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Xeriscape Shrubs for Colorado

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 Shrubs

Common name Latin name
Chokeberry 
Serviceberry 
Barberry 
Daphne 
Rock spirea 
Mugo Pine 
Cherries/Plums/Chokecherries 
Buckthorn 
Spirea 
Viburnum 
Aronia spp.
Amelanchier spp.
Berberis spp.
Daphne spp.
Holodiscus dumosus
Pinus mugo
Prunus spp.
Rhamnus spp.
Spiraea spp.
Viburnum spp.

XX-Rated Shrubs

Common name Latin name
Amur maple 
Kinnikinnick (Bearberry) 
Butterfly bush 
Cotoneaster 
Broom 
Euonymus 
Juniper 
Beautybush 
Honeysuckles 
Creeping Grape Holly 
Mockorange 
Ninebarks 
Pines 
Potentilla 
Lilacs 
Shrub Roses * 

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Acer ginalla
Arctostaphylos spp.
Buddleia spp.
Cotoneaster spp.
Cytisus spp.
Euonymus spp.
Juniperus spp.
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Lonicera spp.
Mahonia repens
Philadelphus spp.
Physocarpus spp.
Pinus spp.
Potentilla spp.
Syringa spp.
Rosa spp.

XXX-Rated Shrubs

Common name Latin name
Lead plant 
Sage 
Peashrub 
Blue Mist Spirea 
Mountain mahogany 
Fernbush 
Rabbitbrush 
Cliff rose 
Apache plume 
New Mexican privet 
Sea Buckthorn 
Gambel oak 
Sumac 
Currants, Gooseberry 
Buffaloberry 
Coralberry/snowberry 
Yucca 
Amorpha canescens
Artemisia spp.
Caragana spp.
Caryopteris x clandonensis
Cercocarpus spp.
Chamaebatiara millefolium
Chrysothamnus spp
Cowania neomexicana
Fallugia paradoxa
Forestiera neomexicana
Hippophae rhamnoides
Quercus gambelii
Rhus spp.
Ribes spp.
Shepherdia argentea
Symphoricarpus spp.
Yucca spp.

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