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Washington County, UtahPlant GuidePlant533 E. Waterworks Dr.St. George, UT 84770Guide www.wcwcd.org1
A landscape thrives with the right plants.Consider the climate, light requirements,water needs, soil type and available spacewhen determining which plants to takehome. Following is a list of plants that usuallydo well in the major population centers ofWashington County, Utah. Visit Red HillsDesert Garden, 375 N. Red Hills Parkway,and The Garden at Tonaquint Park,1851 S. Dixie Drive, to see these beautifulplants on display.Plant Guide LegendLocation:Type:Red Hills Desert GardenTreeTonaquint GardenShrubCactiWater Needs:PerennialsVery LowSucculentsLowOrnamental GrassesModerateGround frican SumacRhus lanceaApache PlumeFallugia paradoxaApricotArmenian plum2Plant Guide
LocationTypeWaterNeedsHybrid TrichocereusTrichocereus ‘Hybrid’Arizona AshFraxinus velutinaArizona CypressCupressus arizonicaArizona RosewoodVauquelinia californicaArtichokeCynara scolymusArtichoke AgaveAgave parryi v. truncataArt’s Seedless Desert WillowChilopsis linearis ‘Art’s Seedless’ Austrian Black PinePinus nigraAutumn Glow GrassMuhlenbergia linheimeriAutumn Joy SedumSedum herbstfreudeBaccharisBaccharis halimifoliaBanana YuccaYucca baccataBeaked YuccaYucca rostrataBear GrassNolina microcarpaBeavertail Pricky PearOpuntia basilarisBig SagebrushArtemisia tridentataBlack DaleaDalea frutescensBlackberry Ice Coral BellsHeuchera ‘Blackberry Ice’Blackfoot DaisyMelampodium leucanthumBlanket FlowerGaillardia x grandifloraPlant Guide3
LocationTypeWaterNeedsBlue Atlas CedarCedrus atlanticaBlue MistCaryopteris clandonensisBlue Palo VerdeParkinsonia florida (Cercidium floridum)Blue YuccaYucca rigidaBurgandy Lace Desert WillowChilopsis linearis ‘Burgandy Lace’Bush Morning GloryConvolvulus cneorumButterfly BushBuddleja davidiiCalifornia Fan PalmWashingtonia filiferaCarpet RoseRosa x ‘Noare’CatalpaCatalpa speciosiaCentury PlantAgave americanaChaparral SageSalvia clevelandiiChaste TreeVitex agnus-castusChihuahuan SageLeucophyllum laevigatumChinese ElmUlmus parvifoliaChinese PistachePistacia chinensisChinese WisteriaWisteria sinensisChitalpaChitalpa taskentensisChocolate FlowerBerlandiera lyrataCimarron Texas SageLeucophyllum zygophyllum ‘Cimarron’ 4Plant Guide
LocationTypeWaterNeedsCinnamon Bunny EarsOpuntia microdasys ‘Rufa Spina’Claret Cup CactusEchinocereus triglochidiatusCliffrosePurshia mexicanaCommon JuniperJuniperus communisCompact Texas RangerLeucophyllum frutescens ‘Compacta’CoolibahEucalyptus microthecaCoral Rain LilyZephyranthes x ‘Prarie Sunset’Cow’s Tongue Prickly PearOpuntia engelmannii var. linguiformisCoyote WillowSalix exiguaCrape MyrtleLagerstroemiaCreeping MahoniaMahonia repensCreeping RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’Creosote BushLarrea tridentataCup-leaf Texas SageLeucophyllum zygophyllumCurl-leaf Mountain MahoganyCercocarpus ledifoliusDark Knight’ Blue Mist ShrubCaryopteris x clandonensis ‘Dark Knight’Deer GrassMuhlenbergia rigensDeodar CedarCedrus deodaraDesert DaisyChrysactinia mexicanaDesert MarigoldBeaileya multiradiataPlant Guide5
LocationTypeWaterNeedsDesert Museum Palo VerdeParkinsonia x ‘Desert Museum’Desert WillowChilopsis linearisDesert ZinniaZinnia acerosaDinner Plate CactusOpuntia robustaDouble Butter Daisy TickseedCoreopsis grandiflora ‘Early Sunrise’Dragon’s Blood StonecropSedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’Durango Delight AgaveAgave schidigera ‘Durango Delight’ Dwarf Indian Fig CactusOpuntia ficus-indica ‘Dwarf’Dwarf PeachPrunus persicaEast Friesland Meadow SageSalvia nemorosa ‘East Friesland’Edible SageSalvia officinalisElephants FoodPortulacaria afraEngelmann Prickly PearOpuntia engelmanniiFan-Tex AshFraxinus velutina ‘Rio Grande’Faxon YuccaYucca faxonianaFerox AgaveAgave scabra v. feroxFire Spinner Ice PlantDelosperma ‘P001S’ ‘Fire Spinner’Firecracker PenstemonPenstemon eatoniiFishhook BarrelFerocactus wislizeniiFlowering PearPyrus calleryana6Plant Guide
