Drought Tolerant Plants
Drought Tolerant plants will go longer periods between waterings and require less water than water demanding plants. Drought Tolerant plants do still need water though, especially their first year while their root system is developing. If Xeriscaping is your goal, these plants are what you are looking for.
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Annuals
Biden
Cosmos, Sonata series
Gerbera
Dusty Miller
Marigold
Poppy
Portulaca
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Supertunia Petunia
Verbena, Superbena
Zinnia
Perennials
Artemesia
Baby's Breath
Basket of Gold
Bee Balm
BellFlower
Buckwheat
Candytuft
Catmint
Columbine
Coreopsis
Daylily
Dianthus
Echinicea
Flax
Foxglove
Gaillardia
Gaura
Gayfeather
Geranium
Goldenrod
Helen’s Flower
Hen and Chicks
Heuchera
Ice Plant
Iris
Lamb’s Ear
Lavender
Lupine
Mexican Hat
Milkweed
Onion
Penstemon
Peony
Phlox
Pincushion Flower
Poppy
Primrose
Rudbeckia
Sage
Salvia
Sedum
Shasta Daisy
Silver Mound
Speedwell
Sunrose
Yarrow
Grasses
Blue Grama, Blonde Ambition
Feather Reed Grass
Fescue
Blue Oat Grass
Shrubs
Arborvitae, Emerald Green, Thin Man
Barberry
Buckthorn
Juniper
Lilac
Mockorange, Blizzard
Privet, Common
Scotch Broom
Siberian Pea Shrub
Spruce
Western Sand Cherry
Trees
Cottonwood
Maple
Pine
Spruce
Fruits
Currant, Golden
GroundCover
Ajuga
Oregon Grape, Creeping
Snow in Summer
Thyme
Vinca
Vines
Boston Ivy, Calico Cat
Honeysuckle
Hops
Trumpet
Herbs
Catnip
Lemon Balm
Sage
Sweet Marjoram
Biden
Cosmos, Sonata series
Gerbera
Dusty Miller
Marigold
Poppy
Portulaca
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Supertunia Petunia
Verbena, Superbena
Zinnia
Perennials
Artemesia
Baby's Breath
Basket of Gold
Bee Balm
BellFlower
Buckwheat
Candytuft
Catmint
Columbine
Coreopsis
Daylily
Dianthus
Echinicea
Flax
Foxglove
Gaillardia
Gaura
Gayfeather
Geranium
Goldenrod
Helen’s Flower
Hen and Chicks
Heuchera
Ice Plant
Iris
Lamb’s Ear
Lavender
Lupine
Mexican Hat
Milkweed
Onion
Penstemon
Peony
Phlox
Pincushion Flower
Poppy
Primrose
Rudbeckia
Sage
Salvia
Sedum
Shasta Daisy
Silver Mound
Speedwell
Sunrose
Yarrow
Grasses
Blue Grama, Blonde Ambition
Feather Reed Grass
Fescue
Blue Oat Grass
Shrubs
Arborvitae, Emerald Green, Thin Man
Barberry
Buckthorn
Juniper
Lilac
Mockorange, Blizzard
Privet, Common
Scotch Broom
Siberian Pea Shrub
Spruce
Western Sand Cherry
Trees
Cottonwood
Maple
Pine
Spruce
Fruits
Currant, Golden
GroundCover
Ajuga
Oregon Grape, Creeping
Snow in Summer
Thyme
Vinca
Vines
Boston Ivy, Calico Cat
Honeysuckle
Hops
Trumpet
Herbs
Catnip
Lemon Balm
Sage
Sweet Marjoram