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Drought Resistant Shrubs


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* = 10" - 20" Rainfall
** = Less than 10" Rainfall

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Shrub Name Hardy to Zone Shrub Name Hardy to Zone
Almond, Russian, Prairie 3* Autumn Sage 7
Beauty Bush 7* Barberry, Japanese, Mentor 5
Broom 6 Bayberry 2
Bottle Brush, Lemon 9 Buckthorn, Common, Rock, Duhurian 2*
Buffalo-berry, Canada, Russet 2* Butchers Broom 7
Butterfly Bush, Fountain 5* Ceanothos, Inland 4**
Chaste-tree, Cut-leafed 5* Cherry, Western, Sand 3
Dogwood, Siberian 3* Dogwood, Gray 4
Elderberry, Blueberry 5* Euphorbia, Milkbush 10**
Firethorn, Laland 5* Forsythia 5*
Greasewood 4* Hawthorne, Cockspur, Downey, English 4*
Hebe species 7 Honeysuckle, Tatarian, Zabel 3*
Honeysuckle, Amur 4* Honeysuckle, Winter 5*
Lilac, Late, Villosa 2* Lilac, Common 3*
Lilac, Japanese Tree 4* Lilac, Persian 5*
Mock-orange, Virginal, Sweet 5* Mountain Mohagony 4**
Ninebark 2 Oleander 7
Peach, Pigmy, Globe Russian, Siberian 5* Pea Shrub, Pea Tree, Siberian, Maximowicz 2*
Pea Shrub, Little Leaf, Pygmaea 3* Pittosporum 8
Plum, Flowering, Newport, Beach 3* Privet 3*
Quince, Flowering, Japanese 5* Rose, Austrian Copper, Harrison's Yellow 3*
Rosemary 6 Rosewood, Arizona 6**
Serviceberry, Shadblow, Saskatoon 3* Smoke Tree 5*
Snowberry 4** Sophora, Vetch 5
Spirea, Nippon, Vanhoutte 4* Sumac 2*
Tamarix, Five Stamen 2 Tamarix, Parvifolio, Odessa 4*
Tamarix, Kasgar 6** Viburnum, Nannyberry, Cranberry Bush 2*
Viburnum, Manchurian 2* Viburnum, Snowball 4
Wayfaring Tree 3* Yucca 4**


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Goldmound Spiraea - $ 19.95
The Spirea 'Goldmound', Spiraea x 'Goldmound', this colorful plant provides an exceptional accent or contrast in your foundation planting or shrub border. Brilliant foliage holds its light chartreuse-green color all season long. Flushes of pink flowers appear in June and July. Dense bushy 18 to 24 inch plants maintain their nicely rounded, neat appearance with little or no pruning. Distinguished by their size, bloom color and season of bloom, spireas all have small leaves and fine, twiggy branches. Once established, they are drought tolerant.
Magic Carpet Spiraea - $ 19.95
The Spirea 'Magic Carpet', Spirea japonica 'Magic Carpet', is a colorful shrub that fits almost anywhere in the landscape. In spring the leaf shoots emerge vibrant red, maturing into rich bronze to light green red-tipped foliage. Clusters of deep pink flowers cover the plant in early summer. In fall the foliage takes on russet tones that remain colorful well into November. The 18 to 24 inch rounded plants are full and bushy. Full sun brings out the brightest colors. This plant is very drought tolerantand beautiful in the fall.
Compacta Burning Bush - $ 17.95
The Burning Bush, Euonymus alatus 'Compacta' has an outstanding red fall color. The deep dark red leaves almost glow with color in the fall. The plant is shade tolerant but has inferior fall color and reduced density in shade. Burning Bush transplants easily and may be sheared. The orange and red fruit is ornamental if produced in quantity, but plants vary in the amount of fruit they produce. This deciduous bush withstands acidic or alkaline soils and a wide range of temperatures. Established plants can take some drought too.
Crisp Leaf Spiraea - $ 17.95
The Spirea 'Crisp Leaf', Spiraea x bumalda 'Crispa', have pink flowers in large clusters. One of its distinquishing characteristics is the new growth, which is burgundy-red.Distinguished by their size, bloom color and season of bloom, spireas all have small leaves and fine, twiggy branches. Once established, they are drought tolerant.
Daphne Spiraea - $ 17.95
The Spirea 'Daphne', Spiraea japonica 'Alpina', exhibits small leaves on short, wiry branches, each tipped with a cluster of light pink flowers. It is a refined, tidy groundcover plant.It performs best in full sun. The foliage is dense and mat-like with a blue-green color.Distinguished by their size, bloom color and season of bloom, spireas all have small leaves and fine, twiggy branches. Once established, they are drought tolerant.
Darts Red Spiraea - $ 17.95
The Spirea 'Dart's Red', Spiraea x bumalda 'Dart's Red', is a deciduous semi-evergreen shrub. It is a low growing shrub with rounded shape. The thin branches give Dart's Red a very dense appearance. The young leaves have a pinkish red color and become dark green at maturity.Distinguished by their size, bloom color and season of bloom, spireas all have small leaves and fine, twiggy branches. Once established, they are drought tolerant.
Dark Knight Bluebeard - $ 17.95
The Bluebeard 'Dark Knight', Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight', is a mounding deciduous broadleaf shrub. It is drought tolerant. It displays compact, green leaves. Spectacular deep blue flowers appear in mid-summer. Cut back after bloom for repeat bloom. This is a relatively small shrub that will die back to the ground during the winter and regrow in the spring.
Alpine Currant - $ 17.95
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