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XXX-Rated Shrubs

 

x = .5 ET Thrives in slightly dry conditions, requiring 1" of water per week
xx = .25 ET Thrives in dry conditions, requiring 1/2" of water per week
xxx = .125 ET Thrives in very dry conditions, requiring 1/2" of water every two weeks or less

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X-Rated Shrubs:
Thrives in slightly dry conditions
 
 


Spirea

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Rocky Mountain Maple
Acer glabrum

Chokeberry
Aronia spp.

 

Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii

Smoke Tree
Cotinus coggygria

 

Bearberry Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri

Rock Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster horizontalis

Daphne
Daphne spp.

Burning Bush
Euonymus alatus

 

Euonymus
Euonymus spp.

Forsythia
Forsythia spp.
 

Golden Vicary Privet
Ligustrum x vicaryi

Honeysuckle *
Lonicera spp.
 

Virginal Mockorange
Philadelphus x virginalis

Pines *
Pinus spp.
 

Shrubby Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa

Pink Flowering Almond
Prunus glandulosa 'Rosea Plena'
 

Roses, Hybrid Tea/Grandiflora Roses
Rosa Hybrid

American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
 

Native Red Berried Elderbery
Sambucus pubens

Ural False Spirea
Sorbaria sorbifolia
 

Spirea
Siraea spp.

Viburnum
Vibunum spp.
 

XX-Rated Shrubs:
Thrives in dry conditions
 


Potentilla
 

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Cotoneaster


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Amur maple
Acer ginnala

Serviceberry
Amelchier spp.
 

Nevada Manzanita
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
 

Greenleaf Manzanita
Arctostaphylos patula

Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

 

Sagebrush
Artemisia spp.

Barberry
Berberis spp.

Butterfly Bush
Buddleja spp.

 

Blue Mist Spirea
Caryopteris x clandonensis

 

Quince
Chaenomeles spp.

Fernbush
Chamaebatiaria millefolium

Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster spp.

 

Broom
Cytisus spp.

Royal Gold Woadwaxen
Genista tinctoria

 

Rock Spirea
Holodiscus dumosus

Waxflower
Jamesia americana
 

Juniper
Juniperus spp.

Beauty Bush
Kolkwitzia amabilis
 

Common Privet
Ligustrum vulgare

Blue Velvet Blueleaf Honeysuckle
Lonicera korolkowii
 

Arnold's Red Tartarian Honeysuckle
Lonicera tartarica 'Arnold's Red'

European Fly Honeysuckle
Lonicera x xylosteoides
 

Oregon Grape Holly
Mahonia aifoliumqu

Colorado/Grape Holly
Mahonia repens
 

Mockorange
hiladelphus spp.

Ninebark
Physocarpus spp.
 

Tanyosho Pine
Pinus densiflora

Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo
 

Dwarf Russian Almond
Prunus tenella

Firethorn
Pyracantha spp.
 

Buckthorn
Rhamnus spp.

Currant
Ribes spp.
 

Shrub Roses
Rosa spp.

Boulder Raspberry
Rubus deliciosus
 

Chenault Coralberry
Symphoricarpos X chenaultii

Lilac
Syringa spp.
 

Wayfaringtree
Viburnum lantana

Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
 

Alleghany Viburnum
Viburnum x rhytidopohylloides

Adam's Needle
Yucca filamentosa

 

XXX-Rated Shrubs:
Thrives in very dry conditions
 
 


Blue Mist Spirea

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Leadplant
Amorpha spp.

 

Sagebrush
Artemisia filifolia

 

Saltbush
Atriplex spp.

Peashrub
Caragana spp.

 

Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus spp.

 

Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus spp.

 

Cliff Rose
Cowania mexicana

Joint Fir/Mormon Tea
Ephedra spp.

 

Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa

New Mexico Privet
Forestiera neomexicana
 

Red Flower Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora

 

Sea Buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides

Pinus edulis
Pinon Pine

Gambel's Oak
Quercus gambelii
 

Shrub Liveoak
Quercus turbinella

Sumac
Rhus spp.

 

Squaw Currant
Ribes cereum

Pixwell Gooseberry
Ribes hirtellum 'Pixwell'
 

Whitestem Gooseberry
Ribes inerme

Red Jacket Gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa 'Red Jacket'
 

Buffaloberry
Shepherdia argentea

Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
 

Yucca/Soap Tree
Yucca  spp.
 


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