Selected Shrubs for Drought-Tolerant

SELECTED PLANTS FOR DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPES
Linda Magrum, Yolo County Master
Gardener
Taylor Lewis, Nursery Manager, UC
Davis Arboretum
Drought-tolerant Plants for a
Mediterranean Climate
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California native plants
Plants native some parts of South America
Plants native to Mediterranean
Plants native to Central Europe and Near East
Plants native to China
Plants native to Australia and New Zealand
Plants native to South Africa
Arboretum All-Stars
Water Requirements of Plants
as defined by the Sunset Western Garden Book
and/or U. C. Davis Arboretum
• None: Once established, the plant survives on
natural rainfall in its native environment
• Little: Plant is quite drought-tolerant. Once
established, it may need deep watering once a
month during the dry season.
• Moderate: Once established, plant needs a deep
watering every 2 to 3 weeks.
• Regular: Once established, plant needs water at
least once a week, more in hotter weather. Soil
should not be too dry or too wet.
Drought-tolerant Shrubs
for Sun
Arbutus unedo 'Compacta’
(compact strawberry tree)
Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Howard
McMinn’ (Vine Hill manzanita)
Berberis thunbergii
(Japanese barberry)
Berberis thunbergii (barberry)
Buddleja davidii
(butterfly bush)
Calliandra californica 'Maricopa Red'
(Baja fairy duster)
Callistemon citrinus ‘Violaceus’
(lemon bottlebrush)
Callistemon viminalis ‘Little John’
(Little John dwarf bottlebrush)
Ceanothus ‘Centennial’
(California lilac)
Ceanothus 'Dark Star’
(California lilac)
Ceanothus ‘Valley Violet’
(California lilac)
Cistus purpureus
(orchid rockrose)
Cistus salvifolius prostratus
(sage-leaf rockrose)
Cotoneaster dammeri
(bearberry cotoneaster)
Grevillea rosmarinifolia 'Scarlet Sprite’
(rosemary grevillea)
Lantana ‘Irene’ (Irene lantana)
Lantana montevidensis
(purple trailing lantana)
Leucophyllum frutescens ‘Compacta’
(Compact Texas ranger)
Myrtus communis
(myrtle)
Nerium oleander ‘Petite Pink’
(dwarf pink oleander)
Rosmarinus offinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’
(Tuscan Blue rosemary)
Rosmarinus offinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’
(Tuscan Blue rosemary)
Rosmarinus offinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’
(Tuscan Blue rosemary)
Rosmarinus offinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’
(Tuscan Blue rosemary)
Rosmarinus ‘Huntington Carpet’
(trailing rosemary)
Tecoma capensis
(cape honeysuckle)
Teucrium fruticans ‘Compactum’
(compact bush germander)
Teucrium x lucidrys
(hedge germander)
Teucrium x lucidrys
Plant Selection References
• UC Davis Arboretum All-Star
Databasehttp://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/plant_se
arch.aspx
• UCCE Yolo County
Publicationshttp://ceyolo.ucdavis.edu/Gardening
_and_Master_Gardening/Free_Gardening_Hando
uts/
• Sunset Western Garden Book