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Acacia angustissima: Fern Acacia - y p - - - - - -
Achillea ageratifolia: Greek Yarrow p     m 2 .9 1.5 gg white
Atriplex canescens: Four-Wing Saltbush* - y p - - - - - - -
Buchloe dactyloides: Buffalo Grass - y p - - - - - - -
Calliandra eriophylla: Pink Fairy Duster - y Fp - - - - - - -
Calylophus hartwegii: Sundrops - - - - - - - - - -
Cotoneaster dammeri: Bearberry Cotoneaster e y p f 4 fs-ps 0.7 10 white
Cynodon dactylon: Bermuda Grass - y p - - - - - - -
Dalea greggii: Trailing Indigo Bush e y p m 4 1.5 9 gg purple
Duchesnea indica: Mock Strawberry p y - m 4 ps 0.3 1.5 yellow
Epilobium canum (Zauschneria): Hummingbird Trumpet - y p - - - - - - -
Fallugia paradoxa: Apache Plume - y p - - - - - - -
Hypericum calycinum: Creeping St. Johnswort p y p f 2 ps 1 1.5 yellow
Jasminum nudiflorum: Winter Jasmine - y p - - - - - - -
Lonicera japonica: Hall's Honeysuckle** - y p - - - - - - -
Macfadyena unguis-cati: Cat's Claw Vine - y p - - - - - -
Mahonia repens / M. aquifolium 'Compacta': Oregon Grape e y p s 4 ps 1 / 2 3 / 5 holly yellow
Malephora crocea: Copper Ice Plant e y p f 4 1 6 succulnt reddish
Myoporum parvifolium: Myoporum e y p f 2 ps 0.5 9 white
Nandina domestica 'Harbor Dwarf': Heavenly Bamboo - y p - - - - - - -
Oenothera speciosa: Mexican Evening Primrose - - - - - - - - - -
Oenothera stubbei: Chihuahuan Evening Primrose p   m 4 fs-ps 0.5 4 yellow
Opuntia engelmannii: Prickly Pear Cactus e y p m - 8 8 succulnt yellow
Potentilla neumanniana 'Nana': Cinquefoil p   F f 2 ps 0.5 1 yellow
Rosa banksiae: Tombstone Rose dc y p f 4 - 20 white
Stemodia tomentosa: Woolly Stemodia p     m 4 fs-ps 0.5 2 silver blue
Thymus 'Pink Chintz': Pink Chintz Creeping Thyme dc   F f 2   0.1 1.5 gg pink
Thymus 'Reiter': Reiter Creeping Thyme p   F f 2   0.3 2.5 green purple
Veronica pectinata: Blue Woolly Speedwell dc y - m 2   0.2 1.5 gg blue
 
Note: * = plant is fire resistant; ** = annual buildup of leaves and stems is a fire hazard requiring severe pruning in winter.
Evergreen / Deciduous: dc = cold deciduous, evergreen in sunny winter locations, p = deciduous perennial.
Erosion Control: y = wide and deep roots provide erosion control.
Traffic / Slope: F = withstands light foot traffic; p = grows well on slopes.
Water: 2 = every two weeks; 3 = every three weeks; 4 = once a month.
Shade: fs-ps = full sun to part shade; las = light afternoon shade; ps-fsh = part to full shade; otherwise full sun.
Leaves: sg = silver-green; gg = gray-green.

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