Plantings to Conserve Water During Droughts - Carroll County, Maryland

1. Suggested Shrubs Plantings to Conserve
• Photinia glabra. Grows to 10-feet;
Continued…. beautiful copper-red leaves; white Water During Droughts
flowers.
• Cotoneaster – many varieties. Grows • Potentilla – many varieties. Grows 3- Department of Planning,
to 20-feet; deciduous and evergreen feet – good sturdy shrubs with yellow Bureau of Resource Management
types. Red berries in the fall. Ground flowers.
covering plants or arching bushes.
• Prunus triloba (flowering almond).
• Deutzia - many varieties. Grows to 6- Grows to 12-feet; pink or white
feet; deciduous – fine pink or white flowers.
flowers.
• Pyracantha (firethorn – many varieties).
• Elaeagnus pungens – Grows to 15-feet; Grows to 15-feet; evergreen – bright
evergreen – red berries – good tough green leaves and abundant red berries.
shrub.
• Rosa (shrub type rose). Deciduous – the
• Forsythia – many varieties. Grows to 8- favorite old-fashioned shrub roses –
feet; deciduous - yellow flowers (A magnificent.
favorite).
• Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel).
Grows to 12-feet; deciduous – lovely
yellow leaves in fall.
• Kerria japonica. Grows to 6-feet;
deciduous – fine shrub with slender
green branches and yellow flowers.
• Kolkwitzia amabilis (beauty bush). Carroll County Government
Grows to 12-feet; deciduous – graceful Bureau of Resource Management
bush with pink blooms. 225 North Center Street, Room 209
Westminster, Maryland 21157
• Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock
(Forsythia) Phone No.: (410) 386-2506
orange – many varieties). Grows to 10- Fax No.: (410) 386-2924
feet; known for beautiful flowers.
E-Mail: jbowman@ccg.carr.org – for
questions relating to plant material.
E-Mail: ccwater@ccg.carr.org – for
information relating to Carroll
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2. Landscaping for Drought Suggested Trees
This brochure is a guide to help you to create a • Acacia floribunda (golden wattle). Grows • Pinus (pine – many varieties). Hardy
pleasing landscape design that can thrive, with to 20-feet; an evergreen. It is fast growing group of evergreen trees.
little maintenance, during periods of drought. with yellow flowers.
Since purchasing trees and shrubs can be very • Prunus (flowering cherry and almond).
expensive, choosing the right plant is • Betula (birch – many varieties). A group of Deciduous – large variety of leaf and
important. Utilizing drought resistant plants in hardy deciduous trees known for winter flower colors.
a well planned manner can enhance your beauty.
property in many ways and still allow you to • Quercus (Oak– several varieties).
ignore that hose and watering can. So, how can • Celtis australis (European hackberry). Large deciduous acorn producing trees.
you conserve water? Below are some Grows to 20-feet; deciduous – Elm-like
suggestions: shade tree. • Robinia hispida (locust). Grows to
20-feet; deciduous – pink flowers –
1. By adding organic material like lassenite • Crataegus oxyacantha (hawthorn). Grows good, small, drought resistant tree.
to the soil will help increase its absorption to 20-feet; deciduous – beautiful fall color.
and water retention.
• Fraxinus pensylvanica lanceolata (Green Suggested Shrubs
2. You can greatly reduce the amount of water Ash). Grows to 60-feet; deciduous – one of
used for trees and shrubs with strategic the few ashes that can take drought. • Abelia grandiflora (Glossy Abelia).
placement of soaker hoses, rain barrel Grows to 6-feet; widely branding with
water catchment systems, using a watering • Ginko biloba (ginko). Grows to 60-feet; profuse summer flowers.
meter, or using a simple drip-irrigation deciduous – select male tree – leaves have
systems, or bright yellow fall color. • Amelanchier grandiflora. Grows to 20-
feet – beautiful red autumn foliage.
3. You can consider applying the principles • Gleditschia triacanthos (honey-locust).
of xeriscape (refers to landscaping and Deciduous – very handsome light green lacy • Buddleia alternifolia (butterfly bush).
gardening in ways that reduce or eliminate foliage. Grows to 12-feet; deciduous – widely
the need for supplemental irrigation) for a branching with lilac type flowers.
low-maintenance, drought resistant yard. • Juniperus (juniper – many varieties). Good
group of evergreen trees and shrubs that • Caryopteris – many varieties. Grows to
can take drought. 3-feet; deciduous – lovely blue flowers.
• Koelreuteria paniculata (golden rain tree). • Cornus mas (Connelian cherry
Grows to 25-feet; deciduous – yellow dogwood). Grows to 20-feet – one of
flowers and interesting fruit capsules. the few in the Cornus group that will
tolerate dry conditions.
• Malus (flowering crab apple – many
varieties). From the rose family and valued • Cotinus coggygria (European smoke
for year-round beauty. tree). Grows to 12-feet; a unique
shrub with good color almost all year
• Phellodendron amurense (cork tree). Grows around.
to 40-feet; deciduous – decorative dark
(Flowering Cherry)
green foliage that turns yellow in the fall.