Drought Resistant Full Sun Plants

Baptisia's only get better with age producing more and more spikes of flowers successively each year that they are allowed to share our gardens. Baptisia's are durable pest and disease resistant native taprooted perennials and could be considered the...

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. Baptisia's only get better with age producing more and more spikes of flowers successively each year that they are allowed to share our gardens.

They make an excellent addition to the perennial or cut-flower garden that is drought resistant, deer resistant, adaptable, and easy. Australis this beauty seems to have garnered the best of both worlds.

Loads of 2' long spikes of deep violet-blue pea shaped flowers are held well above the green foliage of this new hybrid Baptisia from Dr. Jim Ault of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Baptisia's develop an extensive taproot based root-system and should not...

The Plumeria is an easily grown, summer flowering, heat and sun loving small tropical tree that makes a great addition to tropical gardens or containers. An easy to grow tropical whose flowers are used to make the familiar Hawaiian leis.

Edged in broad bands of creamy white the medium green foliage of the Mezoo Variegated Ice Plant makes a wonderful low trailing plant to add to mixed container gardens, in hanging baskets, or in the ground.

A vigorous hybrid native perennial, Twilite Prairiebluestm Baptisia can produce up to 100 spikes per plant of deep violet-purple to nearly burgundy flowers with a soft yellow keel held above the rich green foliage.

Carolina Moonlight Baptisia produces loads of sturdy spikes filled with rich buttery yellow pea-like blossoms that emerge in mid to late spring. Baptisias resent being transplanted once established and eventually develop an extensive taproot from which...

Soft golden yellow, finely petaled flowers are borne throughout the growing season on this easy to grow succulent groundcover. A drought resistant perennial, the Baby Sunrose is also salt tolerant and deer resistant.

They make an excellent addition to the perennial or cut-flower garden that is drought resistant, deer resistant, adaptable, and easy. Australis this beauty seems to have garnered the best of both worlds.

This is one of our favorite Guara selections! Item # 9579. Flowering begins and spring and often lasts until fall. Gaura's drought tolerance makes it a suitable perennial for xeriscaping.

Deep rosy red, finely petaled flowers are borne throughout the growing season on this easy to grow succulent groundcover. A drought resistant perennial, the Baby Sunrose is also salt tolerant and deer resistant.

Considered a must for the cutflower garden as the spikes have an excellent vase life. Baptisia's are durable pest and disease resistant native taprooted perennials and could be considered the Lupine for the south.

Achillea Paprika is an easy care perennial that will thrive in just about any dry to average soil. A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover any part of the stem of the plant with mulch.

Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting.

Lavender Provence is a wonderfully fragrant herb, grows quickly and produces buds that are easily removed for potpourri making . It gets its cultivar name from the area in southeastern France adjacent to the Mediterranean and Italy (Provence) where it...

Sedum Autumn Fire produces bold clusters of closely packed, rosy pink flowers appear in late summer, age to a salmon bronze and finish with a deep coppery red in fall. We highly recommend that you mulch your Sedum Autumn Fire with either a ground hardwood...

Achillea Strawberry Seduction does prefer drier soils so if there was ever a plant that we would recommend not adding topsoil or compost this is one. A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover any part of the stem...

A 1997 Perennial Plant of the year, it thrives in hot sunny sites. Salvia May Night is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. It will bloom sporadically throughout the summer if faded flowers are cut back.

Plants should be clipped back by half in spring. Both foliage and flowers are highly aromatic. This is a semi-woody plant that typically grows to 1.5-3'. Excellent for fresh cutting, this is an excellent Lavender selection for drying.

Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. Cut back just above ground-level in mid-spring after the first flush of blooms. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or...

Tolerates drought. Wrinkled, lance-shaped, light green leaves (to 4” long) are aromatic. If plants flop or otherwise depreciate in summer to the point where they look unsightly, consider cutting them back to the basal foliage.

Often repeat blooms in late summer or fall. Choose a location with excellent drainage. Two year old plants in our trials measured an impressive 4-4 ½' across! Lavender has been grown for centuries for its intensely fragrant flowers and beautiful appearance.

The Hollyhock family is made up of a rather large group that exhibits tall stature (4-6') and is biennial in nature. The large blooms of Alcea ‘Peaches ‘n Dreams' Hollyhock flower in the summer months.

Echinacea are easy-to-grow natives that bloom heavily from summer to fall. Plants thrive in average soils and withstand hot and dry conditions. Excellent for attracting pollinators to your garden.

Dwarf, ground-hugging form spreads gently by underground stems making this a perfect groundcover. Geranium Biokovo produces airy clusters of dainty pink-flushed white flowers that grace this hardy geranium from late spring into summer.

Purple Fountain Grass is an easy to care for ornamental grass that really delivers. Its decorative plumes will persist into fall and do well as cut flowers. Now envision those leaves a deep burgundy color.