The City of Arvada Plant List - Low Water Demand Deciduous Shrubs will help you to select drought-tolerant species for your landscaping projects.
Common Name |
Botanic Name |
Great Plains Leadplant |
Amorpha canescens |
Indigobush Leadplant |
Amorpha fruticosa var. angustifolia |
Dwarf Leadplant |
Amorpha nana |
Silver Sagebush |
Artemisia cana |
Tall Western Sagebush |
Artemisia tridentata |
Four-Wing Saltbush |
Atriplex canescens |
Alternate-Leaf Butterfly Bush |
Buddleia alternifolia 'Argentea' |
Siberian Peashrub |
Caragana arborescens |
Fern-Leaf Siberian Peashrub |
Caragana arborescens 'Lobergii' |
Globe Peashrub |
Caragana frutex 'Globosa' |
Maximowicz Peashrub |
Caragana maximowicziana |
Blue Mist Spirea |
Caryopteris clandonensis (all cultivars) |
Mountain Lilac |
Ceanothus fendleri |
Winterfat |
Ceratoides lantana |
Little Flowered Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus brevifolius |
Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus intricatus |
Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus ledifolius |
Common Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus montanus |
Fernbush |
Chamaebatiaria millefolium |
Rabbitbrush |
Chrysothamnus (all varieties) |
Cliffrose |
Cowania mexicana |
Moonlight Broom |
Cytissus 'Moonlight' |
Andorra Broom |
Cytissus purgans 'Spanish Gold' |
Silverberry |
Elaeagnus commutata |
Autumn Olive |
Elaeagnus umbellata |
Apache Plum |
Fallugia paradoxa |
New Mexican Privet |
Forestiera neomexicana |
Royal Gold Woadwaxen |
Genista tinctoria 'Royal Gold' |
Sunburst St. Johnswort |
Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst' |
Hidcote St. Johnswort |
Hypericum 'Hidcote' |
Waxflower |
Jamesia americana |
Beautybush |
Kolkwitzia amabilis |
Regal Privet |
Ligustrum obtusifolium var. regelianum |
Cheyenne Privet |
Ligustrum vulgare 'Cheyenne' |
Upright Privet |
Ligustrum vulgare 'Densiflorum' |
Lodense Privet |
Ligustrum vulgare 'Lodense' |
Honeyrose Honeysuckle |
Lonicera 'Honeyrose' |
Blue Velvet Honeysuckle |
Lonicera korolkowii var. floribunda 'Blue Velvet' |
Lilac-Flowering Dwarf Honeysuckle |
Lonicera syringantha var. wolfii |
Arnold Red Honeysuckle
|
Lonicera tatarica 'Arnold Red' |
Clavey's Dwarf Honeysuckle |
Lonicera xylosteoides 'Clavey's Dwarf' |
Miniglobe Honeysuckle |
Lonicera xylosteoides 'Miniglobe' |
Russian Sage |
Perovskia atriplicifolia |
Littleleaf Mockorange |
Philadelphus microphyllus |
American Plum |
Prunus americana |
Western Sandcherry |
Prunus besseyi |
Pawnee Buttes Western Sandcherry |
Prunus besseyi 'Pawnee Buttes' |
Dwarf Russian Almond |
Prunus tenella |
Antelope Brush |
Purshia tridentata |
Gambel Oak |
Quercus gambelii |
Wavy Leaf Oak |
Quercus undulata |
Smith's Buckthorn |
Rhamnus smithii |
Fragrant Sumac |
Rhus aromatica |
Gro-Low Sumac |
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' |
Smooth Sumac |
Rhus glabra |
Rocky Mountain Sumac |
Rhus glabra var. cismontana |
Threeleaf Sumac |
Rhus trilobata |
Staghorn Sumac |
Rhus typhina |
Cutleaf Sumac |
Rhus typhina 'Laciniata' |
Golden Currant |
Ribes aureum |
Wax Currant |
Ribes cereum |
Wood's Rose |
Rosa woodsii |
Silver Buffaloberry |
Shepherdia argentea |
Russet Buffaloberry |
Shepherdia canadensis |
Round-leaf Buffaloberry |
Shepherdia rotundifolia |
Early Lilac (all cultivars) |
Syringa hyacinthiflora (all cultivars) |
Late Lilac (all cultivars) |
Syringa prestoniae (all cultivars) |
Common & French Lilac (all cultivars) |
Syringa vulgaris (all cultivars) |