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| NAME | HEIGHT | FEATURES |
| Rabbit Brush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus |
2-6' | gray foliage with bright yellow flowers |
| Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster actifolia |
6-8' | compact shrub, makes nice hedges |
| Winged Burning Bush
Euonymus alata |
8-10' | yellow flowers in spring, red fall leaves |
| New Mexican Privet
Forestiera neomexicana |
8-15' | good alternative to Aspen |
| Rock Spirea
Holodiscus dumosus |
3-4' | white-pink flowers, foliage red in fall |
| Lewis Mockorange
philadelphus lewisii |
6-9' | rounded shape, white flower clusters |
| Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo |
15-25' | Large shrub, gray bark |
| Leadplant
Amorpha canescenus |
3-4' | blue flower spikes, gray foliage |
| Fern bush
Chamaebatiaia millefolium |
3-5' | white pointed, clusters of flowers, semi-evergreen shrub |
| Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa |
small white flowers, decorative seed plumes | |
| Redleaf Rose
Rosa glauca |
5-8' | pink flowers, reddish foliage |
| Ginnala/Amur Maple
Acer ginnala |
6-8' | spreading shrub with bright scarlet foliage in fall |
| Regent Serviceberry
Amelanchier alniflia |
4-6' | white flowers in spring, yellow to red leaves in fall |
| Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana |
6-20' | edible fruit, golden yellow fall foliage |
| Tall Western Sage
Artemesia tridentate |
3-6' | silver-gray foliage, nice aroma |
| Blue Mist Spirea
Caryopteris x clandereris |
2-4' | light blue flowers, dies back to ground in winter |
| Curl Leaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus ledifolius |
6-12' | dark green curly leaves, attractive fuzzy seed tails |
| Siberian Peashrub
Caragana arborescens |
15-20' | yellow spring flowers, a good screen or windbreak, drought tolerant |
| Ames Juniper
Juniperus chinenins 'Ames' |
8-10' | spreading form when young then becoming broad and pyramidal, dark green foliage at maturity |
| Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis |
6"-1' | many cultivars available |
| Wichita Blue Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum 'Wichita Blue" |
12-18" | pyramical form, blue foliage, minimal fruit set, full sun needed for good coloration |
| Blueleaf Honeylocust
Lonicera korolkowii |
15' | Early spring rose-red flowers, blue-green foliage, red to orange-red fruit midsummer |
| Emerald Mound Honeysuckle
Lonicera xylosteum 'Emerald Mound' |
3' | low growing mounded honeysuckle, bluish-green foliage |
| Potentilla
Potentilla spp. |
2-3' | upright to rounded form, yellow or white summer flowers, full sun and good drainage |
| American Plum
Prunus Americana |
15-25' | suckering shrub, flowers mid March |
| Nanking cherry
Prunus tomentosa |
15' | single white flowers in late April, showy red edible fruit |
| Western Sandcherry
Prunus besseyi |
4' | narrow, lance-like foliage, needs well-drained soils, black edible |