This list does not include all of the possible low water use/drought tolerate plants; rather it lists those that the town of Parker would prefer to have used within the public rights of way. Nor does this list imply that every plant listed is suited to every right of way or low water use landscape situation. It is the responsibility of the landscape designer, architect or contractor to determine which plants are suitable for a specific location and situation.
Botanical Name
| Common Name
| |
Botanical Name
| Common Name
| |
Trees: | ||
A. greggii | Catclaw acacia | |
A. schaffneri | Twisted acacia | |
A. willardiana | Palo blanco | |
Acacia smallii | Desert sweet acacia | |
C. microphyllum | Little leaf palo verde | |
C. pallida | Desert hackberry | |
C. praecox | Palo brea | |
Celtis reticulata | Western hackberry | |
Cercidium floridum | Blue palo verde | |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert willow | |
Dalbergia sissoo | Sissoo tree | |
Lysiloma thornberi | Fern of the desert | |
Olneya tesota | Ironwood | |
P. glandulosa | Texas/honey mesquite | |
P. pubescens | Screwbean mesquite | |
Pithecellobium flexicaule | Texas ebony | |
Prosopis velutina | Velvet mesquite | |
Schinus molle | California pepper tree | |
Ulmus parvifolia cv. "Sempervirens" | Chinese evergreen elm | |
Cacti And Succulents: | ||
Agave | Many species | |
Carnegiea gigantea | Saguaro | |
Echinocactus grusonii | Golden barrel | |
Echinocereus engelmannii | Hedgehog cactus | |
Ferocactus acanthodes | Compass barrel | |
O. basilaris | Beavertail prickly pear | |
Opuntia violacea | Purple prickly pear | |
Y. baccata | Banana yucca | |
Y. brevifolia | Joshua tree | |
Yucca elata | Soaptree yucca | |
Ground Covers: | ||
Baileya multiradiata | Desert marigold | |
Dalea greggii | Trailing indigo bush | |
Lantana spp. | Trailing lantana | |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot daisy | |
Oenothera berlandiere | Mexican evening primrose | |
Stachys coccinea | Texas betony | |
Zauschneria californica | Hummingbird trumpet | |
Shrubs: | ||
Ambrosia deltoidea | Triangleleaf bur sage | |
Atriplex leatiformis | Quail bush | |
C. eriophylla | Pink fairy duster | |
C. pulcherrima | Red bird of paradise | |
C. qilliesii | Yellow bird of paradise | |
Caesalpinia mexicana | Mexican bird of paradise | |
Calliandra californica | Baja red fairy duster | |
Cassia wislizeni | Shrubby senna | |
D. pulchra | Pea bush | |
D. versicolor | Indigo bush | |
Dalea frutescens | Black dalea | |
Dodonaea viscosa | Hopbush | |
Encelia farinosa | Brittlebush | |
Fouquieria splendens | Ocotillo | |
Hesperaloe pariflora | Hesperaloe | |
J. spicigera | Orange hummingbird bush | |
Justicia californica | Chuparosa | |
L. candidum | Silver cloud | |
L. laevigatum | Chihuahuan sage | |
Larrea tridentata | Creosote | |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Texas sage or green cloud | |
P. parryi | Parry's penstemon | |
P. pseudospectabilis | Desert penstemon | |
P. superbus | Superb penstemon | |
Penstemon eatoni | Firecracker penstemon | |
Ruellia spp. | Ruellia | |
Salvia spp. | Sage | |
Senna spp. | Cassia | |
Simmondsia chinensis | Jojoba | |
Sphaeralcea ambigua | Globe mallow | |
Tecoma stans | Arizona yellow bells | |
(Ord. 03-2005, 9-6-2005)