Drought Tolerant Plants

Below are the full plant names from Nicola’s talk on drought tolerant planting…

Tap Roots:

Baptisia australis

Baptisia ‘Vanilla Cream’

Eryngium giganteum ‘Silver Ghost’

Acanthus mollis

Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’

Echinops sphaerocephalus ‘Arctic Glow’

Fleshy foliage:

Sempervivum

Hylotelephium spectabile ‘Brilliant’

Hylotelephium telephium ‘Purple Emperor’

Silver leaves:

Stachys byzantina ‘Big Ears’

Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’

Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’

Santolina chamaecyparissus

Helichrysum italicum

Perovskia ‘Blue Spire’

Bulbs / Rhizomes:

Iris ‘Sultan’s Palace’ (bearded)

Tulbaghia violacea

Allium sphaerocephalon (round-headed leek)

Allium nigrum (Black garlic)

Allium schubertii (Shubert’s Allium)

Nerine bowdenii

Triteleia Corrina (also called Brodiaea)

Prairie Plants:

Echinacea purpurea

Achillea ‘Terracotta’

Helenium

Panicum virgatum ‘Rehbraun’

Stipa tenuissima

Eutrochium maculatum Atropurpureum Group

Mediterranean Plants:

Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen

Ballota pseudodictamnus

Euphorbia rigida

Dianthus cruentus

Cistus x purpureus

Cupressus sempervirens

Dry Shade:

Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’

Liriope muscari

Geranium macrorrhizum

Dryopteris wallichiana

Epimedium x rubrum

Hydrangea quercifolia


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