TOWN OF PAYSON LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST -ANNUALS WATER USAGE SUN EXPOSURE FLOWERS MAX. GROWTH HARDINESS BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME NONE LOW MOD. FULL PARTIAL SHADE COLOR SEASON HEIGHT WIDTH HARDY SEMI TENDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Centaurea cyanus Cornflower X X X Varies Spring/ 18" 12" X Reseeds Summer Coreopsis tinctoria Golden Wave X X X X Yellow Summer 2-3' 18" X Reseeds Coreopsis Salvia farinacea Mealycup Sage X X X X Varies Spring/ 1-4' 2' X Annual Summer Sanvitalia procumbens Creeping Zinnia X X X Orange/ Summer 4-6" 2' X Long-Blooming Yellow TOWN OF PAYSON LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST -BULBS WATER USAGE SUN EXPOSURE FLOWERS MAX. GROWTH HARDINESS BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME NONE LOW MOD. FULL PARTIAL SHADE COLOR SEASON HEIGHT WIDTH HARDY SEMI TENDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Iris Bearded Spp. Iris X X X Varies Spring/ 1-3' 3' X Naturalizes Summer Narcissus Spp. Daffodils X X X Varies Spring/ 1-2' 1' X Naturalizes Summer Page 1 TOWN OF PAYSON LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST- GRASSES AND GRASS-LIKE PLANTS WATER USAGE SUN EXPOSURE FLOWERS MAX. GROWTH HARDINESS BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME NONE LOW MOD. FULL PARTIAL SHADE COLOR SEASON HEIGHT WIDTH HARDY SEMI TENDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Agropyron smithii Western Wheatgrass X X X X Green Perennial 1'-3' 2'-3' X Perennial Andropogon scoparius Little Bluestem X X X Greenish Fall 3-5' 3' X Silvery Seed Blue to heads, Also known Purple as Schizachyrium scoparium Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama X X X Green Perennial 30" 24" X Perennial Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama Grass X X X X Purplish Summer 4-12" 1' X Perennial Calamagrostis Feather Reed Grass X X Tan Summer 3-4' 4' X Perennial ‘Karl Forester’ Carex buchananii Red Fox Curly Sedge X X Bronze N/A 2-3' 2-3" X Perennial Cortaderia selloana Pampas Grass X X White Summer- 8-10' 6' X Might Be Invasive/ Fall Perennial Festuca arizonica Arizona Fescue Grass X X X X Seed Spring 1-2' 2' X Perennial Heads Festuca glauca Blue Fescue Grass X X X X Seed N/A 12" 12" X Perennial Heads Helicotrichon Blue Oat Grass X X X X Beige Summer 2-3' 2-3' X Perennial semperviren Muhlenbergia c. Regal Mist X X X X Rose Summer- 3' 3-4' X Perennial Regal Mist Seed Fall Head Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass X X X X Beige Summer- 4' 4' X Perennial Seed Fall Head Muhlenbergia spp. Muhly X X X X Varies Summer- 2' 2' X Perennial Fall Page 2 TOWN OF PAYSON LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST- GRASSES AND GRASS-LIKE PLANTS WATER USAGE SUN EXPOSURE FLOWERS MAX. GROWTH HARDINESS BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME NONE LOW MOD. FULL PARTIAL SHADE COLOR SEASON HEIGHT WIDTH HARDY SEMI TENDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Panicum virgatum Switch Grass X X X X Seed Fall 7' 4' X Perennial ‘Dallas Blues’ PP Head Panicum virgatum Blue Switch Grass X X X X Seed Fall 3-5' 3' X Perennial “Prairie Sky” Head Sporobolus cryptandrus Sand Dropseed X X X Purplish Summer 2' 2' X Perennial Stipa tenuifolia Silky Threadgrass X X X X Gold Summer 2-3' 