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Drought Tolerant Plants
Drought Tolerant Plants
If you struggle with dry areas of your landscaping, we recommond the following. The drought tolerant plants listed are the most likely to survive without irrigating once they are established. We do recommend applying mulch to retain moisture.
PERENNIALS Achillea-Yarrow
Aegopodium
AgastacheHyssop Arabis-Rock Cress
Armeria-Thrift Artemesia-Mugwort
Aurinia-Basket of Gold Baptisia-False Indigo Bergenia-Saxifraga Boltonia-Starflower Campanula-Bellflower Catanache-Cupid’s Dart Centaurea-Bachelor’s Button Centranthus-Jupiter’s Beard Cerastium-Snow in Summer Coreopsis- Tickseed Delosperma-Ice Plant Dianthus-Pinks Echinacea-Coneflower Echinops-Globe Thistle Epimedium-Barronwort Eryngium-Sea Holly Euphorbia-Spurge Gallardia-Blanket Flower Gaura-Whirling Butterfly Gazania Geranium-Cranesbill Gypsopila-Baby’s Breath Heather/Heath Hedera-English Ivy Helianthemum-Sun Rose Hemerocallis-Daylily Iberis-Candytuff Incarvillea-Hardy Gloxina Iris-German Lamiastrum-Nettle Lamium-Nettle Liatris-Gayfeather Linum-Flax
Liriope-Lily Turf Malva-Hollyhock Mallow Oenothera-Evening Primrose
Ornamental Grasses
Cortaderia-Pampas Grass Festuca-Blue Fescue Helictrotrichon-Blue OatGrass Miscanthus-Maiden Grass Pancium-Switch Grass Pennisetum-Fountain Grass
Penstemon-Beard Tongue Perovskia-Russian Sage Rudbeckia-Black Eyed Susan Sagina-Iris/Scotch Moss Salvia-Meadow Sage Sedum-Stonecrop Sempervivum-Hens & Chicks Solidago-Goldenrod Stachys-Lamb’s Ear Tritoma-Red Hot Pocker
SHRUBS & VINES
Abies-Fir Aesculus-Red Buckeye Amelanchier-Serviceberry Arctostaphylos-Bearberry Aronia-Chokeberry Aucuba-Japanese Laurel Berberis-Barberry Buddleia-Butterfly Bush Caryopteris-Blue Spirea Ceanothus-New Jersey Tea Cephalotaxus-Plum Yew Chaenomeles-Quince Cotinus-Smoketree Cotoneaster Cupressus-Cyrpress Cytissus-Scotch Broom Fothergilla-Bottle Brush Hamamelis-Witch Hazel Hydrangea-Climbing Hydrangea-Oakleaf Hypericum-St. John’s Wort Ilex-Inkberry Holly Indigofera Juniperus-Juniper Kolkwitzia-Beauty Bush Lespedeza-Dwarf Bush Clover Mahonia-Grape Holly Microbiota-Siberian Cypress Myrica-Bayberry
Philadelphus-Mock Orange Pinus Mugo-Mugo Pine Polygonum-Silver Lace Vine Potentilla
Prunus-Flowering Almond Pyrus-Flowering Pear Rhamnus-Buckthorn Rhapidophyllum-Needle Palm Rhus
Robinia-Twisted Black Locust Sarcoccoca Taxus Vitex-Chaste Tree Yucca-Adam’s Needle
HERBS Agastache-Anise Hyssop
Lavendula-Lavender Matricaria-German Chamomile Nepeta-Catmint Rosmarinus-Rosemary Salvia-Sage Santolina-Lavender Cotton Satureja-Summer Savory
ANNUALS Cleome-Spiderplant
Cosmos Dusty Miller Felicia-Blue Marguerite Gaillardia Gazania Gomphrena Helichrysum-Strawflower Lantana Nasturtium Oleander Petunia Portulaca-Rose Mose Rudbeckia-Black-Eyed Susan Sunflower Vinca rosea