| Category | Name | Othername | Zone | Size | Growthrate | Water | Pollination | Bloom | Color | Time | Light | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees | GREENSPIRE LINDEN | Tilia cordata 'Greenspire' | 4 | 40 x 30 | Medium | M | Formal pyramidal shape; small yellowish fragrant flowers | |||||
| Shrubs | AMUR MAPLE | Acer ginnala | 3 | 20 x 15 | Fast | XX | Large shrub often multi-trunked good fall color in some plants | |||||
| Shrubs | REGENT SERVICEBERRY | Amelanchier alnifolia 'Regent' | 2 | 6 x 6 | Medium | XX | White flowers early in spring; edible blueberry-like fruit; yellow-red fall color | |||||
| Shrubs | UTAH SERVICEBERRY | Amelanchier utahensis | 5 | 6-12x6-8 | Medium | XXX | Native with white flowers in spring; birds like the berries | |||||
| Shrubs | LEADPLANT | Amorpha canescens | 4 | 3 x 3 | Medium | XX | Native with spikes of small purple flowers in summer | |||||
| Shrubs | BRILLIANT RED CHOKEBERRY | Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima' | 4 | 6 x 6 | Slow | M | Clusters of white flowers followed by bright red fruit; lustrous dark green leaves turn brilliant red in fall | |||||
| Shrubs | SILVER SAGEBRUSH | Artemisia cana | 3 | 3 x 3 | Medium | XXX | Native of mountain meadows; slender gray leaves | |||||
| Shrubs | SAND SAGEBRUSH | Artemisia filifolia | 4 | 3 x 2 | Fast | XXX | Silver thread-like leaves give this a soft appearance; needs good drainage | |||||
| Shrubs | FRINGED SAGEBRUSH | Artemisia frigida | 3 | 1 x 2 | Medium | XXX | Forms a dense soft mat; cut back if plants become rangy | |||||
| Shrubs | BIG BASIN SAGEBRUSH | Artemisia tridentata | 3 | 6 x 4 | Medium | XXX | Native with silvery foliage; very aromatic foliage | |||||
| Shrubs | FOURWING SALTBUSH | Atriplex canescens | 4 | 3 x 4 | Medium | XXX | Very tough tolerant plant; interesting papery winged seeds on female plants | |||||
| Shrubs | SPINY SALTBUSH | Atriplex confertifolia | 5 | 2 x 2 | Slow | XXX | Round silvery leaves; also called shadscale | |||||
| Shrubs | MAT SALTBUSH | Atriplex corrugata | 4 | 3 inches x 18 inches | Slow | XXX | Mat of silver-gray foliage | |||||
| Shrubs | GARDNER SALTBUSH | Atriplex gardneri | 5 | 1 x 2 | Medium | XXX | Tough native tolerant of poor soil | |||||
| Shrubs | CRIMSON PYGMY BARBERRY | Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy' | 4 | 2 x 2 | Slow | X | Red foliage on compact plant | |||||
| Shrubs | HELMOND PILLAR BARBERRY | Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar' | 4 | 4 x 1 | Medium | X | Very columnar form with red-purple foliage; try it in a perennial bed for height and color | |||||
| Shrubs | ROSE GLOW BARBERRY | Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow' | 4 | 3 x 3 | Medium | X | New growth has pink variegations in deep red leaves | |||||
| Shrubs | EMERALD CAROUSEL BARBERRY | Berberis x 'Tara' | 4 | 4 x 4 | Medium | X | Green leaves on arching branches; flowers and berries larger than other barberries; wonderful crimson fall color | |||||
| Shrubs | WESTERN RIVER BIRCH | Betula fontinalis | 4 | 15 x 10 | Medium | W | Native along our streams; suckers | |||||
| Shrubs | SILVER FOUNTAIN BUTTERFLY BUSH | Buddleia alternifolia argentea | 4 | 8 x 8 | Fast | XX | Thin arching branches lined with lavender flowers in June; very attractive to butterflies; tougher and hardier than other butterfly bushes | |||||