Best Drought Tolerant Plants

Drought-resistant plants are usually sun-loving, so they will thrive in that brutally unprotected part of your landscape; most can tolerate some morning shade. Whether you plan to completely redesign your landscape, or just implement a few xeriscaped...

Expect the sunny flowers to be in bloom year round in tropical areas and all summer long in areas with freezing winter temperatures.Leaves are simple, deltoid (wedge-shaped or like a capital delta), irregularly toothed and lobed, and grow either opposite...

Jacarandas, agaves, oleanders and bamboos lined the road up to the top of the mountain, all doing fine without any supplemental water. The lack of moisture in southern California is a hindrance, but the overabundance of it can be detrimental as well.

Deer apparently hate it. Mid-April in Texas means plant sales, and I was delighted to come across this hardy sage at the recent Heard Museum spring sale. The 'Allen Chickering' and 'Whirly Blue' types, which feature a more open and tall growth habit and...

Aloes are one of the best and most used landscape plants, coming in a huge variety of sizes, shapes and colors. There are literally hundreds more aloes in cultivation but this venue is not the right one for creating a complete cataloguing of such plants.

Leaves were rubbed on the body of the sick person and he or she also drank a tea made of the leaves and he or she layed on a bed of crimson pitcher sage leaves. Crimson pitcher sage is recommended for Sunset zones 7-9 and 14-24.

Foliage, flowers, all-season attraction, drought-tolerant, salt-tolerant, butterfly attractant...these plants have it all! 'Autumn Joy' is perhaps the most well-known but this group is enjoying a surge in the release of new cultivars suitable for nearly...

Increase energy and may reduce the risks for heart disease andh flaxseed, since the two are similar in nutrients and most people are somewhat familiar with flaxseeds.Unlike flaxseed, chia is relatively new on the commercial agriculture scene.

Ranchers will burn away the spines to allow cattle to eat the plants, especially in times of drought.Opuntias can also be used to form a living fence. It is also the most widespread.

I have some society garlic growing at a rental property where it never gets watered and seldom gets fertilized. Flowering is best in full sun. Occasionally, spent flowering stalks can be removed.

Adventurous gardeners love to experiment, and what better way than to explore some of the lesser-known perennials that don't usually inhabit the local greenhouse. These plants will probably be varieties that you'll need to order (or special order from...

Frozen seeds can then be used as needed. Gluten-free products include: chia oil, ground chia and chia seed flour blends. Chia seeds offer excellent health benefits and have benefited man throughout history.

Nutritious Chia seeds come from Salvia plants (sages in the Mint family) and grow easily in the home garden. Chia adds nutrition to your plate and interest to your kitchen garden, hummingbird garden and potted arrangements.

By keeping the growing ends clipped, the plant is encouraged to sprout side shoots and look fuller and bushier. Most gardeners trim back to 6 to 8 inches above the ground.While several gardeners report seeing hummingbirds at their Perovskias, I myself...

This list is not comprehensive by any means but these plants were chosen to illustrate the variety found in the community.Coastal sage scrub is one of the more endangered plant communities in the United States.

That doesn't sound all that boring, right?When you really get down to it though, xeriscaping does mean planting flora that does not require much additional water than the average rainfall of your area.

Bear's Breeches will grow from fresh seed or 2-3 inch root cuttings, but a word of warning: it can and will expand to fill the space around it, so be vigilant with this striking beauty.

The small berries are not considered palatable. His prize plant is the fuchsia-flowering gooseberry. Something brightens a shady spot in a chaparral canyon. Though it is a xeriscape plant, it is not recommended for the desert (Sunset zones 10-13).Plants...

They are dry and tasteless.The big attraction for the plant is the flowers. Berries start out red and turn blue. Supplemental water is not necessary but moderate water can be given to keep the plant from going dormant in summer.

Plants can be grown in full sun but are tolerant of some shade. The stems carry whorls of small, light bluish flowers in late spring and early summer.Black sage is recommended for Sunset zones 7-9, and 14-24 or USDA zones 8-10.

Purple sage is not cold tolerant and is recommended for Sunset zones 8-9, 14-17, and 19-24. It sounds like a place where nothing could grow, but the sage scrub is full of plant life.

After the flowers are done, the rust-colored bracts, sepals, and seed pods persist well into fall.Red shanks are hardy in Sunset zones 6-9 and 14-24, which corresponds to USDA zones 8-10 outside of the desert, though one reference suggests the plant is...

The plant is also attractive to native insects and hummingbirds, making it a valuable addition to the native plant garden The plant is sensitive to cold and damp winters. Plants should be grown in full sun.

Even the stems have a fuzzy texture, and look a bit like they've been wrapped in fine cobwebs. The native ranges of many species within the United States can be seen here, at theGaillardia have distinctive, slightly hairy leaves.

And, no offense to succulents, but if the tough-and-tolerant plant I'm reading about is pretty, pink and fluffy, well even better.The plants themselves have a shrubby, lavender-like shape and slender, blue-green leaves, but their culture lacks lavendula's...

He had traveled through the desert and the vegetation was as sparse as expected. He cursed the wretched scrub - too high to see over, too low to shade him; too thin to climb up, too thick to crawl through.

Her first words were "Wow, what's that big purple thing in the corner? Trimming the plant will result in a bushier habit and will keep the shape under control; some smoketrees can get to be quite large (12 to 15 ft.) if you let them and, as witnessed...