AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide 1

APPROVED PLANT LIST: VISUAL GUIDE for the Arlington Urban Design Center

The following pages contains a visual list of Legend: plants approved by the Zoning Administrator. These plants were selected as commercially Xeriscape Plant available native and adapted plant species suitable for planned landscapes in North Attracts Hummingbirds Central Texas. All trees, plants, ornamental grasses, ground covers and vines planted on Attracts Butterflies the site must be selected from this list. Additional information on native and Sun-Loving drought-tolerant species can be found online at Texas Smartscape and the Lady Bird Sun/Shade Tolerant Johnson Wildflower Center. Shade-Loving Updated Spring 2021 AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Shade Trees 2

American Sycamore Arizona Cypress Ashe Juniper Ash Leaf Maple Bald Cypress Plantanus occidentalis Cupressus arizonica Juniperus ashei (Box Elder) Taxodium distichum Evergreen Acer negundo

Bigelow Oak Black Hickory Black Walnut Blackjack Oak Bur Oak Quercus sinuata var. Carya texana Juglans nigra Quercus marilandica Quercus macrocarpa breviloba

Caddo “Sugar” Maple Cedar Elm Chinaquapin Oak Durand Oak Eastern Red Cedar Acer barbatum Ulmus crassifolia Quercus muehlenbergii Quercus durandii Juniperus virginiana Fall Color Interest Evergreen Shade Trees AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Shade Trees 3

Escarpment Live Oak Lacebark Elm Lacey Oak Mexican White Oak Pecan (Texas Live Oak) Ulmus parvifolia Quercus laceyi Quercus polymorpha Carya illinoinensis Quercus fusiformis Hardy/Drought Tolerant Texas State Tree

Post Oak Shumard Oak Southern Blackhaw Southern Live Oak Southern Magnolia Quercus stellata Quercus shumardii Viburnum rifidulum Quercus virginiana Magnolia grandiflora Cross Timbers Native Fall Color Interest Nearly Evergreen Evergreen

Texas Ash Texas Red Oak White Ash White Elm Fraxinus texensis Quercus buckleyi (American Ash) (American Elm) Fall Color Interest Fraxinus americana Ulmus americana Shade Trees AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Ornamental Trees 4

Blue Point Juniper Carolina Buckthorn Chinese Pistache Crepe Myrtle Desert Willow Juniperus chinensis ’blue Rhamus caroliniana Pistacia chinensis Lagerstroemia Chilopsis linearis point’ Fall Color Interest Popular Favorite Evergreen

Downy Viburnum Eve’s Necklace Flame-Leaf Sumac Flowering Dogwood Hawthorn Viburnum rafinesquea- Sophora affinus Rhus lancelota Cornus florida (Texas Hawthorn) num Fall Color Interest Reverchon hawthorn

Hollywood Juniper Honey Mesquite Little Gem Magnolia Mexican Buckeye Mexican Plum Juniperus chinensis ‘Kaizuka’ Prosopis glandulosa Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ Ungnadia speciosa Prunus Mexicana Evergreen Evergreen Ornamental Trees AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Ornamental Trees 5

Mexican Redbud Possumhaw Holly Red Buckeye Rose of Sharon Soapberry Cercis canadensis var, Ilex decidua (Texas Buckeye) (Hibiscus Tree) Sapindus saponaria Mexicana Fall Color Interest Aesculus pavia Hibiscus syriacus var. drummondii

Texas Chaste Tree Texas Mountain Laurel Texas Persimmon Texas Sabal Palm Wichita Blue Juniper (Texas Vitex, Mexican Lav- Sophora secundiflora Diospyros texana Sabal mexicana Juniperus scopulorum ‘Wichita ender) Tropical Blue’ Vitex agnus-castus Evergreen

Windmill Palm Yaupon Holly Trachycarpus fortunei Ilex vomitoria Tropical Ornamental Trees AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Shrubs 6

American Beautyberry Argarita Aromatic Sumac Bridal Wreath Spirea Burford Holly Callicarpa americana Mahonia trifoliolata (Fragrant Sumac) Spiraea prunifolia Ilex cornuta Rhus aromatica Fall Color Interest

