Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Plants For Dry Conditions

Summer is only half over and there is still lots of time to plant! This summer has been very dry and hot so far... a perfect time to consider adding some drought tolerant plants to your landscape.
Below I have included a list of plants that thrive in hot, dry conditions.
HAPPY PLANTING!!


ANNUALS

Alyssum
Ageratum
Begonias (Wax)
Cannas
Celosia
Geraniums
Gazania
Gomphrena
Lantana
Nierembergia
Petunia
Portulaca
Salvia
Statice sinuata
Senecio
Dusty Miller
Verbena
Vinca

HERBS
Basil
Borage
Caraway
Chamomile
Comfrey
Feverfew
Pennyroyal
Thyme
Tansy

PERENNIALS
Achillea (Yarrow)
Amsonia (Blue Stars)
Anthemis (Marguerite Daisy)
Antennaria (Pussy Toes)
Arabis (Rock Cress)
Armeria (Sea Thrift)
Artemesia (All Kinds)
Asclepsis (Butterfly Flower)
Belamcanda (Blackberry Lily)
Briza (Quaking Grass)
Cerastium
Coreopsis
Dicentra
Echinacea (Rudbeckia)
Echinops
Eryngium (Sea Holly)
Euphorbia
Festuca (Blue Fescue)
Geranium sanguineum
Guara
Gypsophila
Helianthemum (Sun Rose)
Helianthus (Sunflower)
Helenium
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Hibiscus
Hypericum
Iris siberica
Lamium (in shade or partial sun)
Linum (Blue Flax)
Lirope
Malva
Oenethera (Ozark Sundrop)
Opuntia
Physostegia
Rudbeckia
Salvia Superba
Sedum (All Kinds)
Stachys (Lamb’s Ear)
Yucca

SHRUBS
Barberry
Caragana
Cotinus
Cotoneaster
Cytisus
Ganista
Hypericum
Juniper
Lagerstromia
Myrica Pennsylvania
Potentilla

1 comment:

  1. Here is the rest of the slideshow. It includes pictures of the chocolate-smelling orchid and a sweet bonsai. see adrians blog

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