Plants for Dry Areas

     These are the varieties that will do better in dry areas.  Many are drought tolerant once established.  A couple of key notes:  1) This isn't often mentioned when "drought tolerant" plants are discussed is defining "tolerant".  While they can "survive" they will not look as good nor will they grow as well as ones that receive at least a couple of deep waterings during the driest parts of late summer or during drought years.  2) You will need to provide regular deep waterings the first year or two for maximum results and plant establishment.

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts'

Kinnikinnick

Ceratistigma plumbaginoides

Dwarf Plumbago

Fragaria chiloensis

Wild Strawberry

Fragaria x Lipstick

Lipstick Strawberry

Gaultheria shallon

Salal

Pachysandra terminalis

Japanese Spurge

Sedum spathifolium 'Cape Blanco'

Cape Blanco Sedum

Sedum spathifolium 'Purpureum'

Purple Stonecrop

Sedum spurium

Dragon's Blood

Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'

Tricolor Sedum

Sempervivum

Hen and Chicks

Thymus pseudolanuginosis

Woolly Thyme

Thymus serpyllum 'Minus'

Dwarf Creeping Thyme

Thymus serpyllum 'Coccineum'

Red Creeping Thyme

Thymus x 'Doone Valley'

Doone Valley Thyme

Waldsteinia fragarioides

Barren Strawberry