The Right Plant in the Right Place - Drought Resistant Trees and Shrubs

Xeriscaping Part II - Plant choices

Here's a list of some plants, trees and shrubs that support the concept of xeriscaping:

Perennials:

•Achillea (Yarrow)
•Alliums (Ornamental Onion)
•Armeria maritima (Common Thrift)
•Berginia cordifolia (Heartleaf Bergenia)
•Dianthus (Pinks)
•Eryngium (Sea Holly)
•Gaillardia grandiflora (Blanket Flower)
•Iris (Bearded Iris)
•Lychis coronaria (Rose Campion)
•Yucca filamentosa (Adam's Needle)

Perennial Ground Covers:

•Artemesia (Wormwood - Silver Mound)
•Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer)
•Phlox subulata (Moss or Creeping Phlox)
•Sedum (Stonecrop)
•Thymus (Thyme)

Annuals:
•Alyssum saxatile (Basket of Gold)
•Helianthus annus, (Sunflower)
•Salvia
•Tagetes species (Marigold)
•Portulaca













Vines:

•Clematis species
•Lonicera japonica "Halliana" (Hall's Honeysuckle)

Trees & Shrubs:

•Acer ginnala (Amur Maple)
•Catalpa speciosa (Northern Catalpa)
•Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian Olive)
•Euonymus japonicus (Japanese Euonymous)

•Sea Buckthorn

Ornamental Grasses:

•Carex (caryophyllea 'Beatlemania') Carex is not technically a grass, but has a grass-like appearance.

•Arrhenatherum elatius bulbosum (Bulbous Oat Grass)

•Phalaris arundinacea (Ribbon Grass)

•Festuca species (Fescue)

(This list is derived from City of Edmonton site.  It has been modified and added to according to this gardener's experience in her garden and in the greenhouse.)