Button Bush Calico Bush Cleyera Crimson Pygmy Barberry Desert False Indigo Cephalanthus (Mountain Laurel) Cleyera japonica Berberis thunbergii ‘Crimson Amorpha fruticosa occidentalis Kalmia latifolia Pygmy’ Fall Color Interest

Dwarf Buford Holly Dwarf Burning Bush Dwarf Chinese Holly Dwarf Crape Myrtle Dwarf Glossy Abelia Ilex cornuta ‘Dwarf Bu- Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ Ilex cornuta ‘Rotunda’ Lagerstroemia indica Abelia x grandiflora ford’ Fall Color Interest Semi-Evergreen Shrubs AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Shrubs 7

Dwarf Pomegranate Dwarf Spirea Dwarf Wax Myrtle Elaeagnus Flame Acanthus Punica granatum Spiraea bumalda Myrica pusilla Elaeagnus multiflora (Hummingbird Bush) ‘Nana’ Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii

Flowering Quince Forsythia Glossy Abelia Halberdleaf Hibiscus Hypericum Chaenomeles japonica Forsythia europaea Abelia x grandiflora (Rose Mallow) (St. John’s Wort) Hibiscus laevis Hypericum perforatum

Indian Hawthorne Italian Jasmine Japanese Aucuba Leatherleaf Mahonia Mountain Sage Rhaphiolepsis indica Jasmine nudiflorum Aucuba japonica Mahonia bealei Salvia regla Popular Favorite Evergreen Shade Only Shrubs AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Shrubs 8

Nellie R. Stevens Holly Oakleaf Hydrangea Purpleleaf Japanese Texas Barberry Texas Sage Ilex ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ Hydrangea quercifolia (Barberry) Mahonia swaseyi Leucophyllum Berberis thunbergii f. atropur- Evergreen frutescens purea

Winter Honeysuckle Lonicera fragrantissima Winter Blooms Shrubs AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Ornamental Grass 9

Berkley Sedge Big Bluestem Black Fountain Grass Blue Grama Grass Broom Sedge Carex divulsa Andropogon gerardii Pennisetum a. ‘Moudry’ (Blonde Ambition) Andropogon virginicus Boeteloua gracilis

Bushy Bluestem Canada Wild Rye Curly Mesquite Grass Dwarf Maiden Grass Dwarf Pampas Grass Andropogon Elymus canadensis Hilaria belangeri Miscanthus sinensis Cortaderia pumila glomeratus

Eastern Gamma Grass Green Sprangle Top Gulf Muhly Hamelin’s Fountain Grass Indian Grass Tripsacum dactyloides Leptochloa dubia Muhlenbergia capillaris Pennisetum alopecuroides Sorghastrum nutans Popular Favorite ‘Hamelin’ Ornamental Grass AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Ornamental Grass 10

Inland Sea Oats Karl Forester Feather Lindheimer’s Muhly Little Bluestem Little Bunny Grass Chasmanthium Reed Grass Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Schizachyrium Pennisetum alopecu- latifolium Calamagrostis acutiflora Popular Favorite scoparium roides ‘Little Bunny’

Maiden Hair Grass Maiden Hair “Gracillimus” Mexican Feather Grass Morning Light Pampas Grass Miscanthus sinensis Miscanthus sinensis ‘gracil- Nassella tenuissima (Chinese Silver Grass) Cortaderia selloana limus’ Popular Favorite Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’

Purple Fountain Grass Ravenna Grass (Hardy Seep Muhly Sideoats Grama Silver Bluestem Pennisetum xadvena Pampas Grass) Muhlenbergia Bouteloua Bothriochloa Saccharum ravennae reverchonii curtipendula laguroides Ornamental Grass AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Ornamental Grass 11

Splitbeard Bluestem Standard Fountain Switchgrass Texas Blue Grass Zebra Grass Andropogon temarius Grass Panicum virgatum Poa arachnifera Miscanthus sinensis Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘zebrinus’ Ornamental Grass AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Perennials 12

