELIABLE PLANTS for HOT & DRY CLIMATES |
Great choices for tough & hot conditions |
| Trees | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Common Name | Botanical Name |
| Acacia, Mulga | Acacia aneura | Palm, Date | Phoenix dactylifera |
| Acacia, Twisted | Acacia schaffneri | Pine, Mondell | Pinus eldarica |
| Acacia, Sweet | Acacia smallii | Pine, Aleppo | Pinus halepensis |
| Acacia, Shoestring | Acacia stenophylla | Pine, Stone | Pinus pinea |
| Silk Tree | Albizia julibrissin | Chinese Pistache | Pistacia chinensis |
| Palm, Mexican Blue | Brahea armata | Pistache, Chinese | Pistacia chinensis |
| Palo Verde, Blue | Cercidium floridum | Mesquite, Chilean | Prosopis chilensis |
| Redbud | Cercis spp | Mesquite, Western Honey | Prosopis glandulosa |
| Palm, Mediterranean Fan | Chamerops humilis | Mesquite, Hybrid | Prosopis hybrids |
| Desert Willow | Chilopsis cultivars | Mesquite, Arizona | Prosopis velutina |
| Chitalpa, Pink Dawn | Chitalpa tashkentensis “Pink Dawn” | Pomegranate | Punica ‘Wonderful’ |
| Texas Olive | Cordia boisseieri | Oak, Holly | Quercus ilex |
| Eucalyptus, Coolibah | E. microtheca | Oak, Cork | Quercus suber |
| Eucalyptus, Silver Dollar Gum | E. polyanthemos | Oak, Southern Live | Quercus virginiana |
| Ash, Fan-Tex | Fraxinus velutina “Rio Grande” | Texas Mountain Laurel | Sophora Secundiflora |
| Locust | Gleditsia species | Palm, Windmill | Trachycarpus fortunei |
| Goldenrain Tree | Koelreuteria paniculata | Elm species | Ulmus parvifolia |
| Texas Umbrella | Melia azederach | Chaste Tree | Vitex agnus-castus |
| Olive, Swan Hill | Olea europaea “Swan Hill” | Palm, Mexican Fan | Wahingtonia robusta |
| Olive, Wilson | Olea europaea “Wilson” | Palm, California Fan | Washingtonia filifera |
| Palo Verde, Mexican | Parkinsonia aculeata | Zelkova, Saw-leaf | Zelkova serrata |
| Palm, Canary Island Date | Phoenix canariensis | ||
| Shrubs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Common Name | Botanical Name |
| Strawberry Bush | Arbutus unedo | Cassia, Green | Cassia nemophylla |
| Saltbush, Four-wing | Atriplex canescens | Cassia, Sickle-leaf | Cassia phyllodinea |
| Broom, Desert | Baccharis sarothroides | Senna, Shrubby | Cassia wislizenii |
| Barberry, Japanese | Berberis thunbergii | Hackberry, Desert | Celtis pallida |
| Butterfly Bush, Dwarf | Buddleia davidii | Rockrose | Cistus species |
| PButterfly Bush | Buddleia nanhoensis | Cordia, Littleleaf | Cordia parvifolia |
| Bird of Paradise, Yellow | Caesalpinia gilliesii | Cotoneaster, Gray Leaf | Cotoneaster glaucophyllus |
| Bird of Paradise, Red | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Red Clusterberry | Cotoneaster parneyi |
| Fairyduster, Baja | Calliandra californica | Indigo Bush, Pink | Dalea pulchra |
| Fairyduster | Calliandra eriophylla | Silverberry, Ebbing’s | Elaeagnus ebbingei |
| Bottlebrush | Callistemon citrinus species | Emu Bush | Eremophila cultivars |
| Cassia, Feathery | Cassia artemisioides | Euonymus, Evergreen | Euonymus japonica |
| Apache Plume | Fallugia paradoxa | Sage, Autumn | Salvia greggi |
| Guava, Pineapple | Feijoa sellowiana | Sage, Mexican Bush | Salvia leucantha |
| Juniper | Juniperus species | Santolina, Gray/Green | Santolian species |
| Lantana | Lantana camara | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinesis |
| Creosote | Larrea tridentate | Laurel, Texas Mountain | Sophora secundiflora |
