Hardy Garden Perennials are a category of high color plants that like richer soils and a bit more water than the Xeric Perennials. They have been selected as essential plants in High Country Gardens Style xeriscapes because they add diversity of form and color with the same low maintenance care of their xeric cousins. Walls and rain run-off from roofs of buildings create many micro-climates around your home that are moister and/or shadier than the rest of the yard; perfect spots for Hardy Garden Perennials. In wetter climates where truly xeric plants will rot, these tough, durable plants become the xeric component of the landscape.