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    Communities > Forums > Xeriscape Gardening
    Forum: Xeriscape GardeningReplies: 107, Views: 2,246
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    cherishlife
    Pocola, OK (Zone 7a)

    August 9, 2004 5:27 AM

    Post #993064

    I've been researching Xeriscaping plants for zone 7. I have decided that my zone 7 is the perfect zone. Not too cold and not too hot. Temperature ranges from 0 to 100 (except this summer). We usually don't get much rain in July and August, this year has been the exception.

    I am amazed that how many beautiful plants can be part of a Xeriscaping landscape. The photos in http://www.highcountrygardens.com/ proves it. Xeriscaping does not have to include Cacti and succulents if you do not like them. This is research that I have done for myself, I thought I would share it with everyone.

    For the most part, I went with some of Michelle’s recommendations, David’s Favorites from High Country Gardens, and from my personal experience. I left out some of the plants that were recommended because they didn’t specifically state that they were drought resistant. The exceptions I made were plants that I knew from personal experience that had done well in my garden.

    If you see that a favorite drought resistant plant of yours is not in this list, I would love to have that information. Most of these links are from the Plants Database, if there was insufficient information, or no photo, and it was from High Country Gardens, then I substituted with a link to http://www.highcountrygardens.com

    Perennials for zone 7
    Achillea – Yarrow http://plantsdatabase.com/go/58/index.html zones 3-9
    Agastache http://plantsdatabase.com/search.php?search_text=Agastache&S...
    Amphora canescens - Lead Plant http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1512/index.html zones 2-9
    Artemesia - Silver Mound http://plantsdatabase.com/go/54941/index.html zones 4-9
    Aster novae-angliae http://plantsdatabase.com/search.php?search_text=Aster novae... zones 3-9
    Aster x frikartii (Mönch) http://plantsdatabase.com/go/54947/index.html zones 5-8
    Berlandiera lyrata - Chocolate Daisy http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1605/index.html zones 6-11
    Buddleia - Butterfly Bush http://plantsdatabase.com/go/128/index.html zones 5-9
    Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ http://plantsdatabase.com/go/51722/index.html zones 5-9
    Callirhoe - Poppy Mallows http://plantsdatabase.com/go/695/index.html
    Chrysanthemum?
    Cytisus purgans - Broom Spanish Gold http://www.highcountrygardens.com/shop/prod.html?class=david... zones 4-9
    Dianthus http://plantsdatabase.com/go/4/index.html zones 3-9
    Gazania krebsiana Tanager http://plantsdatabase.com/go/67206/index.html zones 5-10
    Hymenoxys acaulis – http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1779/index.html zones 5b-10b
    Lavandula Angustifolia http://plantsdatabase.com/go/54348/index.html zones 4-11
    Penstemon eatonii – Firecracker http://plantsdatabase.com/go/53555/index.html zones 4-8
    Penstemon palmeri - http://plantsdatabase.com/go/53561/index.html zones 4-9
    Penstemon White Plains Beardtongue zones 4-8, Pike’s Peak Purple aones 5-9, and Red Rocks™ Hybrid Beardtongue zones 5-9 http://www.highcountrygardens.com/shop/prod.html?class=david...
    Perovskia atriplicifolia – Russian Sage http://plantsdatabase.com/go/733/index.html zones 5-9
    Oenothera missouriensis - Missouri Primrose http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1096/index.html zones 4-8
    Oregano http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1537/index.html zones 5-10
    Rosemary http://plantsdatabase.com/go/170/index.html zones 7-10
    Salvia greggii - Autumn Sage http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1074/index.html zones 7-9
    Salvia Nemerosa – May Night http://www.highcountrygardens.com/shop/prod.html?class=david... zones 4-9
    Thymus serpyllum – Creeping Thyme ‘Elfin’ http://plantsdatabase.com/go/53196/index.html zones 5-10
    Thymus Praecox – Red Creeping Thyme ‘Coccineus’ http://plantsdatabase.com/go/54335/index.html zones 4-9

    Editing to add:
    Achillea ageratifolia - Greek Yarrow http://plantsdatabase.com/go/53431/index.html zones 3-8
    Achillea tomentosa - Woolly Yarrow
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1021/index.html zones 3-10a
    Allium senescens - German Garlic http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1361/index.html zones 5-9
    Aubrieta cultorum - Rock Cress 'Whitewell Gem'
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/56054/index.html zones 5-9
    Delosperma cooperi - Hardy Ice Plant http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1928/index.html zones 5-9
    Echinacea purpurea
    http://plantsdatabase.com/search.php?search_text=echinacea p...
    Geranium macrorrhizum - Cranesbill
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/2784/index.html zones 4-8
    Petrorhagia saxifraga - Tunic Flower
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/963/index.html zones 5-7
    Rhodiola rosea - Roseroot Stonecrop
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/55711/index.html zones 2-8
    Sedum acre - Gold Moss Sedum
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/53276/index.html zones 4-9
    Sedum aizoon - Stonecrop Sedum
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/40131/index.html zones 4-9
    Sedum kamtschaticum - Variegated Kamschatka Stonecrop
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/38354/index.html zones 4-9
    Sedum sexangulare - Six Sided Sedum groundcover
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/68630/index.html zones 3-8
    Sedum spurium - Two Row Stonecrop 'tricolor'
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/3296/index.html zones 4-9
    Silene uniflora - 'Druett's Variegated' Sea Campion
    http://plantsdatabase.com/go/58279/index.html zones 4-9








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