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Drought tolerant

1 Abelia x grandiflora
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
glossy abelia USDA zones 05a-10b Various
2 Acacia dealbata
ACACIACEAE
silver wattle USDA zones 08a-11 Full sun
3 Acacia dealbata 'Variegatus'
ACACIACEAE
silver wattle USDA zones 09a-11 Full sun
4 Acanthopanax sieboldianus
ARALIACEAE
fiveleaf aralia USDA zones 04a-10b Various
5 Acer ginnala
ACERACEAE
Amur maple
Ginnala maple
USDA zones 02a-10b Various
6 Achillea tomentosa
COMPOSITAE
wooly yarrow USDA zones 04a-10b Various
7 Acidanthera bicolor
IRIDACEAE
magpie gladiolus
Abyssinian gladiolus
peacock orchid
USDA zones 07a-10b Various
8 Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'
UMBELLIFERAE
variegated bishop's goutweed USDA zones 04a-10b Various
9 Ailanthus altissima
AILANTHACEAE
tree of heaven
chun pi
USDA zones 04a-10b Various
10 Amorpha canescens
leadplant USDA zones 03a-10b Various
11 Anemone blanda
ANEMONACEAE
Greek thimbleweed
Greek anemone
USDA zones 06a-10b Various
12 Antennaria dioica var. rosea
COMPOSITAE
pussytoes USDA zones 04a-08b Various
13 Anthemis sancti-johannis
ANTHEMIDACEAE
St. John's chamomile USDA zones 03a-08b Full sun
14 Anthemis tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton'
ANTHEMIDACEAE
chamomile USDA zones 03a-08b Full sun
15 Anthemis tinctoria 'Kelwayi'
ANTHEMIDACEAE
chamomile USDA zones 03a-08b Full sun
16 Anthemis tinctoria 'Moonlight'
ANTHEMIDACEAE
chamomile USDA zones 03a-08b Full sun
17 Arabis alpina
rock cress USDA zones 06a-09b Various
18 Arabis caucasica
gray rockcress
wall cress
USDA zones 04a-08b Various
19 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
ARCTOSTAPHYLACEAE
bearberry
melbaer
uva-ursi
kinnikinnick
USDA zones 02a-10b Various
20 Aronia melanocarpa
ROSACEAE
black chokecherry USDA zones 03a-10b Various
21 Artemisia absinthium
ARTEMISIACEAE
wormwood
absinthe
USDA zones 04a-09b Various
22 Artemisia caucasica
ARTEMISIACEAE
silver spreader USDA zones 05a-09b Various
23 Artemisia ludoviciana
ARTEMISIACEAE
prairie sagebrush
western sage
USDA zones 05a-09b Various
24 Artemisia schmidtiana 'Nana'
ARTEMISIACEAE
USDA zones 04a-09b Various
25 Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound'
ARTEMISIACEAE
USDA zones 04a-09b Various
26 Artemisia stelleriana
ARTEMISIACEAE
old woman
beach wormwood
USDA zones 03a-09b Various
27 Aster novae-angliae 'Alma Potschke'
COMPOSITAE
New England aster USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
28 Aster novi-belgii 'Professor Kippenburg'
COMPOSITAE
aster USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
29 Atriplex semibaccata
ATRIPLICACEAE
Australian saltbush USDA zones 08a-10b Various
30 Aurinia saxatilis 'Citrina'
CRUCIFERAE
basket-of-gold USDA zones 04a-10b Various
31 Baccharis halimifolia
USDA zones 05a-10b Various
32 Baccharis pilularis
dwarf coyote brush USDA zones 08a-10b Various
33 Baptisia alba
LEGUMINOSAE
false indigo
white wild indigo
USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
34 Baptisia australis
LEGUMINOSAE
wild indigo
false indigo
USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
35 Begonia x semperflorens-coltorum
BEGONIACEAE
wax begonia
bedding begonia
Above 40� F Partial to full shade
36 Berberis buxifolia 'Nana'
BERBERIDACEAE
barberry USDA zones 04a-09b Full sun to light shade
37 Berberis thunbergii
BERBERIDACEAE
Japanese barberry USDA zones 04a-10b Various
38 Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy'
BERBERIDACEAE
Crimson pygmy barberry USDA zones 04a-10b Various
39 Berberis x mentorensis
BERBERIDACEAE
mentor barberry USDA zones 04a-08b Various
40 Bergenia crassifolia
SAXIFRAGACEAE
USDA zones 03a-10b Various
41 Bougainvillea glabra
BOUGAINVILLEACEAE
paperflower USDA zones 10a-10b Various
42 Brodiaea californica
ALLIACEAE
wild hyacinth USDA zones 05a-11 Full sun to partial shade
43 Brodiaea elegans
ALLIACEAE
harvest brodiaea USDA zones 05a-11 Full sun to partial shade
44 Brodiaea pulchella
ALLIACEAE
wild hyacinth USDA zones 05a-11 Full sun to partial shade
45 Buddleja davidii
BUDDLEJACEAE
Orange-eye butterflybush USDA zones 05a-09b Various
46 Calamagrostis x acutifolia
feather reed grass USDA zones 06a-09b Full sun
47 Callirhoe digitata
MALVACEAE
fringed poppy mallow USDA zones 03a-10b Full sun
48 Callirhoe papaver
MALVACEAE
poppy mallow USDA zones 05a-08b Full sun
49 Campsis radicans
BIGNONIACEAE
trumpet creeper USDA zones 04a-10b Various
50 Caragana arborescens
LEGUMINOSAE
Siberian pea shrub USDA zones 02a-07b Various
51 Carya glabra
JUGLANDACEAE
