The following recommended list of plants has been chosen for use in the city due to their survival rate in certain planting scenarios in the county:
(1) Canopy trees for buffer yards.
(a) Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora).
(b) Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris).
(c) Live Oak (Quercus virginiana).
(d) Sweetgum (fruitless) (Liquidambar styraciflua (Rotundiloba)).
(e) Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica).
(2) Understory trees for buffer yards.
(a) Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica).
(b) Dahoon (Ilex cassine).
(c) Foster Holly (Ilex x attenuate Fosteri).
(d) American Holly (Ilex opaca).
(e) Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida).
(f) Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia faurieri and hybrids between the two such as Natchez).
(3) Street trees.
(a) Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum).
(b) Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia fauriei, and hybrids between the two such as Natchez).
(c) Chinese Pistache (Pistacia chinensis).
(d) Shumard Oak (Quercus shumardii).
(e) Nutall Oak (Quercus nutalli).
(f) Chinese Fringetree (Chionanthus retusus).
(g) White Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus).
(h) Savannah Holly and Foster Holly (cultivars of Ilex x attenuate).
(i) Zelkova (Zelkova serrata).
(j) Lacebark Elm (Ulmus parvifolia).
(k) Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana).
(l) Chanticleer Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana Chanticleer).
(m) Hibiscus Syriacus - known as Rose of Sharon or Althea.
(n) Ilex Vomitoria - the weeping form.
(o) Chinese Snowball Viburnum (Virburnum macrocephalum).
(4) Shrubs used within buffer yards.
(a) Indian Azalea (Azalea indica).
(b) Camellia (Camellia japonica).
(c) Sasanqua Camellia (Camallia sasanqua).
(d) Chinese Holly (Ilex cornuta).
(e) Dwarf Burford Holly (Ilex cornuta Burfordii).
(f) Lusterleaf Holly (Ilex latifolia).
(g) Nellie R. Stevens Holly (Ilex Nellie R. Stevens).
(h) Loropetalum (Loropetalum chinense).
(i) Wax-Myrtle (Myrica cerifera).
(5) Shrubs within street yards.
(a) Dwarf Yaupon (llex vomitora Nana).
(b) Nandina (Nandina domestica).
(6) Shrubs within 40 feet of driveway.
(a) Alexandrian Laurel (Danae racemosa).
(b) Dwarf Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides radicans).
(c) Dward Horned Holly (Ilex cornuta Rotunda).
(d) Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis).
(e) David Viburnum (Viburnnum davidii).
(7) Parking lot buffer yards (side and rear yards).
(a) Camellia (Camellia japonica).
(b) Sasanqua Camellia (Camellia sasanqua).
(c) Cleyera (Cleyera japonica).
(d) Chinese Holly (Ilex cornuta).
(e) Dwarf Burford Holly (Ilex cornuta Burfordii).
(f) Lusterleaf Holly (Ilex cornuta Burfordii).
(g) Anisetree (Illicium anisatum).
(h) Loropetalum (Loropetalum chinense).
(i) Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera).
(j) Oleander (Nerium oleander).
(k) Pittosporum (Pittosporum tobira).
(8) Parking lot islands and planter areas.
(a) Abelia (Abelia x grandiflora).
(b) Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia faurieri and hybrids between the two such as Natchez).
(c) Dwarf Horned Holly (Ilex cornuta Rotunda).
(d) Dwarf Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria Nana).
(e) Nandina (Nandina domestica).
(Ord. passed 7-25-2011)