Trees & Shrubs for Dry Sites

Although these plants can tolerate dry situations,
they must be watered until they have become established.

See Separate Table for Drought Tolerant Perennials and Grasses.

TREES

  • A. ginnala (Amur Maple)
  • A. platanoides (Norway Maple)
  • Acer campestre (Hedge Maple)
  • Crataegus spp. & cvs. (Hawthorne)
  • Cupressocyparis (Leyland Cypress)
  • Fraxinus (Ash)
  • Gleditsia (Locust)
  • Heptacodium m. (Seven-son-flower)
  • P. strobus (White Pine)
  • P. thunbergii (Japanese Black Pine)
  • Parrotia (Persian Ironwood)
  • Picea pungens (Colorado Spruce)
  • Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine)
  • Zelkova
SHRUBS

  • Arctostaphylos (Bearberry)
  • Berberis thunbergii (Jap. Barberry)
  • Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
  • Caragana a. pendula (Pea Shrub)
  • Caryopteris (Blue Mist)
  • Comptonia (Sweet Fern)
  • Cornus racemosa (Gray Dogwood)
  • Cotinus coggygria (Smoke Bush)
  • Cotoneaster hor. (Rockspray)
  • Cytisus (Broom)
  • Deutzia
  • Diervilla s. (Bush Honeysuckle)
  • Euonymus comp. (Burning Bush)
  • Hypericum (St. Johnswort)
  • Juniperus (Juniper)
  • Ligustrum (Privet)
  • Myrica (Bayberry)
  • Physocarpus opulifolius (Ninebark)
  • Potentilla (Bush Cinquefoil)
  • Rhamnus (Tall Hedge)
  • Rhod. maximum (Rosebay Rhod.)
  • Rosa rugosa (Red Rugosa Rose)
  • Spiraea
  • Stephanandra
  • Taxus (Yew)
  • Yucca