If you live in an area with little rainfall, fast-draining soil or other conditions that make the soil particularly dry, don’t give up on creating a garden. Massive amounts of water are not your only option. Consider creating a xeriscape, a dry landscape composed of plants that are adapted to harsh growing conditions. By utilizing plants from various arid regions of the world, you can have a garden that is beautiful and make thoughtful use of limited natural resources.
| Achillea/Yarrow – Sun |
| Agastache/Hyssop – Sun |
| Allium/All varities – Sun – Pt. Sun |
| Amsonia/Blue Star – all varieties – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Anthemis marschalliana (Marshall Chamomile) & tinctoria (Golden Marguerite) – Sun |
| Arabis/Rock Cress – Sun |
| Armeria martima/Sea Thrift – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Artemesia/ Mugwort, Wormwood, ‘Silver Mound’ – Sun |
| Asclepias/All varieties except swamp milkweed – Sun |
| Aubrieta – Sun |
| Aurinia saxatilis ‘Basket of Gold’ – Sun |
| Baptisia/False Indigo – Sun |
| Berginia purpurascens – Sun to Pt. Shade |
| Calamintha nepeta – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Caryopteris x clandonensis/Bluebeard – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Boltonia asteroids – Sun |
| Centaurea/Mountain Bluet – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Convallaria/Lily of the Valley – Pt. Sun to Shade |
| Coreopsis/verticillata ‘Moonbeam’, ‘Zagreb’ – Sun |
| Delosperma/Ice Plant – cooperi, nubigena ‘John Proffitt’ – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’ Sun to Part Shade |
| Dianthus/Pinks – Sun to Part Sun |
| Disporum/Fairy Bells – Pt. Shade to Shade |
| Doronicum orientale/Leopard’s Bane – Pt. Sun |
| Echinacea purpurea/Coneflower – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Echinops/Globe Thistle – Sun to Part Sun |
| Epimedium/ Part Sun to Shade |
| Erica carnea/Spring Heath – Sun to Part Sun |
| Eryngium/Sea Holly – Sun to Part Sun |
| Euphorbia polychrome, myrsinites – Cushion Spurge – Sun |
| Fallopia japonica/Fleeceflower – Sun to Part Shade |
| Gaillardia/Blanket Flower – Sun |
| Geranium/Hardy Cranesbill Groundcover Geraniums – Sun to Part Sun |
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Helianthemum/Sun Rose – Sun |
| Heliopsis/False Sunflower – Sun |
| Helleborus/Lenten Rose – All varieties – Pt. Sun to Pt. Shade |
| Hemerocallis/Daylilies, All varieties – Sun to Part Sun |
| Heuchera/Coral Bells – Sun to Part Shade |
| Hostas – Pt. Sun |
| Iberis simpervirens /Candytuft – Sun |
| Iris sibirica/Siberian Iris – Sun to Part Sun |
| Kalimeris/Blue Star – Sun to Part Sun |
| Knautia macedonica – Sun |
| Knifofia – Red Hot Poker – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Lamium maculatum/Deadnettle – Pt. Sun |
| Lavandula angustifolia/ English Lavender – Sun |
| Lavandula x intermedia/Lavender – Sun |
| Liatris/Gayfeather – Sun to Part Sun |
| Liriope/Lily-turf – Sun to Part Shade |
| Lysimachia clethroides/Gooseneck Loosestrife – Sun to Part Sun |
| Nepeta x faassenii/Catmint – Sun to Part Sun |
| Oenothera fruticosa/Sundrops – Sun |
| Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’/Black Mondo Grass – Sun to Part Shade |
| Origanum laevigatum ‘Harrenhausen’ and vulgare – Ornamental Oregano – Sun to Part Sun |
| Perovskia atriplicifolia/Russian Sage – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Polygonatum, green or variegated/Solomen’s Seal Part Sun to Part Shade |
| Potentilla cinera, megalantha, nepalensis – Sun |
| Roses/Knock Outs, Nearly Wild, ‘The Fairy’ – Sun |
| Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldstrum) & speciosa ‘Viette’s Little Suzy – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Salvia nemorosa/all – Sun |
| Santolina/Lavender Cotton – Sun |
| Scabiosa caucasica/Pincushion Flower – Sun |
| Sedum/All species – Sun |
| Sempervivum/Hen & Chicks – Sun |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium/’Lucerne’ Blue-Eyed Grass – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Silene dioica & Moss Campion – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Solidago/Goldenrod – Sun |
| Stachys – Lamb’s Ear – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Stokesia laevis/Stoke’s Aster – Sun |
| Thymus/Thyme all varieties – Sun to Part Sun |
| Tradescantia/Spiderwort – all varieties – Sun to Part Sun |
| Veronica/Speedwell – All species – Sun |
| Vinca minor (groundcover) Myrtle – Sun to Shade |
| Yucca filamentosa – Sun to Pt. Sun |
| Ornamental Grasses: All species and varieties Sun to Part Sun |
| Calamagrostis acutiflora & arundinacea |
| Miscanthus (all varieties) – Panicum virgatum (all varieties) – Pennisetum (all varieties) |
| Erianthus ravennae – Festuca glauca |
