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Appendix N: Plants Suitable for Southwest Landscaping

SOUTHWESTERN NATIVE PLANTS SUITABLE FOR LANDSCAPING

NON-NATIVE PLANTS SUITABLE FOR SOUTHWEST LANDSCAPING

Notes: All of the plants above were chosen and organized by the following criteria:

1. In terms of water requirements with respect to Claremont's climate, each of these species needs little to no supplemental water after becoming established. Plants were researched and chosen using Bob Perry's Landscape Plants for Western Regions using the "Map of Landscape Regions" to identify Claremont as being in the "Southern Inland Valley and Foothills" and using the "Estimated Water Needs for Landscape Plants" index to identify plants for that region which were either "adapted to [the] region," (AL,) or needed only "low supplemental water," (L), (Perry [1992], 17, 33-41). Additionally, Sunset's Western Garden Book (Brenzel) was used for clarification and verification of Latin names, and geographic origins/distributions.

2. Southwest native plants are interpreted here as those which naturally occur in California and California's bordering areas, including Nevada, Arizona, Baja California, and Mexico.

This list of plants was compiled to serve as the foundation for a database that the clinic is preparing; this database will have the ability to suggest water-conserving replacements for conventional landscaping plants (based on similar aesthetics, sun/shade requirements, landscaping purposes, etc.) in hopes of aiding both HMC's grounds crew and other interested parties via the World Wide Web implement a water-conserving landscape.

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