Landscaping with Fire Resistive Plants

Avoid Highly Flammable Plants

  • Contains dead twigs or needles
  • Has loose or papery bark
  • Sap is gummy, strong odor like pine

High Flammability Shrubs
Examples of High Flammability Plants

Select Fire Resistive Plants

  • Accumulates minimal dead wood
  • Leaves are moist/supple
  • Sap is watery with no strong odor, like hydrangeas or crepe myrtle
Low Flammability Shrubs
Examples of Low Flammability Plants

Suitability of Landscape Mulches

Mulch Graph
Firewise Plants in Georgia (pdf)
Firewise Shrubs Flammability (pdf)
Combustibility of Landscape Mulch (pdf)