2-3' X Perennial Stipa tenuissima Ponytail Grass X X X X Gold Summer 1-2' 1-2' X Perennial TOWN OF PAYSON LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST -GROUND COVERS WATER USAGE SUN EXPOSURE FLOWERS MAX. GROWTH HARDINESS BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME NONE LOW MOD. FULL PARTIAL SHADE COLOR SEASON HEIGHT WIDTH HARDY SEMI TENDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Berberis repens Creeping Barberry X X X X Yellow Spring 12" 3' X Evergreen/ Burgundy in Fall Cotoneaster dammeri Lowfast Cotoneaster X X X X White Spring 12" 6-8' X Evergreen ‘Lowfast’ Euonymus fortunei var. Purple Creeper X X X X N/A N/A 2' 6' X Evergreen ‘Colorata’ Helianthemum Yellow Helianthemum X X Yellow Late 6" 18" X Evergreen/Other calycinum Spring Colors Available Page 3 TOWN OF PAYSON LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST -GROUND COVERS WATER USAGE SUN EXPOSURE FLOWERS MAX. GROWTH HARDINESS BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME NONE LOW MOD. FULL PARTIAL SHADE COLOR SEASON HEIGHT WIDTH HARDY SEMI TENDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Mahonia repens Creeping Grape Holly X X X X Yellow Spring 12" 3' X Evergreen Malephora crocea Red Ice Plant X X X Red Summer 6" 18" X Evergreen/ Long Blooming Rosmarinus officinalis Prostrate Rosemary X X Lavender Fall- 18" 4-6' X Evergreen/ ‘Prostratus’ Spring Perennial Santolina chamaecy- Lavender Cotton X X Yellow Summer 2' 3' X Evergreen/ parissus Gray Foliage Santolina rosemarinifolia Green Lavender Cotton X X Yellow Summer 1-2' 1-3' X Evergreen Santolina virens Holy Flax, Green San- X X Yellow Summer 1-2' 1-2' X Rock Garden tolina Sedum spp. Stonecrop X X X X Varies Varies 2"-2' 1-2' X X Rock Garden/ Evergreen Sedum spurium Dragon’s Blood Sedum X X X X Rose Pink Summer 4" 18" X Groundcover Sempervivum tectorum Hens and Chicks X X X 2-4" 1-2' X Rock Garden Thymus pseudolanginos Wooly Thyme X X X Pink Summer 2-3" 3' X Evergreen Thymus serphyllum Creeping Thyme X X X X Vary Summer 1-4" 1-3' X Groundcover Thymus spp. Lemon or Creeping X X X X Varies Summer 1-12" 1-3' X Herb/Rock Garden Thyme Vinca major Creeping Myrtle X X X X Purple Spring 1-2' 2-3' X Perennial Page 4 TOWN OF PAYSON LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST—PERENNIAL FLOWERS WATER USAGE SUN EXPOSURE FLOWERS MAX. GROWTH HARDINESS BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME NONE LOW MOD. FULL PARTIAL SHADE COLOR SEASON HEIGHT WIDTH HARDY SEMI TENDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Achillea ageratifolia Greek Yarrow X X White Summer 6" 12" X Evergreen Achillea filipendulina Fernleaf Yarrow X X Yellow Summer 24" 24" X Long-Blooming Achillea kellereri Yarrow X X X X White Summer 8" 15" X Long-Blooming Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow X X X X X White Summer 18" 24' X Evergreen/Long Blooming Achillea spp. Yarrow X X X Vary Summer 1-3' 18" X Attracts Butterflies Adenophora latifolia Lady’s Bells X X X Purple Summer 24" 18" X Dry, Semi-Shade Agastache cana Giant Hyssop X X Pink Summer 2-3' 3' X Attracts Humming- birds Agastache rupestris Sunset Hyssop X X X Orange Summer 1-3' 18" X Attracts Humming- birds Alcea rosa Hollyhock X X X Varies Summer 5-6' 3' X Attracts Humming- birds/Tall & Nar- row Shape, Peren- nial Amsonia grandiflora Large-Flowered