Plants That Tolerate Dry Soil
This is a list of plants that can tolerate and even thrive with low water requirements. If you are trying to lessen your garden's dependence on irrigation, these plants are a great place to start.
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Trees:
- Ash
- Catalpa
- Cherry
- Coffee Tree
- Crabapple
- Elm
- Hackberry
- Hawthorn
- Honeylocust
- Lilac
- Maple (Norway)
- Oak (All Varieties)
Evergreens:
- Juniper
- Pine (All Varieties)
- Spruce (All Varieties)
Shrubs:
- Barberry
- Cottoneaster
- Currant
- Honeysuckle
- Lilac
- Potentilla
- Rose
- Smokebush
- Spirea
- St. John’s Wort
- Sumac
- Tamarix
Perennials & Ground Covers:
- Ajuga (Bugleweed)
- Allium (Ornamental Onion)
- Anise Hyssop
- Artemisia (Silvermound)
- Baptisia
- Barrenwort (Epimedium)
- Black Eyed Susan
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepia)
- Catmint
- Coneflower
- Coralbells
- Coreopsis
- Creeping Thyme
- Daylily
- Dianthus
- Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
- Iris (Bearded)
- Ornamental Grasses
- Lamb's Ear
- Penstemon
- Peony
- Russian Sage
- Salvia
- Sedum
- Veronica
- Vinca
- Yarrow
- Yucca