The following are some Native plants recommended for use in the Albuquerque and surrounding metro area. Keep in mind Albuquerque has many micro-climates so each plant will need to be carefully selected, based on the design in mind.



• Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa)
• Barberry, Japanese (Berberis thunbergii)
• Bladder-senna (Colutea arborescens)
• Ceanothus (Ceanothus fendleri)Image
• Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa)
• Cliff rose (Cowania mexicana)
• Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster spp.)
• Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens)
• Mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus spp.)
• Peashrub (Caragana spp.)
• Privet (Forestiera spp.)
• Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus spp.)
• Rock Spiraea (Holodiscus dumosus)
• Sage (Artemisia spp.)
• Saltbush (Atriplex canescens)
• Sand cherry (Prunus besseyi)
• Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)Image
• Sumac (Rhus spp.)
• Yucca (Yucca spp.)

Perennials

• Catmint, Select Blue (Nepeta x faassenii "Select Blue")
• Claret Cup Hedgehog (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
• Curlicue Sage (Artemisia versicolor "Seafoam")
• French Lavender (Lavandula spp.)
• Giant Thrift-Leaf (Hymenoxys acaulis)
• Hummingbird Mint (Agastache spp.)
• May Night Sage (Salvia "May Night")
• Pineleaf Beardtongue/Penstemon (Penstemon pinifolius)
• Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)

Trees

• Burr oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
• Goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
• Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata)
• Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
• Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
• Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
• Pinyon pine (Pinus edulis)
• Thornless honeylocust (Gleditsia triancanthos inermis)
• Western catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)