Perennials for Dry Soil

With the increasing occurrence of water shortage in many regions, perennials that will tolerate dry, sunny conditions are at a premium. Fortunately, a number of plants can survive without rain or watering for long periods. Many of these have long taproots, but densely hairy or waxy leaf-surfaces also help to reduce water loss. 

Sun Plants Baby’s Breathe Gypsophila Balloon Flower Platycodon Barrenwort Epimedium grandiflorum Bear’s Breeches Acanthus hirsutus Bellflowers Campanula Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia maxima Blanket Flower Gaillardia aristat Blue Fescue Grass Festuca ovina glauca Butterfly Flower gaura lindheimeri Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa Candytuft Iberis Catmint Nepeta Cheddar Pinks Dianthus Coneflowers Echinacea purpurea Cotton Lavander Santolina cham Cupid’s Dart Catananche caerulea ‘Bicolor’ Daylily Hemerocallis Edelweiss Leontopodium alpinum False Indigo Baptisia australis Shade Plants Barrenwort Epimedium Cranesbill Geranium Deadnettle Lamium Heatleaf Brunnera Brunnera Iris Iris foetidissima var. citrina Lady’s Mantle Alchemilla Lamb’s Ear Stachys Lily Of The Valley Convallaria majalis Lenten Rose Helleborus Lilyturf Liriope muscari Japanese Spurge Pachysandra Lungwort Pulmonaria Myrtle Vinca major Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae

Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum Gayfeather Liatris punctat Hens & Chicks Sempervivum Jerusalem Sage Phlomis purpurea Lamb’s Ear Stachys byzantina Lavander Lavandula Obedient Plant Physostegia Poppy Papaver oriental Russian Sage Perovskia Red Hot Poker Kniphofia waria Rock Rose Helianthemum nummularium Rose Champion Lychnis chalcedonica Sage Salvia Silvermound Artemisia alba Snow In Summer Cerastium Speedwell Veronica Spurge Euphorbia Stonecrop Sedum Sundrops Oenothera Tall Bearded Iris Iris x germanica Thrift Armeria maritima Tickseed Coreopsis Yarrow Achillea