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