Angel’s Trumpet Autumn Joy Sedum Autumn Sage Azure Blue Sage Baldwin’s (Prairie) Brugsmania Hylotelephium Salvia greggii (Pitcher Sage) Ironweed telephium ‘Autumn Joy’ Salvia azurea Vernonia fasciculata

Bearded Iris Big Red Sage Black Dalea Blackfoot Daisy Blanket Flower Iris germanica Salvia Dalea frutescens Melampodium Gaillardia aristata Color Variety pentstemonoides leucanthum

Blue Mistflower Blue Queen Sage Brilliant Sedum Butterfly Bush Butterfly Weed Conoclinium coelestinum Salvia x ‘Blue Queen’ Sedum spectabile Buddleia davidii (Orange Milkweed) ‘Brilliant’ Asclepias tuberosa Perennials AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Perennials 13

Candy Lily Candy Tuft Canna Lily Calylophus (Sundrops) Cardinal Flower x Pardancanda Iberis sempervirens Canna indica Calylophus spp. Lobelia cardinalis Color Variety Color Variety Color Variety

Cast Iron Plant Cedar Sage Clara Curtis Daisy Coral Berry Cutleaf Daisy Aspidistra eliator Salvia roemeriana Chrysanthemum X ru- Symphoricarpos Engelmannia peristenia bellum ‘Clara Curtis’ orbiculatus

Day Lily Dwarf Coreopsis Early Sunrise Eastern Red Evening Rain Lily Hemerocallis Coreopsis auriculata Coreopsis Columbine Cooperia drummondii Color Variety Coreopsis grandiflora Aquilegia canadensis Perennials AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Perennials 14

Four Nerve Daisy Garden Phlox Gayfeather Giant Sage Golden Groundsel Tetraneuris scaposa Phlox paniculata Liatris spicata Salvia pachyphylla Packera aurea Color Variety

Golden Rod Gregg’s Dalea (Trailing Gulf Coast Penstemon Hardy Plumbago Hill Country Solidago Indigo Bush) (Brazos Penstemon) Ceratostigma Penstemon Dalea greggii Penstemon tenuis plumbaginoides Penstemon triflorus

Holly Fern Husker Red Penstemon Japanese Painted Fern Lamb’s Ear Lindheimer’s Gaura Cyrtomium falcatum Penstemon digitalis Athyrium nipponicum Stachys byzantina Gaura lindheimeri ‘Husker Red’ Perennials AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Perennials 15

Louisiana Iris Louisiana Phlox Lyre Leaf Sage Maximillian Sunflower Mealy Blue Sage Iris hexagona Phlox divaricata Salvia lyrata Helianthus maximiliani Salvia farinacea Color Variety

Mexican Bush Salvia Mexican Hat (Prairie Mexican Mint Marigold Mexican Oregano Mexican Petunia Salvia leucantha Coneflower) Tagetes lucida Lippia graveolens Ruellia simplex Ratibida calumnifera

New Gold Lantana Obedient Plant Oxeye Daisy Pink Evening Primrose Pink Skullcap Lantana x hybrida ‘New Physostegia virginiana Leucanthemum Oenothera speciosa Scutellaria Gold’ vulgare suffrutescens Perennials AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Perennials 16

Purple Coneflower Purple Heart Purple Trailing Lantana Red Hot Poker Red Yucca (Texas Yucca) Echinacea angustifolia Tradescantia pallida Lantana montevidensis (Torch Lily) Hesperaloe parviflora Kniphofia uvaria Popular Favorite

Rock Penstemon Rock Rose Ruby Glow Sedum Russian Sage Skeleton Leaf Penstemon Pavonia lasiopetala Sedum cauticola Perovskia atriplicifolia Goldeneye baccharifolius ‘Ruby Glow’ Viguiera stenoloba

Society Garlic Spiderwort (Texas Summer Phlox Tall Coreopsis Texas Aster (Fall Aster) Tulbaghia violacea Spiderwort) Phlox paniculata Coreopsis tripteris Symphyotrichum Tradescantia humilis Color Variety oblongifolium Perennials AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Perennials 17

