| TYPE | COMMON NAME | LATIN NAME | WATER NEED | EXPOSURE | INTEREST | SIZE | AVAILABILITY | EASE |
| Grass | Spear Grass | Achnatherum calamagrostis | L | Full Sun | Summer | 3′ | | |
| Grass | Deer Tongue Grass | Panicum clandestinum | L-M | Full Sun | Spring/Summer | 2′-4′ | | |
| Grass | Feather Reed Grass | Calamagrostis | M-H | Full Sun | Year Round | 3′-5′ | H | H |
| Groundcover | Cinquefoil groundcover | Potentilla tabernaemontanii | M | Full Sun\Part Shade | Spring | .25′-.50′ | M | H |
| Large Shrub | Wood Rose | Rosa woodsii | M | Sun | Spring/Summer | 2′ | M | M |
| Large Shrub | Redtwig Dogwood | Cornus stolonifera bailey | M | Sun-Part Shade-Shade | Year Round | 1′-5′ | M | H |
| Large Shrub | Common Lilac | Syringia vulgaris | M | Full Sun | Spring | 8′-12′ | M | H |
| Large Shrub | Red and Yellowtwig | Cornus stolonifera isanti | | | | | | |
| Large Shrub | Forsythia | Forsythia hybrids | | | | 3′-6′ | | |
| Medium Tree | Austrian Pine | Pinus nigra | M | Full Sun | Year Round | 40′-60′ | M | M |
| Medium Tree | Limber Pine | Pinus flexilis | M | Full Sun | Year Round | 20′-30′ | M | M |
| Perennial | Blue Flax | Linum lewisii | L | Sun-Part Shade | Spring/Summer/Fall | 2′-3′ | M | H |
| Perennial | Moss Pink | Phlox subulata | M | Full Sun | Spring | 1′-2′ | M | M |
| Perennial | Penstemon | Penstemon spp. | M | Full Sun | Summer | 2′-3′ | H | H |
| Perennial | Yarrow | Achillea | L-M | Full Sun | Summer | 2′-3′ | M | M |
| Perennials | Columbine | Aquilegia | M | Sun-Part Shade | Spring/Summer | 2′ | M | M |
| Perennials | Lupine | Lupinus spp | L-M | Sun-Part Shade | Spring/Summer | 3′-4′ | M | M |
| Shrub | Snowberry | Symphoricarpos albus | L-M | Sun-Part Shade-Shade | Spring/Fall | 3′-6′ | H | M |
| Shrub | Golden Currant | Ribes aureum | L-M | Sun-Part Shade | Spring/Fall | 1′-2′ | M | H |
| Small Shrub | Dwarf Mugo Pine | Pinus mugo mugo | M | Full Sun | Year Round | 3′-5′ | M | M |
| Small Shrub | Shrubby potentilla | Potentilla fruticosa | M | Full Sun\Part Shade | Spring/Summer/Fall | 2′-4′ | M | M |
| Small Shrub | Japanese Spirea | Spiraea japonica | M | Full Sun | Spring/Summer | 1.5′-2.5′ | M | H |
| Small Shrub | Japanese barberry | Berberis thundergii | L-M | Full Sun | Year Round | 3′-6′ | M | H |
| Small Shrub | Spreading Cotoneaster | Cotoneaster divaricatus | M | Sun-Part Shade | Spring/Summer/Fall | 5′-6′ | M | H |
| Small Shrub | Rock Cotoneaster | Cotoneaster horizontalis | M | Sun-Part Shade | Year Round | 1′-2′ | M | H |
| Small Shrub | Dwarf Winged Burning Bush | Euonymous alatus | M | Sun-Part Shade | Spring/Summer/Fall | 9′-11′ | M | H |
| Small Tree | Mountain Mahogany | Cercocarpus ledifolius | L | Full Sun | Spring/Fall | 3′-20′ | H | H |
