Gardening Tip:
Favorite Plants for Successful Desert Gardens
Heat/Drought-Tolerant Perennials:
Achillea, artemisia, baby’s breath, coreopsis, daylilies, evening primrose, flax, gaillardia, lamb’s ears, lavender, pampas grass, phlox, roses, rudbeckia, sage, salvia, verbena, yarrow, yucca.
Heat/Drought-Tolerant Annuals:
Aster, begonia, celosia, cornflower, cosmos, dusty miller, four o’clock, gaillardia, globe amaranth, marigolds, morning glory, sunflower, zinnia.
Heat-Tolerant Bulbs:
Amaryllis, bearded iris, liatris, narcissus.
Drought-Tolerant Trees:
Eucalyptus, fig, oak, pine, walnut.
Alkaline-Tolerant Plants:
Baby’s breath, bearded iris, clematis, delphinium, dianthus, lavender