Xeriscape Perennials
There are several important points to understand.
The first is that no matter how drought tolerant a perennial plant is it requires water to establish itself as a young plant. Purchasing a plant from a nursery, shoving it into the ground and ignoring it (and expecting it to survive) is a waste of time and money. It wont. You have to water your plants to get them to establish themselves Only when they have well-established roots will they tolerate drought.
Soils that are high in organic matter will help plants both establish themselves and survive periods of drought. Organic matter is like a water bank account, storing water for the plants to use. Do not scrimp on adding mulches that decompose, compost or other organic matter to your soils if you want to reduce the amount of water you apply during the growing season.
Mulches are a prime gardening technique to reduce water evaporation. I routinely use a 3 to 4 inch mulch layer on my flower and vegetable beds. Not only does this solve the water problem, it adds organic matter to the soils and keeps weeds to a minimum.
So enjoy your xeriscape garden design but do take into account the above concerns.
Xeriscape Plants
Acaena
Achillea
Aegopodium
Agastache
Allium
Alyssum
Anacyclus
Anaphalis
Anchusa
Andropogon
Antennaria
Anthemis
Aquilegia
Arabis
Arctanthemum
Arctostaphylos
Arenaria
Armeria
Arrhenatherum
Artemisia
Asclepias
Aster
Aurinia
Azorella
Baptisia
Bouteloua
Briza
Buddleia
Calamagrostis
Calamintha
Callirhoe
Camassia
Campanula
Carex
Carlina
Caryopteris
Catananche
Centaurea
Centranthus
Cerastium
Chamaemelum
Chasmanthium
Cheilanthes
Clematis
Convallaria
Convolvulus
Coreopsis
Coronilla
Cortaderia
Cotoneaster
Cotula
Crambe
Cyclamen
Delosperma
Delphinium
Dennstaedtia
Deschampsia
Dianthus
Dorycnium
Draba
Dracocephalum
Dryas
Duchesnea
Echeveria
Echinacea
Elymus
Epimedium
Eremurus
Erigeron
Erodium
Eryngium
Erysimum
Euonymus
Eupatorium
Euphorbia
Festuca
Gaillardia
Gaultheria
Gaura
Gazania
Genista
Geranium
Glechoma
Goniolimon
Gypsophila
Hedera
Helianthemum
Helichrysum
Helictotrichon
Helleborus
Hemerocallis
Heuchera
Hieracium
Hypericum
Iberis Iris
Jovibarba
Knautia
Kniphofia
Lamiastrum
Lamium
Lathyrus
Lavandula
Leontopodium
Lewisia
Leymus
Liatris
Linaria
Linum
Liriope
Lotus
Lupinus
Luzula
Lychnis
Mertensia
Muehlenbeckia
Nectaroscordum
Nepeta
Oenothera
Origanum
Oxalis
Pachysandra
Panicum
Papaver
Paronychia
Pennisetum
Penstemon
Perovskia
Persicaria
Petrorhagia
Phlomis
Phlox
Phuopsis
Plantago
Polygala
Potentilla
Pulmonaria
Pulsatilla
Raoulia
Ratibida
Romneya
Rosmarinus
Rubus
Rudbeckia
Saccharum
Salvia
Santolina
Saponaria
Scabiosa
Sedum
Sempervivum
Senna
Sesleria
Silene
Sorghastrum
Sporobolus
Stachys
Stipa
Symphyandra
Symphytum
Tanacetum
Teucrium
Thymus
Vancouveria
Verbascum
Verbena
Veronica
Vinca
Yucca
Zauschneria
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