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.]