Waterwise Plants

Waterwise Plants
Our waterwise plants (drought resistant, xeric plants) are selected for their colorful flowers, interesting foliage, durable low-care garden performance, and habitat friendly nature. Note: All perennials will need supplemental irrigation to get established. Learn more: Water Saving Gardening Tips.
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Moonshine Yarrow (Achillea Moonshine) is an outstanding perennial plant with silver-gray foliage and lemon-yellow flat-topped flowers that cover the plant all summer. This is a well-...
Learn MoreMoonshine Yarrow Moonshine Yarrow Achillea MoonshineAs low as $9.99 Sale $8.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotMoonshine Yarrow (Achillea Moonshine) is an outstanding perennial plant with silver-gray foliage and lemon-yellow flat-topped flowers that cover the plant all summer. This is a well-behaved variety, meaning it won't reseed and spread.Learn MorePowis Castle is a superb foliage plant with finely textured silver-gray foliage and an attractive mounding habit. Use this plant to accentuate ornamental grasses and other perennials...
Learn MorePowis Castle Artemisia Powis Castle Silver Sage Artemisia Powis CastleAs low as $9.99 Sale $8.49Per Plant - 5" Deep PotPowis Castle is a superb foliage plant with finely textured silver-gray foliage and an attractive mounding habit. Use this plant to accentuate ornamental grasses and other perennials with differently colored foliage. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MorePhenomenal French Hybrid Lavender (Lavandula intermedia 'Phenomenal' PP24193) is a French hybrid lavender notable for its outstanding cold hardiness and tolerance to heat and high hu...
Learn MorePhenomenal Lavender Phenomenal Lavender Lavandula intermedia Phenomenal PP#24,193As low as $12.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotPhenomenal French Hybrid Lavender (Lavandula intermedia 'Phenomenal' PP24193) is a French hybrid lavender notable for its outstanding cold hardiness and tolerance to heat and high humidity. The plants grow into a beautiful mounded shape, with purple flowers on tall stems in mid-summer.Learn MoreThumbelina Leigh is a robust dwarf growing English variety with plump, deep lavender-blue flower spikes, and a strong, sweet fragrance. Maturing to a height of about 15 inches, it is...
Learn MoreThumbelina Leigh Dwarf English Lavender Thumbelina Leigh Dwarf English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia Thumbelina LeighAs low as $12.49Per Plant - 5" Deep PotThumbelina Leigh is a robust dwarf growing English variety with plump, deep lavender-blue flower spikes, and a strong, sweet fragrance. Maturing to a height of about 15 inches, it is one of the most compact cultivars in cultivation.Learn MoreBlue Hill is a superb selection grown for its late spring display of clear blue flowers held over sturdy compact mounds of green foliage. It is extremely cold hardy, resistant to bro...
Learn MoreBlue Hill Salvia Blue Hill Meadow Sage Salvia sylvestris Blue Hill$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotBlue Hill is a superb selection grown for its late spring display of clear blue flowers held over sturdy compact mounds of green foliage. It is extremely cold hardy, resistant to browsing deer and rabbits and loves heavy clay soils. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreThis exclusive HCG selection of English lavender has some of the darkest colored flowers youll ever see making it a stand-out in your garden! Faster growing than other dark colored L...
Learn MoreMunstead Violet English Lavender Munstead Violet English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia Munstead VioletAs low as $10.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotThis exclusive HCG selection of English lavender has some of the darkest colored flowers youll ever see making it a stand-out in your garden! Faster growing than other dark colored Lavender selections like 'Hidcote'.Learn More36" tall x 24" wide. Coronation Gold is a vigorous tall growing yarrow with large flat deep golden-yellow flower heads. This non-reseeding variety blooms all summer and thrives with...
Learn MoreCoronation Gold Yarrow Coronation Gold Yarrow Achillea filipendulina Coronation Gold$9.99 Sale $8.49Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot36" tall x 24" wide. Coronation Gold is a vigorous tall growing yarrow with large flat deep golden-yellow flower heads. This non-reseeding variety blooms all summer and thrives with heat and sun in any soil including clay. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreAgastache Ava is one of High Country Gardens very best plant introductions, renowned for its tall spikes of deep rose-pink flowers held by raspberry-red calyxes. This vigorous hybrid...
Learn MoreAva Agastache Ava's Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache AvaAs low as $11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotAgastache Ava is one of High Country Gardens very best plant introductions, renowned for its tall spikes of deep rose-pink flowers held by raspberry-red calyxes. This vigorous hybrid Hummingbird Mint blooms for many months beginning in mid-summer. 2005 Plant of the Year.Learn MoreA lovely low-growing Oregano with burgundy tinged foliage, ‘Bristol Cross’ (Origanum) will spread with time, making a fragrant ground cover for dry, sunny areas. In addition to e...
