Drought-Tolerant Flowers
Drought-Tolerant Flowers
These plants prosper in shady sites where more familiar border-plants languish. Those marked with an * do well in difficult dry-shade conditions.
PERENNIALS FOR PAVING
SPRING
Aurinia saxatilis (basket-of-gold)
Euphorbia polychroma (cushion spurge)
Pulsatilla vulgaris (pasque flower)
SUMMER
Acanthus mollis (spiny bear's breeches)
Achillea spp. (yarrows)
Anthemis tinctoria (golden marguerite)
Armeria maritima (sea pink, thrift)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Belamcanda chinensis (blackberry lily)
Calamintha nepeta (calamint)
Cerastium tomentosum (snow-in-summer)
Coreopsis verticillata (threadleaf coreopsis)
Delosperma cooperi (hardy iceplant)
Gypsophila spp. (baby's breath)
Iris hybrida (bearded iris)
Lavandula angustifolia (lavender)
Limonium latifolium (sea lavender, statice)
Nepeta spp. (catmints)
Oenothera beriandieri (showy evening primrose)
Santolina chamaecyparissus (lavender cotton)
Saponaria ocymoides (rock soapwort)
Scutellaria baicalensis (skullcap)
Thymus spp. (thymes)
Verbena canadensis (clump verbena)
Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle)
SUMMER
Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
Echinops ritro (globe-thistle)
Eryngium amethystinum (amethyst sea holly)
Gaura lindheimeri (white gaura)
Helianthus angustifolius (fall sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides scabra (false sunflower)
Liatris spicata (spike gayfeather, blazing stars)
Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage)
Rudbeckia fulgida (orange coneflower)
Santolina chamaecyparissus (lavender cotton)
Sedum spp. (stonecrops)
Sempervivum tectorum (hens-and-chicks)
Stachys byzantina (lamb's-ears)
Verbena canadensis (clump verbena)
ANNUALS
Brachycome iberidifolia (swan river
daisy)
Calendula officinalis (pot marigold)
Cleome hasslerana (spider flower)
Cosmos bipinnatus (cosmos)
Cosmos sulphureus (yellow cosmos)
Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)
Gaillardia pulchella (annual blanket-flower)
Helianthus annuus (sunflower)
Helichrysum bracteatum (strawflower)
Mirabilis jalapa (four-o'clock)
Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist)
Papaver spp. (poppies)
Portulaca grandiflora (moss rose)
Sanvitalia procumbens (creeping zinnia)
Tagetes spp. (marigolds)
Verbena x hybrida (verbena)
zinnia angustifolia (narrow-leaf zinnia)
BULBS
SPRING
Allium spp. (ornamental onions)
Crocus spp. (crocus)
Tulipa spp. (tulips)
SUMMER
Allium spp. (ornamental onions)
