This list does not include all of the possible low-water-use/drought-tolerant plants; rather it lists those that the City of San Luis would prefer to have used within the public rights-of-way. Not 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.
TREES | ||
|---|---|---|
Acacia smallii | – | Desert Sweet Acacia |
A. greggii | – | Catclaw Acacia |
A. willardiana | – | Palo Blanco |
A. saligna | – | Wattle |
A. schaffneri | – | Twisted Acacia |
Cercidium floridum | – | Blue Palo Verde |
C. praecox | – | Palo Brea |
C. microphyllum | – | Foothills Palo Verde, Little Leaf Palo Verde |
Celtis reticulata | – | Western Hackberry |
C. pallida | – | Desert Hackberry |
Chilopsis linearis | – | Desert Willow |
Dalbergia sissoo | – | Sissoo Tree |
Lysiloma thornberi | – | Desert Fern, Fern-of-the-desert |
Olneya tesota | – | Ironwood |
Pithecellobium flexicaule | – | Texas Ebony |
Prosopis velutina | – | Velvet Mesquite |
P. glandulosa | – | Texas/Honey Mesquite |
P. pubescens | – | Screwbean 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 |
Opuntia violacea | – | Purple Prickly Pear |
O. basilaris | – | Beavertail Prickly Pear |
Yucca elata | – | Soaptree Yucca |
Y. brevifolia | – | Joshua Tree |
Y. baccata | – | Banana 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 Bursage |
Atriplex leatiformis | – | Quail Bush |
Caesalpinia mexicana | – | Mexican-bird-of-paradise |
C. pulcherrima | – | Red-bird-of-paradise |
C. qilliesii | – | Yellow-bird-of-paradise |
Calliandra. californica | – | Baja Red Fairy Duster |
C. eriophylla | – | Pink Fairy Duster |
Cassia wislizeni | – | Shrubby Senna |
Dalea frutescens | – | Black Dalea |
D. pulchra | – | Pea Bush |
D. versicolor | – | Indigo Bush |
Dodonaea viscosa | – | Hopbush |
Encelia farinosa | – | Brittlebush |
Fouquieria splendens | – | Ocotillo |
Hesperaloe pariflora | – | Hesperaloe |
Justicia californica | – | Chuparosa |
J. spicigera | – | Orange Hummingbird Bush |
Larrea tridentata | – | Creosote |
Leucophyllum frutescens | – | Texas Sage or Green Cloud |
L. candidum | – | Silver Cloud |
L. laevigatum | – | Chihuahuan Sage |
Penstemon eatoni | – | Firecracker Penstemon |
P. parryi | – | Parry’s Penstemon |
P. pseudospectabilis | – | Desert Penstemon |
P. superbus | – | Superb Penstemon |
Ruellia spp. | – | Ruellia |
Salvia spp. | – | Sage |
Senna spp. | – | Cassia |
Simmondsia chinensis | – | Jojoba |
Sphaeralcea ambigua | – | Globe Mallow |
Tecoma stans | – | Arizona Yellow Bells |
(Ord. 312 § 2(Appx. A), passed 4-11-2012.)