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Xeriscape Perennials



Perennial plants that will fit into an xeriscape design are listed below. These drought tolerant plants will take differing amounts of a lack of water.

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 won’t. 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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