Rocky, sandy, gravelly and poor soils

	Rocky, sandy, gravelly and poor soils
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1	Achillea 'Coronation Gold' COMPOSITAE	yarrow	Flower	6" - 4' 6"
2	Achillea 'Red Beauty' COMPOSITAE	yarrow	Flower	6" - 4' 6"
3	*Achillea filipendulina* COMPOSITAE	fernleaf yarrow	Flower	3' - 4'
4	*Achillea millefolium* COMPOSITAE	yarrow milfoil thousand seal nosebleed	Flower	2'
5	*Agave americana* AGAVACEAE	American aloe agave century plant	Flower	1' 6" - 40'
6	*Agave attenuata* AGAVACEAE	foxtail agave	Flower	1' 6" - 40'
7	*Agave parryi* AGAVACEAE	century plant	Flower	1' 6" - 40'
8	*Allium cernuum* ALLIACEAE	flowering onion	Flower	6" - 5'
9	*Allium fistulosum* ALLIACEAE	welsh onion Japanese bunching onion	Flower	1' 8"
10	*Allium sativum* ALLIACEAE	garlic	Flower	10"
11	*Aloe vera* ALOACEAE	Barbados aloe ungentine cactus medicinal aloe Aloe vera	Flower	2' - 4'
12	*Amaranthus* AMARANTHACEAE	pigweed amaranth	Flower	6' - 8'
13	*Andropogon gerardii* ANDROPOGONACEAE	big bluestem turkeyfoot beardgrass	Grass
14	*Andropogon glomeratus* ANDROPOGONACEAE	bushy bluestem	Grass	2' - 8'
15	*Anthemis sancti-johannis* ANTHEMIDACEAE	St. John's chamomile	Flower	2' - 3'
16	*Anthemis tinctoria* ANTHEMIDACEAE	golden chamomile dyer's chamomile golden marguerite	Flower	3'
17	Anthemis tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton' ANTHEMIDACEAE	chamomile	Flower	2' - 3'
18	Anthemis tinctoria 'Kelwayi' ANTHEMIDACEAE	chamomile	Flower	2' - 3'
19	Anthemis tinctoria 'Moonlight' ANTHEMIDACEAE	chamomile	Flower	2' - 3'
20	*Arctostaphylos uva-ursi* ARCTOSTAPHYLACEAE	bearberry melbaer uva-ursi kinnikinnick	Groundcover	1'
21	*Arenaria montana*	sandwort	Flower	2" - 8"
22	Armeria 'Bee's Ruby' ARMERIACEAE	thrift	Flower	1'
23	*Armeria alliacea* ARMERIACEAE	plaintain thrift	Flower	1' 8"
24	*Armeria maritima* ARMERIACEAE	sea thrift plantain thrift	Flower	6" - 10"
25	*Armeria maritima* ARMERIACEAE	sea thrift plantain thrift	Flower	8"
26	Armeria maritima 'Alba' ARMERIACEAE	sea thrift	Flower	8"
27	Armeria maritima 'Bloodstone' ARMERIACEAE	sea thrift	Flower	8"
28	*Armoracia rusticana* CRUCIFERAE	horseradish red cole	Flower
29	*Arnica cordifolia* COMPOSITAE	arnica	Flower	6" - 2'
30	Artemisia stellerana 'Silver Brocade' ARTEMISIACEAE	dusty-miller wormwood mugwort	Flower	6" - 5'
31	*Asclepias incarnata* ASCLEPIADACEAE	swamp milkweed	Flower	2' - 4'
32	*Asclepias tuberosa* ASCLEPIADACEAE	butterfly weed pleurisy root	Flower	1' - 3'
33	Aurinia saxatilis 'Citrina' CRUCIFERAE	basket-of-gold	Groundcover	6" - 1'
34	Aurinia saxatilis 'Compacta' CRUCIFERAE	basket-of-gold	Groundcover	6" - 1'
35	Aurinia saxatilis 'Dudley Neville' CRUCIFERAE	basket-of-gold	Groundcover	6" - 1'
36	*Balsamorhiza sagittata* COMPOSITAE	arrowleaf balsamroot Oregon sunflower	Flower	2' - 2' 8"
37	*Baptisia alba* LEGUMINOSAE	false indigo white wild indigo	Flower	3' - 5'
38	*Baptisia australis* LEGUMINOSAE	wild indigo false indigo	Flower	3' - 4'
39	*Brassica pekinensis* CRUCIFERAE	chinese cabbage siew choy haku-sai napa	Herb	10"
40	*Calliandra californica* LEGUMINOSAE	Baja fairy duster	Shrub	4' - 5'
41	*Calliandra eriophylla* LEGUMINOSAE	Fairy duster	Shrub	4' - 5'
42	*Callirhoe digitata* MALVACEAE	fringed poppy mallow	Flower	6" - 4'