Texas Gold Columbine Texas Lantana Texas Star Hibiscus Threadleaf Coreopsis Thrift Aquilegia chrysantha Lantana urticoides Hibiscus coccineus (Whorled Tickseed) Armeria maritima Coreopsis verticillata

Tropical Sage (Red Turks Cap Upright Germander Verbena Wild Red Columbine Sage) Malvaviscus arboreus Teucrium chamaedrys Verbena x. hybrida Aquilegia canadensis Salvia coccinea var. drummondi (canadensis)

Wine Cup Wood Sorrel (Oxalis) Yarrow Yellow Bells Zexmenia Callirhoe involucrata Oxalis drummondii Achillea millefolium Esperanza Wedelia acapulcensis Tecoma stans var. hispida Perennials AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Annuals 18

American Annual Phlox Begonia Blue Bell Bluebonnet Basket Flower Phlox drummondii Begonia x semperflo- (Wild Hyacinth) Lupinus texensis Centaurea americana Color Variety rens-cultorum Hyacinthoides non-scripta Wildflower Wildflower

Butterfly Daisy Calliopsis Dakota Mock Vervain Dianthus Eryngo (Leavenworth) Argyranthemum Coreopsis tinctoria ‘calliopsis’ (Praire Verbena) Dianthus chinensis Eryngium leavenworthii frutescens Wildflower Glandularia bipinnatifida Color Variety

Firewheel (Indian Blanket) Greenthread Horsemint Impatiens Indian Paintbrush Gaillardia pulchella Thelesperma filifolium (Lemon Bee Balm) Impatiens Castilleja sessiliflora Wildflower Monarda citriodora Color Variety Wildflower Annuals AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Annuals 19

Marigold Ornamental Kale/ Pansy Small Palafox Snapdragon Tagetes Cabbage Viola tricolor Palafoxia callosa Antirrhinum Brassica oleracea Color Variety Wildflower Color Variety

Tahoka Daisy Zinnia (Prairie Aster) Zinnia Machaeranthera Color Variety tanacetifolia Wildflower Annuals AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Ground Covers + Vines 20

Asian Jasmine Boston Ivy Cardinal Vine Carolina Jessamine Coral Honeysuckle Trachelospermum asiaticum Parthenocissus tricuspidata Ipomoea sloteri Gelsemium sempervirens Lonicera sempervirens Ground Cover Climbing Vine Climbing Vine Climbing Vine Climbing Vine

Crossvine Cypress Vine Elaeagnus Frog Fruit (Texas Frog Fruit) Ground Ivy Bignonia capreolata Iponoea quamoclit Eleagnus pungens Phyla nodiflora Glechoma hederacea Climbing Vine Climbing Vine Climbing Vine Evergreen creeper Evergreen creeper

Hardy Plumbago Horseherb Liriope (Lily Turf) Mondo Grass (Monkey Grass) Passion Vine (Passion flower) Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Calyptocarpus vialis Liriope spp. Liriope muscari Passiflora Perennial Ground Cover Ground Cover Border Grass Border Grass Climbing Vine Ground Covers + Vines + Covers Ground AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Ground Covers + Vines 21

Pigeonberry Porcelain Vine Purple Clematis Purple Leaf Euonymus Purple Leatherflower Rivina humilis Ampelopsis brevipedunculata Clematic integrifolia (Purple Wintercreeper) Clematis pitcheri Understory Climbing Vine Climbing Vine Euonymus fortunei Climbing Vine Climbing Vine

Pyracantha Santolina Snake Herb Snail Vine Star Jasmine Pyracantha spp. Santolina Dyschoriste linearis (Corkscrew Vine) Trachelospermum Climbing Vine chamaecyparissus Cochliasanthus caracalla jasminoides Climbing Vine