LocationTypeWaterNeedsFoothill Palo VerdeParkinsonia microphyllaForsythiaForsythia x intermediaFour Wing SaltbushAtriplex canescensFremont CottonwoodPopulus fremontiiFruiting MulberryMorus rubraFruitless MulberryMorus albaGazaniaGazania rigens ‘Sun Gold’GermanderTeucrium chamaedrysGiant HesperaloeHesperaloe funiferaGlobe Mallow (Orange)Sphaeralcea ambiguaGlobe Mallow (Pink)Sphaeralcea ambiguaGlossy AbeliaAbelia grandilforaGlossy PrivetLigustrum lucidumGolden Barrel CactusEchinocactus grusoniiGolden YuccaHesperaloe parviflora ‘Flava’Goodwin Creek LavenderLavandula ‘Goodwin Creek Gray’Gopher PlantEuphorbia rigidaGrapeVitis viniferaGray Desert SpoonDasylirion wheeleriGreen BrittlebushEncelia frutescensPlant Guide7
LocationTypeWaterNeedsGreen Bush DaisyEuryops pectinatus ‘Viridis’Green Cloud Texas SageLeucophyllum frutescens ‘Green Cloud’ Green Desert SpoonDasylirion acrotricheHall’s HoneysuckleLonicera japonica “Halliana”Heavenly BambooNandina domesticaHeavenly Cloud Texas SageLeucophyllum frutescens ‘Heavenly Cloud’Holly OakQuercus ilexHoney Locust ‘Shademaster’Gleditsia triacanthos inermis ‘Shademaster’Honey Locust ‘Sunburst’Gleditsia triacanthos inermis ‘Sunburst’Hottentot Ice PlantCarpobrotus edulisHybrid ColumbineAquilegia xIndian Fig CactusOpuntia ficus-indicaIndigo BushDalea pulchraIrisIris germanicaJapanese Blood GrassImperata cylindrical ‘Rubra’Japanese Silver GrassMiscanthus sinensisJoshua TreeYucca brevifoliaJujubeZiziphus jujubeJumping ChollaOpuntia fulgidaKentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus8Plant Guide
LocationTypeWaterNeedsLady Banks RoseRosa banksiaeLamb’s EarStachys byzantinaLavenderLavandulaLittle Leaf AshFraxinus greggiiLouis Hamilton Globe MallowSphaeralcea ambigua ‘Louis Hamilton’Lucretia Hamilton Desert WillowChilopsis linearis ‘Lucretia Hamilton’ Lynn’s Legacy Texas SageLeucophyllum langmaniae ‘Lynn’s Legacy’Maidenhair FernAdiantumMale Desert BroomBaccharis sarothroides (Male)MasticPistacia lentiscusMatrona Big Leaf SedumSedum telephium ‘Matrona’Maverick MesquiteProsopis glandulosa ‘Maverick’ Mediterranean Fan PalmChamaerops humilisMexican Blue SageSalvia chamaedryoidesMexican Evening PrimroseOenothera speciosaMexican Flame Anisacanthus quadrifidusMexican Grass TreeDasylirion quadrangulatum (longissimum)Mexican RedbudCercis mexicanaMintMenthaModesto AshFraxinus velutina glabra ‘Modesto’Plant Guide9
LocationTypeWaterNeedsMojave PricklypearOpuntia erinaceaMondell/Afghan PinePinus eldaricaMondo GrassOphiopogon japonicusMormon TeaEphedra viridisMoss RosePortulaca grandifloraMountain YuccaYucca schottiiMt. Atlas PistachePistacia atlanticaNashville MuhlyMuhlenbergia rigida “Nashville”Natchez’ Crape MyrtleLagerstroemia indica x fauriei ‘Natchez’Native Honey MesquiteProsopis glandulosaNetleaf HackberryCeltus laevigata v. reticulataNevada Mormon TeaEphedra nevadensisNew Gold LantanaLantana camara ‘New Gold’Oakleaf SumacRhus trilobataOcotilloFouquieria splendensOleanderNeriumOrange Bush Ice PlantLampranthus aurantiacus ‘Orange’OreganoOriganum vulgareOriganilloAloysia wrightiiPale Leaf YuccaYucca pallida10Plant Guide
LocationTypeWaterNeedsPalmer’s PenstemonPenstemon palmeriPampas GrassCortaderia selloanaPam’s Pink HoneysuckleLonicera americanaPaper FlowersPsilostophe cooperiParry’s AgaveAgave parryi v. parryiParry’s PenstemonPenstemon parryiPeachPrunus persicaPeriwinkleVincaPerky SueHymenoxys acaulisPeruvian Apple CactusCereus peruvianusPineapple GuavaFeijoa sellowianaPink Autumn SageSalvia greggii ‘Pink’Pink Fairy DusterCalliandra eriophyllaPink GauraGaura lindheimeriPomegranatePunica granatumPrinces PlumeStanleya pinnataPurple Autumn SageSalvia greggii ‘Purple’Purple Leaf PlumPrunus x cistenaPurple Passion Ice PlantDelosperma ‘Cooperi’Purple Prickly PearOpuntia santa rita ‘Tubac’ Plant Guide11
