List of drought tolerant species to be planted at Hurt Park, Atlanta

Proposed species:
Latin name /Common name /Height
Secondary canopy trees:
Amelanchier Canadensis - Serviceberry 2 -3.5m
Ilex verticillata Common - Winterberry 1.5-3.5m
Vaccinium arborea - Sparkleberry 2 - 3.5m
Viburnum rufidulum - Rusty Black haw 2 - 3.5m
Sambucus canadensis - Elderberry 2 - 3m

Understory shrubs:
Viburnum acerifolium - Mapleleaf viburnum 1-1.25m
Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey Tea .7m
Clinopodium georgianum - Georgia calamint .7m

Perennial plants:
Agastache sp. - Purple Hyssop .6-1m
Amsonia tabernaemontana - Bluestar .6m
Asclepias Purpurascens - Purple Milkweed .6m
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterflyweed .6m
Asclepias varigata - Variegated Milkweed .6m
Desmodium rotundifolium - Prostrate ticktrefoil .25m
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceolate Coreopsis .6 -1m
Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower .6 -1m
Eupatorium album - White Thoroughwort .6 -1.5m
Eupatorium coelestinum - Blue mistflower .3 -1 m
Eurybia surculosa - Creeping aster .5 m
Helianthus hirsutis - Perennial Sunflower .7 -1.5m
Monarda didyma - Bee Balm .7 -1m
Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot .7 -1.5m
Phlox carolina - Carolina Phlox .6 m
Rudbeckia fulgida - Black-eyed Susan .6 - .8m
Rudbeckia triloba - Brown-eyed Susan 1 - 1.5m
Stokesia laevis - Stokes Aster .6m
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum - Calico aster 1m
Symphyotrichum pilosum - Oldfield aster 1m

Annual plants:
Gaillardia pulchella - Annual Gaillardia .6m

Sedges, grasses:
Carex pennsylvanica - Pennsylvania sedge .5m
Carex plantaginea - Plantain-leaf sedge .5m
Carex platyphyllum - Blue sedge .5m