Xeriscape Gardening: Perennials for Xeriscaping, Zone 7 (and zones 2-11)

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Author Content cherishlife Pocola, OK (Zone 7a) August 9, 2004 1:27 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 [HYPERLINK@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 [HYPERLINK@www.highcountrygardens.com] Perennials for zone 7 Achillea – Yarrow [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 3-9 Agastache [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] Amphora canescens - Lead Plant [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 2-9 Artemesia - Silver Mound [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-9 Aster novae-angliae [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 3-9 Aster x frikartii (Mönch) [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-8 Berlandiera lyrata - Chocolate Daisy [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 6-11 Buddleia - Butterfly Bush [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-9 Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-9 Callirhoe - Poppy Mallows [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] Chrysanthemum? Cytisus purgans - Broom Spanish Gold [HYPERLINK@www.highcountrygardens.com] zones 4-9 Dianthus [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 3-9 Gazania krebsiana Tanager [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-10 Hymenoxys acaulis – [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5b-10b Lavandula Angustifolia [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-11 Penstemon eatonii – Firecracker [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-8 Penstemon palmeri - [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] 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 [HYPERLINK@www.highcountrygardens.com] Perovskia atriplicifolia – Russian Sage [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-9 Oenothera missouriensis - Missouri Primrose [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-8 Oregano [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-10 Rosemary [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 7-10 Salvia greggii - Autumn Sage [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 7-9 Salvia Nemerosa – May Night [HYPERLINK@www.highcountrygardens.com] zones 4-9 Thymus serpyllum – Creeping Thyme ‘Elfin’ [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-10 Thymus Praecox – Red Creeping Thyme ‘Coccineus’ [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-9 Editing to add: Achillea ageratifolia - Greek Yarrow [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 3-8 Achillea tomentosa - Woolly Yarrow [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 3-10a Allium senescens - German Garlic [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-9 Aubrieta cultorum - Rock Cress 'Whitewell Gem' [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-9 Delosperma cooperi - Hardy Ice Plant [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-9 Echinacea purpurea [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] Geranium macrorrhizum - Cranesbill [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-8 Petrorhagia saxifraga - Tunic Flower [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 5-7 Rhodiola rosea - Roseroot Stonecrop [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 2-8 Sedum acre - Gold Moss Sedum [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-9 Sedum aizoon - Stonecrop Sedum [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-9 Sedum kamtschaticum - Variegated Kamschatka Stonecrop [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-9 Sedum sexangulare - Six Sided Sedum groundcover [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 3-8 Sedum spurium - Two Row Stonecrop 'tricolor' [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-9 Silene uniflora - 'Druett's Variegated' Sea Campion [HYPERLINK@plantsdatabase.com] zones 4-9 This message was edited Aug 9, 2004 4:46 PM

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