| Sage, Texas Sage | Leucophyllum species | Broom, Spanish | Spartium junceum |
| Cotoneaster, Gray Leaf | Cotoneaster glaucophyllus | Lilac, Persian | Syringa persica |
| Oleander, Dwarf & Regular | Nerium species | Yellow Bells – Gold | Tecoma stans |
| Arborvitae | Platycladus orientalis | Germander | Teucrium chamaedrys |
| Pomegranate, Orn.Dwarf | Punica granatum | Germander, Bush | Teucrium fruiticans |
| Pyracantha | Pyracantha cultivars | Rosewood, Arizona | Vauquelina californica |
| Sugarbush | Rhus ovata | Xylosma | Xylosma congestum |
| Rosemary | Rosmarimus officinalis | ||
| Accents | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Common Name | Botanical Name |
| Yarrow | Achillea cultivars | Perky Sue | Hymenoxis |
| Agave, Century Plant | Agave Americana | Daisy, Blackfoot | Melampodium leucanthum |
| Agave, Nevada | Agave utahensis nevadensis | Penstemon | Penstemon cultivars |
| Marigold, Desert | Baileya multiradiata | Sage, Russian | Perovskia atriplicifolia |
| Bush Morning Glory | Convolvulus cneorum | Sage, Victoria Blue | Salvia farinacea cultivars |
| Desert Spoon | Dasylirion species | Marigold, Mountain | Tagetes lemmonii |
| Daisy, Bush | Euryops cultivars | Yucca, Spanish Bayonet | Yucca aloifolia |
| Daisy, Felicia | Felicia amelloides | Yucca, Banana | Yucca baccata |
| Ocotillo | Fouquiera splendens | Yucca, Soaptree | Yucca elata |
| Blanket Flower | Gaillardia cultivars | Yucca, Spanish Dagger | Yucca gloriosa |
| Yucca, Red | Hesperaloe parviflora | Yucca, Weeping | Yucca recurvifolia |
| Vines | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Common Name | Botanical Name |
| Banks Rose | Rosa banksiae | Primrose Jasmine | Jasminum mesnyi |
| Cat Claw | Macfadyena unguis-cati | Pyracantha | Pyracantha graberi ‘Firethorn’ |
| Honeysuckle, Halls | Lonicera japonica “Halliana” | Silver Lace Vine | Polygonum aubertii |
| Lilac Vine | Hardenbergia | Trumpet Creeper, hybrid | Campsis cultivars |
| Orange Jubilee Honeysuckle | Tecomaria x ‘Orange Jubilee’ | Wisteria | Wisteria sinensis |
| Grasses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Common Name | Botanical Name |
| Beargrass | Nolina cultivars | Maiden Grass | Miscanthus cultivars |
| Blue Fescue | Festuca ovina | Mexican Feather Grass | Stipa tenuissima |
| Blue Lyme Grass | Elymus glaucus | Pampas Grass | Cortaderia selloana |
| Deer Grass | Muhlenbergia cultivars | Quaking Grass | Briza media |
| Fountain Grass | Pennisetum cultivars | Zebra Grass | Miscanthus sinensis “Zebrinus” |
| Groundcover | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Common Name | Botanical Name |
| Acacia, Prostrate | Acacia redolens cultivars | Ice Plant, Common | Carpobrotus edulis |
| Australian Racer | Myoporum parvifolium | Ice Plant, Hardy | Delosperma nubigenum |
| Broom, Centennial | Baccharis x “Centennial" | Ice Plant, Hardy | Delosperma Cooperi |
| Broom, Thompson | Baccharis x “Starns” | Ice Plant, Red Spike | Cephalophyllum “Red Spike” |
| Brush, Coyote | Baccharis pilularis | Indigo Bush, Trailing | Dalea greggi |
| Gazania | Gazania hybrids | Indigo Bush, Yellow Trailing | Dalea Capitats ‘Sierra Gold’ |
| Germander, Prostrate | Teucrium cultivars | Lantana, Trailing | Lantana montevidensis |
| Hearts and Flowers | Aptenia cordifolia | Verbena | Verbena hybrids |
| Acacia, Prostrate | Acacia redolens cultivars | ||
