While many drought-tolerant plants are also tolerant of poor-to-average soils, soils that are high in organic matter will help plants both establish themselves and survive periods of drought. Spending efforts to improve soil conditions will improve the gardens performance, but most drought tolerant perennials prefer soils that are well-drained.

Mulches are a prime gardening technique to reduce water evaporation. Not only will mulch assist the water problem, it adds organic matter to the soils and reduces weeds.

Water less often, with more water. Increasing the amount of water, when you do water, allows it to penetrate deeper and naturally improves the depth of the plants root system. Water early in the morning when temperatures are cooler to minimize evaporation.

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Easy to Grow

Filtered sun/light shade

Showy flowers

Lawn Alternative

Some traffic

Full Sun

Tolerates deep shade

Good near ponds

Good for topiaries

Drought Tolerant

Deer resistant

Damp/wet soil tolerant

Salt Tolerant

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COTONEASTER

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DIANTHUS

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EUONYMUS f. 'Gracillis '

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FICUS p. Creeping Fig

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FICUS p. 'Variegata' Variegated Creeping Fig

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GUARA l. 'Siskiyou Pink'

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HEDERA a. 'Algerian'

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HEDERA h. 'Ann Marie'

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HEDERA h. 'Gold Child'

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HEDERA h. 'Needlepoint'

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Pachysandra

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Phlox

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RUBUS c. 'Creeping Raspberry'

