Landscaping
“Xeric” Plant List
Xeric plants generally thrive in dry conditions. Xeric plants include all sorts of varied trees, shrubs, perennials, and even many bulbs (which need a dormant, dry season each summer to recharge). A native garden of xeric plants conserves water. Below are some beautiful options start your water saving garden:
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Fernleaf Yarrow | Achillea Filipendulina |
| Common Thrift | Armeria Martima |
| Daylily | Hemerocallis “Hyperion” |
| Ground Pink | Phlox Subulata |
| Candy Tuft | Iberis Sempervirens |
| Snowy Stonecrop | Sedum Spectabile |
| Minstead Scotch Broom | Cytisus Scoparius |
| Warminster Broom | Cytisus X Praecox |
| Winged Euonymous | Alatus Compactus |
| Burkwood Viburnum | Viburnum X Burkwoodii |
| Spirea | Spirea Gold Flame |
| Potentilla | Potentilla Fruticosa |
| Euonymous | Japonica Silver King |
| Rhododendrum | English Roseum |
| Russian Sage | Perovskia |
| Mountain Bluet | Centaurea Montana |
| Mediterranean Heather | Erica Darleyensis |
| Common Flowering Quince | Chaenomeles Speciosa Hollandia |
| Common Lilac | Syrnga Vulgaris Alba |
| Royalty Lilac | Syringa Josiflexa Royalty |
| Variegated Japanese Silver Grass | Miscanthus Sinensus Variegatus |
| Lepards Bane | Doronicum Cordatum |
| Bee Balm | Monarda Didyma |
| Blanket Flower | Gaillardia Puchella |
| Artemisia | Silver Brocade |
| Oak-Leaf Hydrangea | Hydrangea Quercifolia |
| Coral Bells | Heuchera Sanguinea |
| Dead Nettle | Lamium |
| Silver Mound | Artemisia Schmidtiana |
| Blazing Star | Liatris Spicata |
| Butterfly Bush | Buddleja Davidii Black Night |
| Lambs Ears | Stachys Byzantina |
| Carnations | Dianthus |
| Spirea | Japonica Little Princess |
| Pasque Flower | Pusatilla Vulgaris |
| Hydrangea | Pia Carmine Red |
| Blue Star Juniper | Juniper Squamata |
| Comfrey | Symphytum Grandiflorum |
| Rock Cotoneaster | Contoneaster Horizontalis |
| Bayberry | Myrica Pensylvanica |
| Beefsteak Plant | Perilla Frutescens |
| Purple Coneflower | Echinacea Purpurea |
| Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia Fulgida |
| Geranium | C. Biokova |
| Evening Primrose | Oenothera Macrocarpa |
| Sedum | Vera Jameson Pink |
| Gaura | Siskiyou Pink |
| Rose Campion | Lychnis Coronaria |
| Japanese Anemone | Anemone “Whirlwind” |
| Summer Heather | Calluna Vulgaris “Tib” |
| Crepe Myrtle | Velma’s Delight |
| Salal (Evergreen) | Gaultheria Shallon |
| Lysimachia | C. Atropurpurea |
| Papaver (Poppy) | Nudicaule Gnome |
