Drought Tolerant Shrubs
Growing in Dry Conditions
more tips like this in the Garden Club- 1Water well for the first year while roots establish, even though they're drought-tolerant later
- 2Improve heavy soil with grit so roots don't sit wet over winter
- 3Mulch in spring to lock in whatever moisture is there
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Buddleia Black Knight
The butterfly bush. Dark purple, scented, panicles which are produced prolifically during summer and are loved by butterflies for their rich necta...
View full detailsBuddleia Butterfly Candy Little Lila
Sure to attract the butterflies to the garden! This beautiful butterfly bush bears glorious conical shaped blooms from June through to October in a...
View full detailsBuddleia Butterfly Candy Little Ruby
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(1)Sure to attract the butterflies to the garden! This beautiful butterfly bush bears glorious conical shaped blooms from June through to October in a...
View full detailsBuddleia Royal Red
Hoeny scented red/purple panicles of bloom. This fabulous Buddleia is a beauty to behold in the garden with its extra long panicles of richly colo...
View full detailsCallistemon Citrinus Splendens Patio Standard
3.0 / 5.0
(2)The most reliable Callistemon for the British Climate. Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit due to its outstanding garden performance, Callstemon...
View full detailsCaryopteris Hint of Gold
Golden leaved shrub with colour contrasting blue flowers in late summer. A deciduous and fully hardy - late to leaf plant in spring- which has brig...
View full detailsCaryopteris Kew Blue
Established in Kew Gardens in 1945, this Caryopteris Kew Blue will not let you down! A reliable, robust, low maintenance, mature and hardy compact ...
View full detailsCaryopteris Sterling Silver
Striking silver foliage and rich blue flowers. A deciduous and fully hardy shrub which bears brilliant blue flowers in later summer from August to ...
View full detailsCeanothus Concha
A profusion of indigo blue flowers. Ceanothus Concha is a wonderful evergreen shrub with small, glossy green foliage which adds interest to the bor...
View full detailsCeanothus El Dorado
5.0 / 5.0
(3)Variegated Ceanothus for year round interest in the border. We love all Ceanothus here at Plants2Gardens but El Dorado is a favourite! The evergr...
View full detailsCeanothus repens
Evergreen with deep glossy leaves and covered in blue thimble sized blooms in spring. A great low growing mounding shrub for ground covering. Its ...
View full detailsCeanothus Victoria
Light blue flowers loved by the bees. Californian Lilacs are always a welcome addition to the garden and Ceanothus Victoria is no exception. A de...
View full detailsCeanothus Yankee Point
Mounding evergreen foliage covered with hundreds of blooms in late spring. Glossy evergreen foliage with rounded shaped leathery leaves. An easy to...
View full detailsChitalpa Summer Bells
5.0 / 5.0
(0)Months of sweetly scented, pink, frilly edged tubular blooms on a large plant with willow like foliage. Flowering from late spring to autumn this s...
View full detailsChoisya ternata Sundance
5.0 / 5.0
(1)A rounded bushy shrub with bright golden foliage which brightens up a part shady spot no end. With small clusters of white fragrant star shaped blo...
View full detailsChoisya White Dazzler
A compact Choisya perfect for pots and containers. White Dazzler has glossy, evergreen foliage which looks fantastic all year round. Bearing an a...
View full detailsChoisya White Dazzler & Eden Planter
A compact Choisya perfect for pots and containers. White Dazzler has glossy, evergreen foliage which looks fantastic all year round. Bearing an abu...
View full detailsCistus florentinus
Paper-like white blooms. Also known as the Florentine Rock Rose, Cistus florentinus is a fully hardy, compact evergreen shrub that will create a wo...
View full detailsCistus Thrive
5.0 / 5.0
(1)Masses of white blooms with a yellow eye! This beautiful evergreen Rock Rose is a real asset in the garden. Bearing masses of white flowers with ri...
View full detailsConvolvulus cneorum
Mediterranean feel all year round. With an RHS Award of Garden Merit, this Mediterranean, evergreen shrub has proved what a fantastic addition it w...
View full detailsCoronilla Citrina
Sweetly scented winter blooms. A fully hardy, evergreen shrub which makes a wonderful addition to the Winter garden. Bearing small, blue-green leav...
View full detailsCotinus Golden Lady
New breeding of Cotinus producing wonderfully compact plants. Cotinus Golden Lady has new growth that starts bright orange before maturing to a wa...
View full detailsCotinus Grace
The Smoke Bush. Grace has small pink - purple flowers in late summer which are borne on the bush as if smoke was arising from its branches hence i...
View full detailsCotinus Royal Purple
Create a cloud of colour in the garden with this glorious smoke bush. The feathery plumes of of fluffy pinky purple flowers that appear on this fu...
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