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Drought tolerant plant list for Colorado gardens

X-rated plants: require 1” of moisture per week
XX-rated plants: require 1/2 “ of moisture per week
XXX-rated plants: require 1/2” of moisture every other week.

X-Rated Ornamental Grasses
Common name	Latin name
Feather reed grass Northern sea oats Hairgrass Hardy plume grass Blue fescue Blue oat grass Maiden grass Fountain grass	Calamagrostis acutiflora Chasmanthium latifolium Deschampsia caespitosa Erianthus (Sacharrum) ravennae Festuca glauca Helictotrichon sempervirens Miscanthus sinens Pennisetum alopecuroides
XX-Rated Ornamental Grasses
Common name	Latin name
Indian grass Prairie Cordgrass * * Get more information from your local independent garden center.	Sorghastrum nutans Spartina pectinata
XXX-Rated Ornamental Grasses
Common name	Latin name
Big bluestem Switch grass Little bluestem Feather grass/Needle grass	Andropogon gerardii Panicum virgatum Schizachyrium scoparium Stipa spp.