Drought Tolerant - Page 21 of 29 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Carolina Moonlight’ false indigo

    Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'

    This spectacular perennial hybrid has 18-inch-tall spires of buttery yellow flowers in late spring and beautiful blue-green foliage throughout summer.

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    Graythorn

    Ziziphus obtusifolia

    Appropriately named, this open shrub has grayish green leaves and stiff, thorn-tipped branches.

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    Candelilla

    Euphorbia antisyphilitica

    Candelilla forms an upright clump of slender, waxy gray-green stems.

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    ‘Georgia Blue’ speedwell

    Veronica umbrosa 'Georgia Blue'

    This tough, versatile plant requires little maintenance.

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    Pitcher sage

    Salvia azurea

    Pitcher sage is a wonderful wildflower found growing over a wide area of the Great Plains.

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    Hummingbird mint

    Agastache ‘Desert Sunrise’

    This hummingbird mint boasts large spikes of reddish pink tubular flowers with an orange tint over a long season in summer and early fall.

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    ‘Rocky Top’ Tennessee coneflower

    Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top'

    The 'Rocky Top' hybrid offers the garden an abundance of pastel pink coneflowers with greenish-black cones on plants 2 to 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide.

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    Lesser calamint

    Calamintha nepeta

    Lesser calamint produces fine, upright stems which are covered with small, shiny, dark green leaves, forming a little bush from 12 to 18 inches tall, and twice as wide.

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    South African foxglove

    Ceratotheca triloba

    A rare and graceful beauty, this plant is not a true foxglove, but its flowers are similarly shaped and hang in clusters.

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    Mexican hat

    Ratibida columnifera

    This perennial coneflower, sometimes grown as an annual, has a long season of flowers on thin, branching stems.