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