Drought Resistant Plants

TScreamin' Yellow Baptisia was selected for its flower power and compact habit. Baptisias resent being transplanted once established. A multitude of sturdy spikes filled with brilliant yellow pea-like blossoms are held above the rounded blue-green to...

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. Australis this beauty seems to have garnered the best of both worlds.

Baptisia's develop an extensive taproot based root-system and should not be disturbed once established. Image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. Considered a must for the cutflower garden as the spikes have an excellent vase life.

Checkout our new Plumeria Growing Guide for more detailed growing information. Excellent for containers. Clusters of flaring, fragrant, red flowers are held at the ends of the thick sturdy stems, above the large rich green wide tropical foliage.

There appears to be some confusion as to the proper botanical name for this plant in the nursery trade. 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...

This is the first introduction from their Baptisia breeding program. Image courtesy North Creek Nurseries. Twilite Prairiebluestm Baptisia is a hybrid of Baptisia australis and Baptisia sphaerocarpa and was developed at the Chicago Botanic Gardens by...

Alba that was developed by the late Rob Gardner Curator of Native Plants at the North Carolina Botanical Garden and subsequently introduced by the NCBG in 2002. Carolina Moonlight Baptisia produces loads of sturdy spikes filled with rich buttery yellow...

Considered deer proof. Soft golden yellow, finely petaled flowers are borne throughout the growing season on this easy to grow succulent groundcover. Excessive moisture and/or poor drainage seem to be the Hardy Ice Plant's only real downfall.

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. Australis this beauty seems to have garnered the best of both worlds.

Gaura's drought tolerance makes it a suitable perennial for xeriscaping. Gauras are hardy and reliable drought tolerant native perennials. Pink buds open to pure white butterfly-shaped flowers on tall wispy but sturdy stems on this fairly compact and...

Considered deer proof. Deep rosy red, finely petaled flowers are borne throughout the growing season on this easy to grow succulent groundcover. Excessive moisture and/or poor drainage seem to be the Hardy Ice Plant's only real downfall.

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. An excellent addition to the perennial border or cut-flower garden that is drought tolerant, deer resistant,...

'Limon' and 'Kingswood Gold' have enhanced light colored foliage which adds to the show. Plant Bio: Jewels of Opar, Oregonlive.com, May 22, 2008,http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2008/05/plant_bio_jewels_of_opar.html"Ophir," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophir...

The Great Clorox Disaster Purple Potato Bush, or groundcover in this case, is an especially beautiful trailing sport of the Paraguayan Night Shade. Becomes mostly deciduous in cool weather.

The rosettes rarely seem to exceed a few inches high even when it is in flower and it is not an aggressive spreader making it a welcome addition to woodland and other naturalistic settings.

Calypso produces large clear hot pink flowers in large clusters for an exceptionally long period in summer. There is apparently a good deal of confusion (admittedly we were confused as well) as to whether Calypso is a red or a pink flowered Oleander.

It can be grown as a container plant and overwintered indoors or in the ground in mild winter regions. This moderately vigorous vine received rave reviews during 2012 trials at The Trial Gardens at UGA as per Allan Armitage and Meg Green, click here for...

The Royal Fern is widely distributed across the eastern half of the US where it occurs near bogs and streams. Winter deciduous. Normally growing to about 3' in height in wet soils it has been known to reach nearly 6' high.

Like its parents it is deciduous in winter and dies back to ground returning with a new mass of foliage in spring. A beautiful accent among darker foliaged perennials, or use it in mass, as a border, or even as a groundcover.

This is another Aster that is native to sandy dryer upland soils and so is somewhat drought resistant once well-established. Likely to be a long lived perennial under good conditions returning each year from a woody caudex.

An easily grown and unusual fern whose fronds look just like perfect four-leaf clovers. If it starts to look bad you can easily trim it back (like with a weedeater) and it will quickly regrow, this treatment is generally recommended about once a year...

With few major pests and diseases and their adaptability to soil conditions few shrubs are more reliable than Oleanders when you have a hot area in full sun. George Roeding originated from seed that was said to have came to the US from Japan around 1905.

The large palmate tropical looking foliage of the Variegated Tapioca is heavily splashed with sunny yellow emanating from the center of the leaves and radiating outward and the leaves are edged in a deep bluish green.

Good fresh cut flower. Flowers appear singly on stiff, branching stems in a prolific, long-lasting, mid-summer-to-fall bloom. Oblong to lanceolate, dark green foliage. Provides excellent bloom and color for late summer.

Also available in the Pampas Grass Collection. White Pampas Grass has dozens of large stalks that grow thickly to an average height of about 3' topped with silky, soft plumes soaring above them.

Blooms: summer to fall. Drought and deer resistant, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, great cut flower, fragrant. Grow 15-20'' tall. Bloom at intervals all summer - even on into fall! Hardy, healthy plants bloom in a rainbow of colors even during...

Get ready for a dramatic three-season performance in your landscape. Blooms in late spring. In spring, Bonfire's emerging foliage is brilliant yellow, orange and lime; summer and fall colors are crimson and burgundy.