17.60.080 Approved Plant List
CITY OF ADELANTO
WATER CONSERVING PLANTS FOR THE HIGH DESERT
LEGEND:   D = Drought Tolerant
      M = Moderate Water Use
   1.   Vines
M   Antigonon leptopus   Queen’s Wreath
M   Campsis radicans   Trumpet Creeper
M   Gelsemium sempervirens   Carolina Jasmine
M   Hedera helix   English Ivy
M   Jasminum mesny   Yellow Jasmine
M   Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’   Hall’s Honeysuckle
M/D   Macfadyena ungis-cati   Cat Claw Vine
M/D   Parthenocissus quinquefolia   Virginia Creeper
M   Rosa banksiae   Lady Bank’s Rose
M   Wisteria floribunda   Japanese Wisteria
   2.   Ground
M/D   Acacia redolens   Prostrate Acacia
D   Atriplex semibacata   Salt Bush
M/D   Buccharis pilularis ‘Twin Peaks’   Coyote Bush
D   Cerastium tomentoseum   Snow-in-summer
M/D   Convolvulus mauritanicus   Ground Morning Glory
D   Dalea graggii   Trailing Indigo Bush
M   Euonymus fortunei   Winter Creeper
M/D   Festuca ovina glauca   Blue Fescue
M/D   Gazania rigens ‘Copper King’   Gazania
M   Liriope muscari   Lily Turf
D   Oenothera berlandieri   Mexican Primrose
M   Ophiopogon japonicus   Mondo Grass
M/D   Pyrocantha coccinea ‘Low Boy’    Firethorn
M/D   Teucrium chamaedrys   Germander
M/D   Verbena rigida   Verbena
M   Vinca major   Periwinkle
M   V. minor   Dwarf Periwinkle
   3.   Trees
D   Acacia constricta   Whitethorn Acacia
D   A. greggii   Catclaw Acacia
D   Ailathus altissima   Tree of Heaven
M   Albizzia j ullibrissin   Silk Tree/Mimosa
M/D   Arbutus unedoq   Strawberry Tree
M/D   Calocedrus decurrens   Insense Cedar
M   Cauarina stricta   Beefwood/She Oak
D   Catalpa speciosa   Western Catalpa
M   Chitalpa (Chiolopsis linearis X Catalpa bignonioides)
M   Cedrus atlantica   Atlas Cedar
M   C. deodora   Deodar Cedar
D   Celtis pallida   Desert Hackberry
M/D   C. reticulata   Western Hackberry
D   Cercidium Floridum   Blue Palo Verde
D   C. microphyllum   Little Leaf Palo Verde
M/D   Cercis occidentalis   Western Redbud
M   Chamaerops humulis   Mediterranean Fan Palm
D   Chilopsis linearis   Desert Willow
D   Cupressus arizonica   Arizona Cypress
D   Cotinus coggygria   Smoke Tree
D   Cupressus glabra   Arizona Cypress
D   C. sempervirens   Italian Cypress
D   Elaeagnus angustifolia   Russian Olive
M   Eriobotrya japonica   Loquat
D   Eucalyptus cinerea   Silver Dollar Gum
D   E. gunnii   Cider Gum
D   E. microtheca   Coolibah Tree
D   E. nicholii    Willow Lead Peppermint
D   E. pulverulenta   Silver Mountain Gum
M/D   Fraxinus velutina   Arizona Ash
M/D   F.v. ‘Modesto’   Modesto Ash
M/D   F.v. ‘Rio Grande’   Fan-Tex Ash
D   Fremontodendron californicum   Flannel Bush
M   Gleditsia triacanthos   Honey Locust
M   G.t. ‘Sunburst’   Sunburst
D   Heteromeles arbutifolia   Toyon/California Holly
M/D   Koelreuteria paniculata   Golden Rain Tree
M/D   Lagerstromeia indica   Crape Myrtle
M/D   Melia azedarach   Chinaberry
M   Morus alba   Fruitless Mullberry
M/D   Nerium oleander   Oleander
M/D   Olea eruopaea   European Olive
D   Parkinsonia aculeata    Mexican Palo Verde
M   Photinia fraseri   Fraser’s Photinia
M/D   Pinus eldarica   Mondel Pine
M/D   P. halepensis   Aleppo Pine
M/D   P. edulis   Pinion Pine
M/D   P. pinea   Italian Stone Pine
M/D   P. roxburghii   Chir Pine
M/D   P. thunbergiana   Japanese Black Pine
D   Pistachio atlantica   Mt. Atlas Pistache
M   Platanus acerfolia   London Plane Tree
M   R. pacemosa   California Sycamore
D   Prosopis species   Mesquite
D   Prunis ilicifolia   Hollyleaf Cherry
M   P. caroliniana   Carolina Cherry
