SOUTH FLAGSTAFF PLANT LIST
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Tree or Large Low (Monthly watering Part shade Sandy soils, clay soils, rich Shrub N/A except in times of Height: extreme heat or or full sun soils 6 to 30 ft drought)
GAMBEL OAK Quercus gambelii Photo: Wasowski Collection
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS White flowers in Low spring and sum- Shrub (Monthly watering mer turn into except in times of Full sun Sandy soil, average soil Height: 2 to 6 ft feathery seed- extreme heat or heads drought) APACHE PLUME Fallugia paradoxa Photo: Thomas Muller
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Tree or Large White flowers in spring Shrub Low to Moderate Part shade Limestone-based sandy Harvest cherries (Monthly to Height: 20 ft or full sun soils, clay soils Note: a favorite of in fall when deep weekly watering) pollinators purple
COMMON CHOKECHERRY Photo: Wasowski Collection Prunus virginiana
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Low Perennial Pink flowers in (Monthly watering except in times of Full sun Sandy soils Height: 3-6 ft early summer extreme heat or drought)
PALMER’S PENSTEMON Photo: Max Licher Penstemon palmeri
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Low Yellow and Perennial (Monthly watering Clay soil, sandy soil, orange flowers Full sun Height: to 1ft except in times of average soils summer into fall extreme heat or drought)
PRAIRIE ZINNIA Photo: Max Licher Zinnia grandiflora
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FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Low Perennial Purple flowers (Monthly watering Full sun Sandy or rocky soils Height: 1-3 ft Early in summer except in times of extreme heat or drought)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PENSTEM Photo: Wasowski Collection Penstemon strictus
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Violet, purple, or Low to moderate Perennial pink flowers (Monthly to Full sun Well-drained rich soils Height: 1-2 ft Summer into fall weekly watering)
MEXICALI PENSTEMON Penstemon x Mexicali
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Perennial Maroon, red, and Very low (No watering except Full sun Well-drained sandy soils Height: 10-24 yellow flowers in times of extreme inches through summer heat or drought)
BLANKETFLOWER Gaillardia aristata
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Low Perennial Purple flowers (Monthly watering Full sun to Well-drained sandy soils Height: 1-3 ft summer into fall except in times of part shade extreme heat or drought)
PURPLE CONEFLOWER Echinacea purpurea
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Morning Perennial Pink flowers in Moderate (Monthly to sun, Sandy soils, average soils Height: 1-3 ft summer weekly watering) afternoon shade
ARIZONA CORALBELLS Photo: Sue Carnahan Heuchera sanguinea
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FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS Pink to purple Perennial flowers in spring Moderate (Monthly to Part shade Thin soil over limestone Height: 1-2 ft turn into pink feathery seed- weekly watering) heads
PRAIRIE SMOKE Photo: Max Licher Geum triflorum
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Perennial Low Height: 24-30 Pink flowers (Monthly watering inches through the except in times of Full sun Sandy, average soils Note: attracts summer extreme heat or pollinators drought) HUMMINGBIRD MINT Agastache meomexicana
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Low Perennial Bright red (Monthly watering Full sun Sandy, average soils Height: to 1 ft flowers summer except in times of into fall extreme heat or drought)
PINE NEEDLE PENSTEMON Penstemon pinifolius
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Low Grass (Monthly watering Sun to Limestone-based sandy N/A except in times of Height: 1-3 ft extreme heat or part shade soils, average soils drought)
SIDE OATS GRAMA Photo: Max Licher Bouteloua curtipendula
FLOWER & WATERING LIGHT SOIL AND HABITAT TYPE BLOOM TIME (after establishment) NEEDS CONDITIONS
Grass Very low Clay soils, sandy soils, N/A (No watering except Full sun Height: 1-3 ft in times of extreme average soils heat or drought)
LITTLE BLUESTEM Schizachyrium scoparium
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NATIVE PLANT WATER USE BLOOM COLOR BLOOM TIME TYPE
WHITE FLOWERS APACHE SPRING TO LOW TURN TO FLOWERY SHRUB PLUME SUMMER SEED HEADS
BLANKETFLOWER LOW MAROON, RED SUMMER TO FALL PERENNIAL AND YELLOW
COMMON LOW WHITE SPRING TREE OR SHRUB CHOKECHERRY
CORAL PINK TO MODERATE SUMMER TO FALL PERENNIAL BELLS MAGENTA
GAMBEL OAK LOW NON FLOWERING NON FLOWERING TREE
HUMMINGBIRD LOW SUMMER PERENNIAL MINT PINK
LITTLE LOW NON FLOWERING NON FLOWERING BLUESTEM GRASS
MEXICALI MODERATE VIOLET, PURPLE SUMMER TO FALL PERENNIAL PENSTEMON OR PINK
PALMER’S LOW PINK EARLY SUMMER SHRUB PENSTEMON
PINE-NEEDLE LOW RED SUMMER TO FALL PERENNIAL PENSTEMON PINK TO PURPLE TURN PRAIRE SPRING TO MODERATE TO PINK FEATHERY PERENNIAL SMOKE SUMMER SEED HEADS PRAIRE LOW YELLOW AND SUMMER TO FALL PERENNIAL ZINNIA ORANGE
PURPLE LOW PURPLE SUMMER TO FALL PERENNIAL CONEFLOWER ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOW PURPLE EARLY SUMMER PERENNIAL PENSTEMON
SIDE-OATS LOW NON FLOWERING NON FLOWERING GRASS GRAMA
LOW WATER LANDSCAPE REBATE PROGRAM