Sweet Potato Vine Sweet Violet (Wood Violet) Texas Sedge Texas Wisteria Trumpet Vine Ipomoea batatas Viola odorata Carex texensis Wisteria Frutescens Campsis radicans Color Variety Perennial Ground Cover Turf Replacement Climbing Vine Climbing Vine Ground Covers + Vines + Covers Ground AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Ground Covers + Vines 22

Virginia Creeper White Avens Parthenocissus quinquefolia Geum canadense Climbing Vine Ground Covers + Vines + Covers Ground AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Turf Grass 23

Bermuda 419 Tifway Blue Gamma Buffalo Grass Texas Bluegrass Sod Zoysia Emerald Cynodon dactylon Bouteloua gracilis Bouteloua dactyloides Poa arachnifera Zoysia japonica x Zoy- Golf and sports fields Drought Tolerant sia matrella. Cultivar ‘Emerald’

Zoysia Palisades Zoysia japonica Steud. x Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. Turf Grass Turf AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide Ornamental Plants 24

Coleus Dragon’s Blood Sedum Havard’s Agave Neomexicana Agave Parrys Agave Plectranthus Sedum spurium Agave havardia Agave parryi subsp. Agave parryi scutellarioides coccineum neomexicana

Prickly Pear Cactus Tassel Fern Tricolor Sedum Vera Jameson Sedum Whale’s Tongue Agave Opuntia Polystichum Sedum spurium Sedum ‘vera jameson’ Agave ovatifolia polyblepharum ‘tricolor’

White Yucca Wood Fern Asparagales Dryopteris Ornamental Plants AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide INDEX 25

Shade Trees Ornamental Trees

American Sycamore Pecan Blue Point Juniper Texas Chastetree (Vitex) Arizona Cypress Post Oak Carolina Buckthorn Texas Mountain Laurel Ashe Juniper Shumard Oak Chinese Pistache Texas Persimmon Ash Leaf Maple (Box Southern Blackhaw Crepe Myrtle Elder) Texas Sabal Palm Southern Live Oak Desert Willow Bald Cypress Wichita Blue Juniper Southern Magnolia Downy Viburnum Bigelow Oak Windmill Palm Texas Ash Eve’s Necklace Black Hickory Yaupon Holly Texas Red Oak Flame-Leaf Sumac Black Walnut White Ash (American Flowering Dogwood Blackjack Oak Ash) Hawthorn Bur Oak White Elm (American Elm) Hollywood Juniper Caddo “Sugar” Maple Honey Mesquite Cedar Elm Little Gem Magnolia Chinaquapin Oak Mexican Buckeye Durand Oak Mexican Plum Eastern Red Cedar Mexican Redbud Escarpment Live Oak (Texas Live Oak) Possumhaw Holly

Lacebark Elm Red Buckeye

Lacey Oak Rose of Sharon

Mexican White Oak Soapberry INDEX AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide INDEX 26

Shrubs Ornamental Grass

American Beautyberry Flowering Quince Berkley Sedge Little Bunny Grass

Argarita Forsythia Big Bluestem Maiden Hair Grass

Aromatic Sumac Glossy Abelia Black Fountain Grass Maiden Hair “Gracillimus” Bridal Wreath Spirea Halberdleaf Hibiscus Blue Grama Grass Mexican Feather Grass Buford Holly Hypericum Broom Sedge Morning Light Button Bush Indian Hawthorne Bushy Bluestem (Chinese Silver Grass)

Calico Bush Italian Jasmine Canada Wild Rye Pampas Grass

Cleyera Japanese Aucuba Curly Mesquite Grass Purple Fountain Grass

Crimson Pygmy Leatherleaf Mahonia Dwarf Maiden Grass Ravenna Grass (Hardy Pampas Grass) Desert False Indigo Mountain Sage Dwarf Pampas Grass Seep Muhly Dwarf Buford Holly Nellie R. Stevens Holly Eastern Gamma Grass Sideoats Grama Dwarf Burning Bush Oakleaf Hydrangea Green Sprangle Top Silver Bluestem Dwarf Chinese Holly Purpleleaf Japanese Gulf Muhly Barberry Splitbeart Bluestem Dwarf Crape Myrtle Hamelin’s Fountain Texas Barberry Grass Standard Fountain Dwarf Glossy Abelia Grass Texas Sage Indian Grass Dwarf Pomegranate Switchgrass Winter Honeysuckle Inland Sea Oats Dwarf Spirea Texas Blue Grass Karl Forester Feather Dwarf Wax Myrtle Reed Grass Zebra Grass

