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Drought tolerant garden

19 years ago

Hope this list helps some of you on drought tolerant plants

and planning a garden

Achillea,Agastache foeniculum,Asclepias tuberosa,Amsonia,Artemisia,

most aster's for late summer and fall color Aster divaricatus,Aster ericoides

Aster laevis,Aster lateriflorus,Aster novae-angliae,Aster novi - belgii

Baptisia australis,Calamintha nepeta,Chrysanthemum nipponicum,Echinacea purpurea,

Euphorbia's these are fun Euphorbia amygdaloides,Euphorbia dulcis,Euphorbia polychroma

Hemerocallis and just way to many to use in the garden add them for color spring thru

fall some are repeat bloomers

Hibiscus moscheutos again lots of choices in color also deer don't like them

Lavandula , Liatris aspera , Liatris spicata, Nepeta , Perovskia atriplicifolia

a nice stand of this plant is so bueatiful use at least seven or more

Rudbeckia fulgida (native) Sedum a must have in the garden and plenty to choose

from. Stachys byzantina , Yucca filamentosa ,Andropogon geradii the blue color is

nice in the garden and adds a cooling effect. Schizachyrium scoparium ,Sorghastrum nutans

Two ferns that I like to use Dennstaedtia punctilobula , Dryopteris marginalis

Trees to help shade the garden and are drought tolerant

Quercus macrocarpa , Vitex angus-castus , Quercus prunus , Cedrus deodara , Zelkova serrata

Sophora japonica , Quercus palustris , Cercis Canadensis , Cotinus coggygria ,

now lets add some shrubs to the landscape again drought tolerant

Aucuba japonica , Kolkwitzia amabilis , Callicarpa americans , Buddlea davidli , Ilex vomitoria

Forsythia intermedia , Rhus aromatics , Jasminum spp. , Norium oleanders , Chaenomeles japonica ,

Spirea spp. , Viburnum spp. , Gelsemium sempervirens ,

this is just a small list there are more to use but thought this might help some beginers

in planing there gardens

Blueangel

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