drought tolerant plants

perennials

*can handle shade

  • Achillea (Yarrow)

  • Agastache (Agastache)

  • *Alchemilla (Lady’s Mantle)

  • Amsonia (Amsonia)

  • Antennaria spp. (Pussytoes)

  • Artemisia spp. (Artemisia)

  • Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed)

  • Aster spp. (Aster)

  • Baptisia spp. (False Indigo)

  • Calamintha nepeta (Lesser Calamint)

  • Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Plumbago, Leadwort)

  • Coreposis spp. (Coreopsis)

  • Delosperma (Iceplant)

  • Dianthus ‘Firewitch’, ‘Tiny Rubies’ (Cheddar Pink)

  • Echinacea spp. (Coneflower)

  • Echinops (Globe Thistle)

  • Eryngium spp. (Sea holly)

  • Euphorbia spp. (Spurge/Euphorbia)

  • Gallardia (Blanket flower)

  • *Geranium ‘Rozanne’ (Rozanne geranium) and others

  • Helianthus spp. (Perennial sunflower)

  • *Helleborus spp. (Hellebore/ Lenten Rose)

  • Hemerocallis spp. (Daylily)

  • *Heuchera (Coral Bells)

  • *Hosta spp. (Hosta)

  • Kniphofia (Red Hot poker plant)

  • Lavandula spp. (Lavender)

  • Leucanthemum spp (Daisy)

  • Liatris spicata (Blazing Star)

  • Lilium spp. (Asiatic and oriental lily)

  • Monarda spp. (Bergamot, Beebalm)

  • Nepeta spp. (Catmint)

  • Penstemon spp. (Penstemon)

  • Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage)

  • Phlox (Creeping phlox)

  • *Phlox paniculata (Garden phlox)

  • Ratibida pinnata (Gray headedconeflower)

  • Rudbeckia spp. (Black eyed susan)

  • Salvia (Meadow Sage)

  • *Sedum spp. (Sedum)

  • Sempervivum tectorum (Hens and Chicks)

  • Solidago (Goldenrod)

  • Stachys byzantine (Lamb’s Ear)

  • Thymus spp. (Creeping thyme)

  • Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s Root)

  • Yucca spp. (Yucca)

trees

  • Acer ginnala (Amur Maple)

  • Aesculus glabra (Horsechestnut)

  • Catalpa spp. (Catalpa)

  • Crataegus crus-galli (Cockspur Hawthorne)

  • Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian Olive)

  • Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair tree)

  • Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis (Thornless Honey Locust)

  • Gymnocladus dioica (Kentucky Coffeetree)

  • Heptacodium miconioides (Seven-Son Flower)

  • Juglans nigra (Black Walnut)

  • Morus alba (White Mulberry)

  • Nyssa sylvatica (Sour Gum)

  • Phellodendron amurense (Amur Corktree)

  • Picea spp. (Spruces)

  • Pinus spp. (Pines) – most

  • Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)

  • Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry)

  • Quercus spp. (Oaks)

  • Ulmus spp. (Elms)

shrubs and vines

  • Buddleja (Butterfly bush)

  • Cornus racemosa (Gray dogwood)

  • Cotoneaster spp. (Cotoneaster)

  • Forsythia x intermedia (Forsythia)

  • *Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf Hydrangea)

  • Hypericum (St. John’s Wort)

  • *Itea virginica (Virginia sweetspire)

  • Juniperus spp. (Juniper)

  • *Lonicera (Honeysuckle vine)

  • Potentilla spp. (Cinquefoil)

  • *Rhus aromatic ‘Gro-Low’ (Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac)

  • Ribes spp. (Currant)

  • Rosa rugosa (Rugosa rose)

  • Spiraea spp. (Spireas)

  • Syringa meyeri (Korean lilac)

  • *Viburnum spp. (Viburnum)

*can handle shade

grasses

*can handle shade

  • Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem)

  • *Boutelous gracilis (Blue grama)

  • *Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ (Karl Foerster grass)

  • Chasmanthium latifoloum (Northern sea oats)

  • Festuca glauca (Blue fescue)

  • Helictotrichon sempervirens (Blue oatgrass)

  • Miscanthus spp. (Maidenhair grass)

  • Panicum spp. (Switchgrasses)

  • Pennisetum alopecuroides (Fountain grass)

  • Saccharum ravennae (Ravenna grass)

  • Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem)

  • Sesleria autumnalis (Autumn moor grass)

  • Sporobolis heterolepis (Prairie dropseed)

  • Sorghastrum nutans (Blue Indian grass)

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