Perennials for Dry Soil in Sun 

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. 

Acanthus hirsutus

gaura lindheimeri

Potentilla fruticosa

Achillea

Gypsophila

Salvia

Antennaria Dioica

Helianthemum nummularium

Santolina chamaecyparissus

Arabis

Hemerocallis

Saponaria ocymoides

Armeria maritima

Iberis

Sedum

Artemisia alba

Iris x germanica

Sempervivum

Asclepias tuberosa

Kniphofia waria

Solidago species

Baptisia australis

Lavandula

Stachys byzantina

Campanula

Leontopodium alpinum

Verbascum chaixii

Catananche caerulea ‘Bicolor’

Liatris punctat Rudbeckia maxima

Veronica

Cerastium

Linum narbonense

 

Coreopsis

Lychnis chalcedonica

 

Cortaderia selloana

Nepeta

 

Dianthus

Oenothera

 

Echinacea purpurea

Papaver oriental

 

Echinops ritro

Pennisetum setaceum

 

Epimedium grandiflorum

Perovskia

 

Eryngium tripartitum

Phlomis purpurea

 

Euphorbia

Physostegia

 

Festuca ovina glauca

Platycodon

 

Gaillardia aristat

 

 

 

 

 

Perennials for Dry Soil in Shade

Dry, shady sites are one of the most difficult garden situations to deal with successfully.  One easy solution is to plant these areas with the perennials listed here.  Avoid planting in the soil under shallow-rooted trees, like maples; simply mulch these sites instead.  Under deep-rooted trees, such as oaks, dig “planting pockets” between the roots.

Alchemilla

Geranium phaeum ‘Album”

Pulmonaria

Brunnera

Helleborus

Stachys

Convallaria majalis

Iris foetidissima var. citrina

Vinca major

Epimedium

Lamium

 

Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae

Liriope muscari

 

Geranium  macrorrhizum

Pachysandra

 

 

 

 

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