pignut hickory USDA zones 05a-10b Various
52 Caryopteris x clandonensis
blue-mist shrub
blue spirea
USDA zones 05a-10b Various
53 Ceanothus americanus
RHAMNACEAE
New Jersey tea USDA zones 03a-10b Various
54 Ceanothus gloriosus
RHAMNACEAE
Point Reyes ceanothus USDA zones 08a-10b Various
55 Celtis occidentalis
CELTIDACEAE
hackberry USDA zones 03a-10b Various
56 Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike'
AIZOACEAE
USDA zones 09a-10b Various
57 Cerastium tomentosum
CERASTIACEAE
snow-in-summer USDA zones 04a-10b Various
58 Cissus antartica
CISSACEAE
Kangaroo ivy USDA zones 10a-10b Various
59 Cistus salviifolius
CISTACEAE
salvia cistus
sageleaf rockrose
USDA zones 09a-10b Various
60 Clematis ligusticifolia
CLEMATIDACEAE
western virgin's bower USDA zones 03a-10b Various
61 Comptonia peregrina
sweet fern USDA zones 02a-10b Various
62 Convolvulus mauritanicus
CONVOLVULACEAE
ground morning glory USDA zones 08a-10b Various
63 Cordia boissieri
CORDIACEAE
anacahuita
Texas olive
USDA zones 09a-09b Full sun to partial shade
64 Cornus racemosa
CORNACEAE
gray dogwood
panicled dogwood
USDA zones 04a-10b Various
65 Corylus americana
CORYLACEAE
American hazelnut
American filbert
USDA zones 07a-10b Various
66 Cotoneaster adpressus
ROSACEAE
creeping cotoneaster USDA zones 04a-10b Various
67 Cotoneaster dammeri
ROSACEAE
bearberry cotoneaster USDA zones 05a-10b Various
68 Cotoneaster dammeri 'Canadian Creeper'
ROSACEAE
cotoneaster USDA zones 07a-09b Full sun to partial shade
69 Crataegus phaenopyrum
Washington hawthorn USDA zones 05a-08b Full sun
70 Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'
green hawthorn USDA zones 05a-08b Full sun
71 Crocosmia
IRIDACEAE
crocosmia USDA zones 08a-10b Various
72 Crocus flavus
CROCACEAE
yellow crocus USDA zones 03a-10b Various
73 Cupressus macrocarpa
CUPRESSACEAE
Monterey cypress USDA zones 07a-10b Various
74 Cytisus x praecox
Warminster broom USDA zones 06a-10b Various
75 Dalea greggii
LEGUMINOSAE
Gregg's prairie clover
trailing indigo bush
USDA zones 09a-10b Various
76 Delosperma litorale
AIZOACEAE
seaside delosperma
iceplant
Not classified Various
77 Diervilla lonicera
DIERVILLACEAE
dwarf bush honeysuckle USDA zones 03a-10b Various
78 Duchesnea indica
ROSACEAE
Indian strawberry
mock strawberry
USDA zones 03a-10b Various
79 Echinacea pallida
COMPOSITAE
pale cone-flower USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun to light shade
80 Echinacea purpurea 'Bright Star'
COMPOSITAE
purple cone-flower USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun to light shade
81 Echinacea purpurea 'Robert Bloom'
COMPOSITAE
purple cone-flower USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun to light shade
82 Echinacea purpurea 'White Luster'
COMPOSITAE
purple cone-flower USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun to light shade
83 Echinops exaltatus
ECHINOPACEAE
tall globethistle
Russian globethistle
USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
84 Echinops ritro
ECHINOPACEAE
small globethistle USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
85 Echinops ritro 'Taplow Blue'
ECHINOPACEAE
globethistle USDA zones 03a-09b Full sun
86 Elaeagnus angustifolia
ELAEAGNACEAE
Russian olive
wild olive
oleaster
tree of paradise
USDA zones 02a-10b Various
87 Elaeagnus commutata
ELAEAGNACEAE
silverberry USDA zones 01-10b Various
88 Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge'
ELAEAGNACEAE
oleaster USDA zones 02a-09b Full sun
89 Eremurus
ASPHODELACEAE
foxtail lily USDA zones 05a-09b Various
90 Erianthus
winter aconite USDA zones 04a-09b Various
91 Erigeron karvinskianus
Latin American fleabane
Mexican daisy
Santa Barbara daisy
USDA zones 09a-10b Various
92 Eriogonum umbellatum
ERIOGONACEAE
wild buck-wheat
sulpher flower
USDA zones 03a-10b Various
93 Erythronium spp.
ERYTHRONIACEAE
USDA zones 03a-09b Various
94 Escallonia organensis
ESCALLONIACEAE
escallonia USDA zones 08a-10b Full sun
95 Eucalyptus spp.
Not classified Various
96 Euonymus fortunei var. radicans
EUONYMACEAE
wintercreeper USDA zones 05a-09b Various
97 Euonymus japonica
EUONYMACEAE
Japanese spindletree
Japanese euonymus
USDA zones 04a-09b Various
98 Eupatorium fistulosum
EUPATORIACEAE
trumpetweed
hollow joepyeweed
USDA zones 05a-11 Full sun to partial shade
99 Eupatorium maculatum
EUPATORIACEAE
smokeweed
joepyeweed
USDA zones 05a-11 Full sun to partial shade
100 Euphorbia marginata
EUPHORBIACEAE
snow-on-the-mountain USDA zones 06a-10b Various

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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