LocationTypeWaterNeedsPurple Robe LocustRobina ambiguaPurple Rock RoseCistus x purpureusPurple Threeawn GrassAristida purpureaPyracanthaPyracantha coccineaRabbit BrushChrysothamnus nauseosusRaywood AshFraxinus oxycarpa ‘Raywood’Red Autumn SageSalvia greggii ‘Red’Red Hot PokerKniphofiaRed Push Chinese PistachePistacia chinensis ‘Red Push’Red Trailing Ice PlantLampranthus spectabilisRed YuccaHesperolae parvilforaRedtip PhotiniaPhotinia fraseriRegal Mist GrassMuhlenbergia capillarisRio Bravo Texas SageLeucophyllum langmaniae ‘Rio Bravo’ Rio Salado Desert WillowChilopsis linearis ‘Rio Salado’Rock PenstemonPenstemon baccharifoliusRocky Point Ice PlantMalephora luteaRough-Leaved AgaveAgave scabraRoyal Purple Smoke TreeCotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’RuelliaRuellia brittoniana12Plant Guide
LocationTypeWaterNeedsRussian SagePerovskia atriplicifoliaSaguaroCarnegiea giganteaSand SageArtemisia filifoliaSandpaper VerbenaVerbena rigidaSanta Rita Prickly PearOpuntia santa ritaSantolinaSantolinas virensScrewbean MesquiteProsopis pubescensShimmer Evening PrimroseOenothera fremontii ‘Shimmer’Sideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendulaSilver Cloud Texas SageLeucophyllum candidum ‘Silver Cloud’SnakeweedGutierrezia sarothraeSoaptree YuccaYucca elataSoapweedYucca glaucaSouthern Live OakQuercus virginianaSpanish BayonetYucca aloifoliaSpanish BroomSpartium junceumSpanish LavenderLavandula stoechasSpineless Prickly PearOpuntia ellisianaStarn Coyote BushBaccharis x ‘Starn’ P.P.# 11240 Thompson Strawberry HedgehogEchinocereus engelmanniiPlant Guide13
LocationTypeWaterNeedsSugarbushRhus ovataSulphur Flower Prickly PearOpuntia sulphureaSuperb PenstemonPenstemon superbusSwitch GrassPanicum virgatumSycamorePlatanus occidentalisTeddy Bear ChollaOpuntia bigeloviiTexas BuckthornZiziphus obtusifoliaTexas Mountain LaurelSophora secundifloraTexas Red OakQuercus buckleyiTexas Umbrella/ChinaberryMelia azedarachTrumpet HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirensTrumpet VineCampsis radicansTurbin Oak, Scrub OakQuercus turbinellaTurf LilyLiriope muscariTurpentine BushEricameria laricifoliaTuscan Blue RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’Utah Century PlantAgave utahensisUtah Sweet PomegranatePunica granatum ‘Utah Sweet’Variegated Century PlantAgave americana var. marginataVerbenaVerbena officinalis14Plant Guide
LocationTypeWaterNeedsVictoria Blue SalviaSalvia farinacea’Victoria Blue’Weeping YuccaYucca recurvifoliaWestern RedbudCercis occidentalisWhite Bunny EarsOpuntia microdasys ‘Alba Spina’White Evening PrimroseOenothera caespitosaWhite Rain LilyZephyranthes candidaWilson OliveOlea europaea ‘Wilsonii’Windmill PalmTrachycarpus fortuneiWinterfatCeratoides lanata (Krascheninnikovia lanata)Wonderful PomegranatePunica granatum ‘Wonderful’Woodland SageSalvia nemorosaYarrowAchilleaYellow Bird of ParadiseCaesalpinia gilliesiiYellow Bunny EarsOpuntia microdasysYellow Rain LilyZephyranthes sulphureaPlant Guide15
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Tree Shrub Cacti Perennials Succulents Ornamental Grasses Ground Cover Vines A landscape thrives with the right plants. Consider the climate, light requirements, water needs, soil type and available space when determining which plants to take home. Following is a list of plants that usually do well in the major population centers of Washington .