M.   P. cerasifera ‘Autopurpurea’    Purple Leaf Plum
M   P. persica   Flowering Peach
M/D   Punica granatum   Pomegranate
M   Pyrus kawakamii   Evergreen Pear
D   Quercus dumosa   Scrub Oak
M   Q. ilex   Holly Oak
M   Q. lobata   Valley Oak
M   Q. palustris   Pin Oak
M   Q. suber   Cork Oak
M/D   Robinia ambigua ‘Idahoensis’   Idaho Locust
D   R. Pseudoacacia   Black Locust
M   Sambucus mexicana   Mexican Elderberry
M   Sequoiadendron giganteium   Giant Sequoia
D   Sophora secundiflora   Texas Mountain Laurel
M/D   Trachycarpus fortunei   Windmille Palm
M/D   Vauquelinia californica   Rosewood
M/D   Vitex agnus-castus   Chaste Tree
M/D   Washingtonia filifera   California Fan Palm
M/D   W. robusta   Mexian Fan Palm
D   Yucca brevifolia   Joshua Tree
M/D   Zelkova Serrata   Japanese Zelkova
M/D   Ziziphus jujuba   Chinese Date
    4.   Shrubs
M   Abelia grandiflora   Glossy Abelia
M   A.g. ‘Prostata’   Dwarf abelia
D   Agave americana   Century plant
D   Aloe saponaria   African Aloe
M/D   Arctostaphylos hookerii   Monterey Manzanita
D   Atriplex canescens   Four-wing Salt Bush
D   A. lentiformis   Quail Bush
D   A.l. ‘Breweri’   Brewer’s Saltbush
D   Daccharis sarthroides   Desert Broom
M   Buxus microphylla   Japanese Boxwood
D   Caesalpinia gilliessi   Desert Bird of paradise
D   Calliandra eriophulla   Fairy Duster
D   Cassia Wislizeni   Shrubby senna
D   Cistus species   Rockrose
M/D   Convolvulus species   Bush Morning Glory
D   Cortaderia selloana   Pampas Grass
M   Cotoneaster horizontalis   Rock Cotoneaster
M   C. microphyllus    Rockspray Cotoneaster
M   C. lacteus    Parney Cotoneaster
D   Dasylirion wheeleri    Desert Spoon
D   Dendromecon rigida    Bush Poppy
D   Elaeagnus pungens    Silverberry
D   Eriogonum species    Buckwheat
M   Euonymus Species    Evergreen Euonymus
M   Fatsia japonica    Japanese Aralia
D   Ferocactus species    Barrel cactus
D   Fouquieria splendens    Ocotilla
D   Hesperaloe englemanii    Red Yucca
M/D   Hibiscus syriacus    Rose of Sharon
M   Ilex cornuta “Burfordii’   Buford Holly
M/D   Ilex vomitoria   Yapon Holly
M/D   Juniperus species   Juniper
D   Larrea tridentata    Creosote Bush
D   Lavendula species    Lavender
D   Leucophyllum frutescens    Texas Ranger
M   Ligustrum texanum    Wax Leaf Privet
D   Lycium species    Desert Thorn
M/D   Mahonia aquifolium    Oregon Grape
M   Myrtus communis    True Myrtle
M   M.c. Compacta    Dwarf Myrtle
M   M.c. ‘Boetica’   Tw isted Myrtle
M/D   Nandina domestica   Heavenly Bamboo
M/D   N.d. ‘Nana’   Dwarf Nandina
M/D   Nerium oleander   Oleander
D   Opuntia species   Prickley Pear and Cholla Cactus
M   Osmanthus fragrans   Sweet Olive
D   Pennisetum species   Fountain Grass
D   Penstemon species   Beard Tongue
M   Photinia fraseri    Fraser’s Photinia
M   P. serrulata    Chinese Photinia
M   Pittosporum tobira    Mock Orange
M   P.t. ‘Wheeler’s Dwarf   Wheeler’s Dwarf
D   Teucrium fruticans    Bush Germander
M/D   Puracantha species    Firethorn
M   Raphiolepis indica   Indian Hawthorn
D   Romneya coulteri   Matilija Poppy
D   Phus ovata   Sugarbush
M/D   Rosmarinus officinalis     Bush Rosemary
M/D   R. prostratus    Dwarf Rosemary
D   Santolina chamaecyparissus   Lavander Cotton
D   S. virens   Green Santolina
D   Salvia dorrii   Mojave Sage
M/D   Syringa vulgaris   Common Lilac
D   Yucca alofolia   Spanish Bayonet
D   Y. schidigera    Mojave Yucca
D   Y. Whipplei     Our Lord’s Candle
D   Zauschneria california     California Fuchsia
[Ord. No. 515, Exhibit I, 5/22/13; Ord. No. 528, Exhibit M, 9/10/14.]