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Plant

Easy to Grow

Filtered sun/light shade

Showy flowers

Lawn Alternative

Some traffic

Full Sun

Tolerates deep shade

Good near ponds

Good for topiaries

Drought Tolerant

Deer resistant

Damp/wet soil tolerant

Salt Tolerant

Abelia x 'Rose Creek' - (18) Flat $71.10	Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' (20)ct Ellepots $79.20	ARTEMISIA x Powis Castle $6.00	ASPIDISTRA elatior 'Cast Iron plant' - (18) Flat $95.94
Blushing Knock Out Rose - Rosa 'Radyod' PPAF $15.00	Buddleia 'Bicolor' (20)ct Ellepots $84.00	Buddleia 'Butterfly Heaven' PP19935 COPF (20)ct Ellepot $92.20	Buddleia davidii 'Attraction' (20)ct Ellepots $83.40
Buddleia davidii ' Black Knight' (20)ct Ellepots $82.60	Buddleia davidii ' Royal Red' (20)ct Ellepots $82.60	Buddleia 'Santana' PP12383 (20)ct Ellepots $90.60	Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Avalanche' (20)ct Flat $84.00
Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Eldorado' PP16486 (20)ct Flat $89.76	Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' (20)ct Flat $82.56	Caryopteris incana 'Blue Myth' (20)ct Ellepots $77.80	Caryopteris x clandonensis'Summer Sorbet'(20)ct Ellepot $93.00
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides 'PLUMBAGO' - (18) Flat $68.94	Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana' - (18) Flat $70.02	Coreopsis rosea AMERICAN DREAM $6.00	Coreopsis rosea AMERICAN DREAM - (18) Flat $70.02
Coreopsis SWEET DREAMS PP 12,720 $6.00	Coreopsis verticillata MOONBEAM $5.00	Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila' (20)ct Ellepots $103.20	Cotoneaster dammeri 'Lowfast' - (18) Flat $63.72
Cotoneaster dammeri 'Mooncreeper' - (18) Flat $63.72	COTONEASTER salicifolius 'Scarlet Leader' - (18) Flat $63.72	Delosperma basuticum 'White Nugget' PP 015793 - (18) Flat $66.78	Delosperma cooperi TRAILING ICEPLANT - (18) Flat $66.78
Delosperma 'Kelaidis' 'Mesa Verde' PP 13876 - (18) Flat $66.78	Delosperma nubigena TRAILING ICEPLANT - (18) Flat $66.78	Dianthus CHEDDAR PINK "FIREWITCH" $5.00	Dianthus FIRE STAR PP#14,895 $5.00
Dianthus FIRE STAR PP#14,895 - (18) Flat $71.10	Dianthus gratianopolitans 'Bath's Pink' - (18) Flat $68.94	Dianthus gratianopolitanus "FIREWITCH" - (18) Flat $68.94	Dianthus 'Neon Star' PP14549 - (18) Flat $71.10
Dianthus x. 'Shooting Star' PP14895 - (18) Flat $71.10	ECHEVERIA runyonii 'Topsy Turvy' - (18) Flat $66.78	Euonymus fortunei 'Kewensis' - (18) Flat $68.94	Festuca glauca - 'Blue Fescue' - (18) Flat $71.28
Gaillardia aristata 'Arizona Sun' - (18) Flat $70.02	Gaillardia 'Goblin' - (18) Flat $70.02	Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink' $69.12	Hedera algeriensis ' Algerian Ivy' - (18) Flat $63.54
Knock Out Rose - Rosa 'Radrazz' PP#11836 $15.00	Lamiastrum galeobdolon 'Herman's Pride' $6.00	Lantana camara 'Athens Rose' - (18) Flat $71.10	Lantana camara 'Dallas Red' - (18) Flat $71.10
Lantana camara 'Miss Huff' - (18) Flat $71.10	Lantana camara 'Mozelle' - (18) Flat $71.10	Lantana camara 'Silver Mound' - (18) Flat $71.10	LANTANA 'Chapel Hill Yellow' PPAF - (18) Flat $71.10
Lantana montevidensis 'Trailing Purple' - (18) Flat $71.10	Lantana x. 'New Gold' - (18) Flat $71.10	leucanthemum superbum BECKY - (18) Flat $71.10	LIRIOPE muscari 'Big Blue' - (36) Flat $61.56
LIRIOPE muscari 'Evergreen Giant' - (18) Flat $74.34	Liriope muscari 'Majestic' - (18) Flat $64.62	Liriope muscari 'Majestic' - (36) Flat $64.08	LIRIOPE muscari 'Monroe's White' - (18) Flat $63.54
Liriope muscari 'Royal Purple' - (36) Flat $64.08	LIRIOPE muscari 'Samantha' - (18) Flat $63.54	Liriope muscari 'Variegata' - (18) Flat $62.46	Liriope spicata - (18) Flat $59.76
Liriope spicata - (36) Flat $57.96	Liriope spicata - 72 cell pack $64.80	Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon' - (18) Flat $64.62	Nepeta faassenii WALKER'S LOW $6.40
Ophiopogon japonicus 'Mondo Grass' - 72 cell pack $64.80	Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue' (20)ct Flat $86.40	Panicum virgatum 'Badlands' PPAF (20)ct Flat $101.76	Panicum virgatum 'Cheyenne Sky' PPAF $108.96
Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal' (20)ct Flat $84.00	Panicum virgatum 'Northwind' (20)ct Flat $84.00	Panicum virgatum 'Thundercloud' PPAF (20)ct Flat $89.76	Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Desert Plains' PPAF (20)ct Flat $89.76
PHLOX nivalis 'Eco Flirtie Eyes' - (18) Flat $63.54	Phlox subulata BLUE MOSS - (18) Flat $63.54	PHLOX subulata 'Candy Stripe' - (18) Flat $63.54	Phlox subulata PINK MOSS - (18) Flat $63.54
Phlox subulata WHITE MOSS - (18) Flat $63.54	Pink Knock Out Rose - Rosa 'Radcon PPAF $15.00	Rainbow Knock Out Rose Radcor PPAF $15.00	Rubus calcinoides EMERALD CARPET - (18) Flat $68.94
Rudbeckia GOLDSTURM - BLACK EYED SUSANS - (18) Flat $74.34	SALVIA nemorosa 'May Night' - (18) Flat $68.94	SALVIA nemorosa 'Snow Hill' - (18) Flat $68.94	Santolina virens 'Green santolina' - (18) Flat $68.94
Scabiosa columbaria BUTTERFLY BLUE $6.00	Scabiosa columbaria BUTTERFLY BLUE - (18) Flat $71.10	Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues' (30)ct Ellepots $84.84	Sedum acre var. aurea 'Goldmoss' - (18) Flat $66.78
Sedum album 'Coral Carpet' - (18) Flat $66.78	SEDUM 'AUTUMN JOY' - (18) Flat $66.78	Sedum kamtschaticum var. ellacombeanum - (18) Flat $66.78	Sedum kamtschaticum 'Weihenstephaner Gold' - (18) Flat $66.78
SEDUM makinoi 'Ogon' - Flat $66.78	Sedum MINI JOY™ Sedum spectabile $8.00	Sedum rupestre 'Angelina' - (18) Flat $66.78	SEDUM rupestre 'Blue Spruce' - (18) Flat $66.78
Sedum sarmentosum 'Yellow Moss' - (18) Flat $66.78	Sedum sieboldii October daphne - (18) Flat $66.78	SEDUM spurium 'Dragon's Blood' - (18) Flat $66.78	Sedum spurium 'John Creech' - (18) Flat $66.78
SEDUM spurium 'Tricolor' - (18) Flat $66.78	SEDUM spurium 'Voodoo' - (18) Flat $66.78	Sedum telephium 'Vera Jameson' - (18) Flat $66.78	Sedum tetractinum 'Chinese Sedum' - (18) Flat $66.78
Sedum x 'Autumn Fire' - (18) Flat $66.78	Sempervivum ' Hens and Chicks ' - (18) Flat $66.78	Sorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue' (20)ct Flat $86.40	THYMUS serpyllum 'Pink Chintz' - (18) Flat $71.10
TRADESCANTIA pallida 'Purple Heart' - (18) Flat $63.54	TRAILING ICEPLANT Delosperma cooperi $5.00	Verbena canadensis 'Ron Deal' - (18) Flat $63.54	Verbena x. 'Homestead' Pink - (18) Flat $63.54
Verbena x. 'Homestead' Purple - (18) Flat $63.54