Ranch Style Plant Palette

This palette is suitable for ranch houses and other rural or informal settings.  The design concept accents rustic or agrarian elements of the architecture and reinforces them through informal planting and plant selection.  Some of these plants are more common in the Eastern United States but will grow in the West (if you can find them).

Trees (Botanical Name - Common Name)
Acer rubrum - Red Maple
Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple
Aesculus californica - California Buckeye
Albizzia julibrissin - Silk Tree
Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam
Castanea spp. - Chestnut
Catalpa spp. - Indian Bean
Cedrus deodora - Deodor Cedar
Celtis occidentalis - Hackberry
Chionanthus virginicus - Fringe Tree
Citrus spp. - Lemon, Orange, etc.
Cladrastis kentukea - Yellow Wood
Cratageus spp. - Hawthorn
Disopyrus virginiana - Persimmon
Fagus spp. - Beech
Fraxinus spp. - Ash
Gleditsia triacanthos - Honey Locust
Juglans spp. - Walnut
Liquidambar styraciflua - American Sweet Gum
Lirodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree
Populus spp. - Poplar, Cottonwood
Prunus spp. - Cherry, Plum, Peach
Maclura pomifera - Osage Orange
Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia
Nyssa sylvatica - Sour Gum
Persea americana - Avocado
Pistacia chinensis - Chinese Pistache
Platanus racemosa - California Sycamore
Prunus caroliniana - Carolina Cherry
Quercus agrifolia - Coast Live Oak
Robinia pseudoacacia - Black Locust
Schinus molle - California Pepper
Sorbus spp. - Mountain Ash
Thuja occidentalis - Arborvitae
Tilia cordata - Linden

Shrubs
Abelia grandiflora - Glossy Abelia
Amelanchier canadensis - Serviceberry
Buddleja davidii - Butterfly Bush
Camellia japonica - Camellia
Cotoneaster spp. - Cotoneaster
Chrysanthemum frutiscens - Daisy
Euonymous spp. - Euonymous
Euryops pectinatus - African Daisy
Felicia amelloides - Blue Marguerite
Helianthus annuus - Sunflower (annual)
Genista spp. - Broom
Iris spp. - Iris
Juniperus spp. - Juniper
Ligustrum japonicum 'Texanum' - Texas Privit
Pennisetum setaceum - Fountain Grass
Pieris spp. - Lily-of-the-Valley Shrub
Rosa spp. - Roses
Xylosma congestum - Shiny Xylosma

Groundcover
Chrysanthemum spp. - Daisy
Frageria chiloensis - Ornamental Strawberry
Juniperus spp. - Juniper
Oenothera berlandieri - Evening Primrose
Sisyrincium bellum - Blue-eyed Grass

Grasses
Buchloe dactyloides - Buffalo Grass

Vines and Espalliers
Pyracantha spp. - Firethorn
Rosa spp. - Climbing Roses
Vaccinum ovatum - Huckleberry