Elaeagnus Linheimer’s Muhly

Flame Acanthus Little Bluestem INDEX AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide INDEX 27

Perennials

Angel’s Trumpet Cast Iron Plant Hill Country Penstemon Pink Evening Primrose Threadleaf Coreopsis

Autumn Joy Sedum Cedar Sage Holly Fern Pink Skullcap Thrift

Autumn Sage Clara Curtis Daisy Husker Purple Coneflower Tropical Sage Red Penstemon Azure Blue Sage Coral Berry Purple Heart Turks Cap Japanese Painted Fern Baldwin’s Ironweed Cutleaf Daisy Purple Trailing Lantana Upright Germander Lamb’s Ear Bearded Iris Day Lily Red Hot Poker Verbena Lindheimer’s Guara Big Red Sage Dwarf Coreopsis Red Yucca Wild Red Columbine Louisiana Iris Black Dalea Early Sunrise Rock Penstemon Wine Cup Louisiana Phlox Blackfoot Daisy Eastern Red Rock Rose Wood Sorrel Columbine Lyre Leaf Sage Blanket Flower Ruby Glow Sedum Yarrow Evening Raily Lily Maximillian Sunflower Blue Mistflower Russian Sage Yellow Bells Four Nerve Daisy Mealy Blue Sage Esperanza Blue Queen Sage Skeleton Leaf Garden Phlox Mexican Bush Salvia Zexmenia Brilliant Sedum Society Garlic Gayfeather Mexican Hat Butterfly Bush Spiderwort Giant Sage Mexican Mint Marigold Butterfly Weed Summer Phlox Golden Groundsel Mexican Oregano Candy Lily Tall Coreopsis Golden Rod Mexican Petunia Candy Tuft Texas Aster Gregg’s Dalea New Gold Lantana Canna Lily Texas Gold Columbine Gulf Coast Penstemon Obedient Plant Calylophus (Sundrops) Texas Lantana Hardy Plumbago Oxeye Daisy Cardinal Flower Texas Star Hibiscus INDEX AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide INDEX 28

Annuals Ground Covers + Vines

American Basket Small PalafoxAsian Jasmine Pyracantha Flower SnapdragonBoston Ivy Santolina Annual Phlox Tahoka DaisyCardinal Vine Snake Herb Begonia Zinnia Carolina Jessamine Snail Vine Blue Bell Coral Honeysuckle Star Jasmine Bluebonnet Crossvine Sweet Potato Vine Butterfly Daisy Cypress Vine Sweet Violet (Wood Calliopsis Violet) Elaeagnus Dakota Mock Vervain Texas Sedge Frogfruit Dianthus Texas Wisteria Ground Ivy Eryngo Trumpet Vine Hardy Plumbago Firewheel (Indian Virginia Creeper Blanket) Horse Herb White Avens Greenthread Liriope

Horsemint Mondo Grass

Impatients Passion Vine

Indian Paintbrush Pigeonberry

Marigold Porcelain Vine

Ornamental Kale/ Purple Clematis Cabbage Purple Leaf Euonymus Pansy Purple Leatherflower INDEX AUDC Approved Plant List : Visual Guide INDEX 29

Turf Grass Ornamental Plants

Bermuda 419 Tifway Coleus

Blue Gamma Dragon’s Blood Sedum

Buffalo Grass Havard’s Agave

Texas Bluegrass Sod Neomexicana Agave

Zoysia Emerald Parry’s Agave

Zoysia Palisades Prickly Pear Cactus

Tassel Fern

Tricolor Sedum

Vera Jameson Sedum

Whale’s Tongue Agave

White Yucca

Wood Fern INDEX