Drought-tolerant Ground Covers
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BOTANIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
DIA |
HGT |
COLOR |
TIME |
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Deciduous Ground Covers: |
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achellia tomentosa |
wooly yarrow |
15" |
2" |
yellow |
June - Aug. |
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aegopodium podagraria 'variegatum' |
variegated bishop's weed |
30" |
8" |
? |
? |
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artemisia versicolor 'sea foam' |
curlicue sage |
24" |
18" |
yellow |
? |
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callirhoe involucrata |
prairie winecup/poppy mallow |
24" |
5" |
pink |
June - Aug. |
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carastium tomentosum |
snow in summer |
24" |
7" |
white |
May - ? |
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ceratostigma plumbaginoides |
hardy plumbago |
18" |
7" |
blue |
Sept. - Oct. |
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duchesnea indica |
mock strawberry |
15" |
4" |
yellow |
? |
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fragaria americana |
wild strawberry |
? |
5" |
white |
March - May |
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galium odoratum |
sweet woodruff |
21" |
9" |
white |
? |
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helianthemum nummularium 'Ben More' |
Ben More rock rose |
15" |
4" |
orange |
? |
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helianthemum nummularium 'burgandy dazzler' |
burgandy dazler rock rose |
18" |
6" |
red |
? |
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helianthemum nummularium 'rose glory' |
rose glory rock rose |
18" |
6" |
pink |
May |
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helianthemum nummularium 'single rose' |
yellow rock rose |
18" |
6" |
yellow |
? |
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lamium galeobdolon 'Hermann's pride' |
variegated dead nettle |
18" |
12" |
yellow |
? |
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polygonum affine |
polygonum |
? |
5" |
pink |
? |
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polygonum reynoutria |
fleece flower |
? |
13" |
? |
? |
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potentilla neumanniana |
creeping potentilla |
21" |
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yellow |
June - Aug. |
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prunus besseyi 'Pawnee Buttes' |
creeping western sand cherry |
? |
? |
white |
? |
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sedum spp. |
stonecrop |
15" |
10" |
varies |
July - Sept. |
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symphoricrpos chenaulti |
Hancock coralberry |
9' |
3' |
white |
June |
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tanacetum densum ssp. Amani |
partridge feather |
15" |
6" |
yellow |
June |
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thymus 'reiter' |
reiter creeping thyme |
30" |
3" |
blue |
July |
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thymus serpyllum 'Ohme gardens carpet' |
Ohme gardens carpet creeping thyme |
27" |
3" |
pink |
June |
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thymus spp. |
thyme |
12" |
2" |
pink |
May - Aug. |
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veronica orientalis |
woody oriental speedwell |
18" |
7" |
yellow |
June - Oct. |
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zimmia grandiflora |
desert paper flower/prairie zinnia |
18" |
7" |
yellow |
June - Oct. |
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Evergreen Ground Covers: |
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antennaria parvifolia 'McClintock' |
McClintock dwarf pussytoes |
15" |
2" |
insignificant |
na |
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antennaria rosea |
pussytoes |
15" |
4" |
white |
May - Oct. |
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arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
kinnickinnick |
15' |
7" |
white |
May - June |
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chasmatophyllus species aff. Musculinum |
? |
12" |
1" |
yellow |
April - Sept. |
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cotula sp. 'tiffindell gold' |
creeping gold buttons |
24" |
4" |
yellow |
May - Aug. |
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delosperma cooperi |
hardy purple ice plant |
18" |
3" |
purple |
June - Aug. |
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delosperma nubigena |
hardy ice plant |
? |
1" |
pink |
June - Aug. |
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gazania krebsiana tanager |
tanager garzania |
10" |
4" |
yellow |
April - Sept. |
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genista lydia |
hardy dwarf broom |
4' |
12" |
yellow |
? |
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juniperus chinensis 'Holbert' |
Holbert juniper |
10' |
36" |
none |
na |
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juniperus communis |
common mountain juniper |
10' |
3' |
none |
na |
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juniperus horizontalis 'bar harbor' |
bar harbor juniper |
6' |
8" |
none |
na |
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juniperus horizontalis 'blue chip' |
blue chip juniper |
6' |
8" |
none |
na |
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juniperus horizontalis 'Hughes' |
Hughes juniper |
8' |
18" |
none |
na |
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juniperus horizontalis 'Prince of Whales' |
Prince of Whales juniper |
8' |
10" |
none |
na |
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juniperus horizontalis 'wiltonii/blue rug' |
wiltonii/blue rug juniper |
6' |
6" |
none |
na |
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juniperus procumbens 'greenmound' |
greenmound Japanese garden juniper |
6' |
12" |
none |
na |
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juniperus sabina 'arcadia' |
arcadia juniper |
6' |
12" |
none |
na |
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juniperus sabina 'broadmoor' |
broadmoor juniper |
6' |
24" |
none |
na |
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juniperus sabina 'buffalo' |
buffalo juniper |
8' |
18" |
none |
na |
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juniperus sabina 'Calgary carpet' |
Calgary carpet juniper |
6' |
24" |
none |
na |
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juniper sabina 'skandia' |
skandia juniper |
6' |
24" |
none |
na |
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mhonia repens |
creeping mahonia/Colorado grape holly |
24" |
16" |
yellow |
March |
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marrubium rotundifolium |
silver-edged horehound |
18" |
10" |
insignificant |
na |
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penstemon procumbens 'Claude Barr' |
Claude Barr's mat penstemon |
15" |
1" |
blue |
? |
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phlox subulata |
creeping phlox |
21" |
5" |
varies |
April - June |
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thymus lanuginosus |
wooly thyme |
18" |
2" |
none |
na |
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veronica liwanensis |
Turkish speedwell |
18" |
1/2" |
blue |
March - Aug. |
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thymus 'pink chintz' |
pink chintz creeping thyme |
18" |
1" |
pink |
March - ? |
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veronica oltensis |
thyme-leaf speedwell |
24" |
1/2" |
purple |
? |
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veronica 'reavis' Crystal River |
Crystal River veronica |
25" |
3" |
blue |
April - June |
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vinca major |
big leaf periwinkle |
36" |
8" |
blue |
? |
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vinca major 'variegata' |
verigated big leaf periwinkle |
36" |
6" |
blue |
? |
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waldsteinia ternata |
barren strawberry |
9" |
5" |
yellow |
March - May |