43	*Callirhoe involucrata* MALVACEAE	purple poppy mallow wine cups	Flower	6" - 1'
44	*Callirhoe papaver* MALVACEAE	poppy mallow	Flower	6" - 4'
45	Calluna vulgaris 'Corbetts Red'	Scotch heather ling	Shrub	2'
46	Calluna vulgaris 'Else Frye'	Scotch heather ling	Shrub	1' 6"
47	*Camassia quamash* HYACINTHACEAE	camass quamash	Flower	1' - 4'
48	Camassia quamash 'Orion' HYACINTHACEAE	quamash camass	Flower	1' - 4'
49	Chilopsis linearis 'Regal' BIGNONIACEAE	desert willow	Tree	10' - 25'
50	*Chrysopsis graminifolia* COMPOSITAE	grass-leaved golden aster	Flower	6" - 5'
51	*Chrysopsis mariana* COMPOSITAE	Maryland golden aster	Flower	1' - 3'
52	*Chrysopsis villosa* COMPOSITAE	golden aster	Flower	6" - 5'
53	*Cistus ladaniferus* CISTACEAE	gum rockrose crimson spot rockrose	Shrub
54	Cistus villosus 'Lasca select' CISTACEAE	rockrose	Shrub	3' - 4'
55	*Clarkia rubicunda*	godetia	Flower	1' - 3'
56	*Comptonia peregrina*	sweet fern	Shrub	5'
57	*Cordia boissieri* CORDIACEAE	anacahuita Texas olive	Tree	8' - 10'
58	*Cucumis melo*	Chinese cucumber	Vine
59	*Cymbopogon citratus* GRAMINEAE	lemon grass oil grass fever grass	Grass	2' - 6'
60	*Cytisus x praecox*	Warminster broom	Shrub	10'
61	Daucus carota var. carota DAUCACEAE	Queen Anne's lace	Flower	3' - 4'
62	*Echium candicans* ECHIACEAE	pride of Madeira	Flower	1' - 10'
63	*Echium lycopsis* ECHIACEAE	viper's bugloss	Flower	2'
64	*Eremurus stenophyllus* ASPHODELACEAE	desert-candle foxtail lily	Flower	2' - 5'
65	*Eriogonum compositum* ERIOGONACEAE	northern buckwheat	Grass	3" - 3'
66	*Eriogonum umbellatum* ERIOGONACEAE	wild buck-wheat sulpher flower	Grass	1'
67	*Eriogonum wrightii* ERIOGONACEAE	Wright's buckwheat	Grass	3" - 3'
68	*Erythrina herbacea*	redcardinal coral bean	Shrub	2'
69	*Fritillaria imperialis* FRITILLARIACEAE	crown imperial	Flower	2' - 4'
70	*Fritillaria meleagris* FRITILLARIACEAE	frittillary Guinea hen flower	Flower	1'
71	*Gaillardia aristata*	common gaillardia blanket-flower	Flower	1' - 3'
72	*Gaillardia pulchella*	Indian blanket blanket flower	Flower	1' - 2'
73	*Galanthus elwesii* GALANTHACEAE	giant snowdrop	Groundcover	6" - 1'
74	*Galanthus nivalis* GALANTHACEAE	snowdrop	Groundcover	3" - 8"
75	*Gaura coccinea*	scarlet gaura	Flower	1' - 5'
76	*Gaura lindheimeri*	Lindheimer's beeblossom white gaura	Flower	5'
77	*Hedeoma pulegioides*	American false pennyroyal	Groundcover	4" - 1'
78	*Helianthemum nummularium* HELIANTHEMACEAE	sun rose rockrose	Shrub	6" - 1'
79	*Hemerocallis* HEMEROCALLIDACEAE	daylily	Flower	3'
80	*Hibiscus esculentus* HIBISCACEAE	okra gumbo lady finger	Herb	2' - 8'
81	*Hypericum calycinum* HYPERICACEAE	Aaron's beard creeping St. Johnswort	Groundcover	1'
82	Hypericum x moseranum 'Tricolor' HYPERICACEAE	St. Johnswort gold flower	Groundcover	1' - 2'
83	*Ipomoea alba*	tropical white morning-glory moonflower	Vine	8' - 10'
84	*Ipomoea tricolor*	grannyvine morning glory	Vine	10'
85	*Jasminum floridum* JASMINACEAE	jasmine jessamine	Vine	3' - 15'
86	*Justicia californica* JUSTICIACEAE	beloperone chuperosa chuparosa	Shrub	3'
87	*Justicia candicans* JUSTICIACEAE	Arizona water-willow red justica	Shrub	3'
88	*Kniphofia uvaria*	torch lily red-hot poker tritoma	Flower	4'
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Last reviewed November 01, 2004

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