Blue X X White Spring- 3' 3' X Native Star Summer Anacyclus depressus Mat Daisy X X X White Summer 4" 10" X Rock Garden/ Perennial/ Likes Mulch-Gravel Anchusa azurea Anchusa X X X Blue Summer 3-4' 2' X Cut Flowers Antennaria rosea Pussytoes X X X Pink Summer 2-4" 12" X Evergreen/Long Blooming/ Ground- cover Page 5 TOWN OF PAYSON LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST—PERENNIAL FLOWERS WATER USAGE SUN EXPOSURE FLOWERS MAX. GROWTH HARDINESS BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME NONE LOW MOD. FULL PARTIAL SHADE COLOR SEASON HEIGHT WIDTH HARDY SEMI TENDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Aquilegia chrysantha Golden Columbine X X X X Yellow Summer 3-4' 1-2' X Attracts Humming- birds/ Deciduous/ Long Blooming Argemone squarrosa Prickly Poppy X X X White Summer 2' 3' X Wildflower Armeria maritima Sea Pink X X X X Pink Spring- 6-10" 12" X Attracts Butter- Summer flies/ Evergreen/ Long Blooming Asciepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed X X X X Varies Summer 12" 20" X Perennial/ Attracts Butterflies Aster falcatus Fall White Aster X X X White Summer 24" 24' X Attracts Butterflies Aster foliaceus Leaf-Bract Aster X X Purple Late 18" 12" X Attracts Butterflies Summer Astragalus mollissimus Milk Vetch X X X X Purple Summer 6" 12" X Rock Garden Plant Baileya multiradiata Desert Marigold X X Yellow Summer 18" 18" X Wildflower Berlanderia lyrata Chocolate Flower X X X Yellow Spring- 18" 18" X Attracts Summer Butterflies/Native/ Deciduous/Long Blooming Brickellia grandiflora Tasselflower X X X Yellow Late 3' 18" X Xeriscape Plant Summer Callirhoe involucrata Poppy Mallow X X X Pink Summer 6" 3' X Attracts Butter- flies/ Deciduous Page 6 TOWN OF PAYSON LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST—PERENNIAL FLOWERS WATER USAGE SUN EXPOSURE FLOWERS MAX. GROWTH HARDINESS BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME NONE LOW MOD. FULL PARTIAL SHADE COLOR SEASON HEIGHT WIDTH HARDY SEMI TENDER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Calylophus hartwegii Hartweg’s Sundrops X X X Yellow Summer 12" 36" X Attracts Butterflies/ Deciduous/ Long Blooming Calyophus spp. Sundrops X X X X Yellow Summer 12" 18" X Rock Garden Campanula rotundifoloa Blue Bells of Scotland X X X X Blue Summer 12" 15" X Deciduous/ Long Blooming Castilleja integra Indian Paintbrush X X X Pink-Red Summer 12" 18" X Deciduous/ At- tracts Humming- birds and Butter- flies Centaurea cineraria Dusty Miller X X X X Yellow Summer 12" 12" X Gray Foliage Centranthus ruber Red Valerian X X X X Pink- Summer 36" 3' X Attracts Butterflies/ White Deciduous/Long Blooming Cerastium tomentosum Snow-In-Summer X X X X White Summer 6-8" 2-3' X Rock Garden/ Evergreen Ceratostigma Dwarf Plumbago X X X X Blue Summer 6-12" 24" X Perennial/Long plumbaginoides Blooming/Fall Color Chamaemelum nobilis Chamomile X X X X White Summer 3-12" 12" X Groundcover Chrysopsis villosa Golden Aster X X X X Yellow Spring- 30" 24" X Wildflower Fall Coreopsis grandiflora Coreopsis X X X X Yellow Summer 1-2' 3' X Deciduous/ Long Blooming Coreopsis lanceolata Lance Leaf Coreopsis X X X X Yellow Summer 1-2' 18" X Attracts Birds Page 7 TOWN OF PAYSON LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST—PERENNIAL FLOWERS WATER USAGE SUN EXPOSURE FLOWERS MAX.