Take Dry Conditions in Stride and Look Fantastic Doing It
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This photo is from my front yard garden today. I'm growing sun-loving, drought-tolerant
plants in this recently-renovated, very sunny, SW front corner of my garden. These doers are quickly becoming my new favorites: Sedum 'Blue Pearl', Artemisia versicolor'Seafoam', and Penstemon kunthii. There are lots of other great plants in there, but these are the most notable in this shot.
We want it all, don't we? Low-water, easy-care, and gorgeous too!
And we can have it, as long as we take a little extra care and attention when deciding what to plant in our gardens. Below you'll find a sampling of plants and combos that are not only drought-tolerant, but relatively easy to grow without a lot of maintenance and/or guesswork.
Tips to keep in mind when deciding where to plant:
Full sun—the more, the better—they'll want at least 6 hours of direct sunlight each day to thrive.
They'll need to be planted in well-drained soil.
Provide good
air circulation around the plants.
A layer of 1/4 ten gravel makes an excellent dry-garden mulch; conserving moisture and looking my-te-fine.