Learn MoreBristol Cross Oregano Bristol Cross Oregano Origanum Bristol Cross$11.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotA lovely low-growing Oregano with burgundy tinged foliage, ‘Bristol Cross’ (Origanum) will spread with time, making a fragrant ground cover for dry, sunny areas. In addition to edible leaves for culinary used, fascinating lavender and green calyces on dark wiry stems bloom in summer and fall – with tubular, pollinator-friendly flowers. Its herbal scent makes oregano deer resistant. An excellent choice for the herb gardener as well as the collector! (Origanum)Learn MoreLavandula angustifolia Vera is an outstanding heirloom English Lavender known for its sweetly fragrant oil, dark lavender-blue flower spikes, and compact growth habit. Our selection ...
Learn MoreVera English Lavender Vera English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia VeraAs low as $12.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotLavandula angustifolia Vera is an outstanding heirloom English Lavender known for its sweetly fragrant oil, dark lavender-blue flower spikes, and compact growth habit. Our selection of 'Vera' is also the most cold hardy variety of English Lavender.Learn MoreBlue Glow is an Old World wildflower that blooms in mid-summer. The deep blue globe-like flowers are held high above the attactive thistle-like foliage. One of the very best flowers ...
Learn MoreBlue Glow Echinops Blue Glow Globe Thistle Echinops bannaticus Blue Glow$10.99 Sale $9.89Sale Price I Save 10%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotBlue Glow is an Old World wildflower that blooms in mid-summer. The deep blue globe-like flowers are held high above the attactive thistle-like foliage. One of the very best flowers for attracting bees and butterflies to your garden. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreNew Snow Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) has attractive silver-gray wooly foliage and clusters of tiny white flowers held on top of tall, upright stems. This native plant...
Learn MoreNew Snow Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis) New Snow Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea New Snow$10.99 Sale $9.34Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotNew Snow Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) has attractive silver-gray wooly foliage and clusters of tiny white flowers held on top of tall, upright stems. This native plant is highly attractive to butterflies. Resilient and easy to grow, it’s excellent for use in meadows and perennial pollinator-friendly gardens with dry, poor soil. Drought tolerant.Learn More15-24" tall x 18" wide. Mexican Hat is the mahogany-red colored form of Prairie Coneflower that blooms from mid-summer into fall. A good naturalizing wildflower, it attracts bees and...
Learn MoreMexican Hat Mexican Hat Ratibida columniferaAs low as $9.99 Sale $8.99Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot15-24" tall x 18" wide. Mexican Hat is the mahogany-red colored form of Prairie Coneflower that blooms from mid-summer into fall. A good naturalizing wildflower, it attracts bees and butterflies. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreNew Mexico Hummingbird Mint (Agastache neomexicana) is a smaller growing species with narrow spikes of aromatic lavender-pink flowers. A very upright grower, Agastache neomexicana at...
Learn MoreAgastache neomexicana New Mexico Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache neomexicana$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotLearn MoreNew Mexico Hummingbird Mint (Agastache neomexicana) is a smaller growing species with narrow spikes of aromatic lavender-pink flowers. A very upright grower, Agastache neomexicana attracts butterflies and bees to its nectar rich flowers.
Sedum seboldii October Daphne’s unique and beautiful foliage provides contrasting color and texture when planted with small ornamental grasses and various lavender varieties. This ...
Learn MoreOctober Daphne Sedum October Daphne Stonecrop Sedum seboldii October Daphne$8.99 Sale $7.64Sale Price I Save 15%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotSedum seboldii October Daphne’s unique and beautiful foliage provides contrasting color and texture when planted with small ornamental grasses and various lavender varieties. This stonecrop is valued for its fall display of deep pink flowers and its arching stems of succulent gray green foliage. 6-12" tall x 12-15" wide.Learn MorePhlomis russeliana, a Mediterranean species native to the mountains of Syria, is admired for both its unusual whorls of soft yellow flowers and its large olive-green leaves. Commonly...
Learn MoreHardy Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis) Hardy Jerusalem Sage Phlomis russeliana$10.99 Sale $9.89Sale Price I Save 10%Per Plant - 5" Deep PotPhlomis russeliana, a Mediterranean species native to the mountains of Syria, is admired for both its unusual whorls of soft yellow flowers and its large olive-green leaves. Commonly known as Hardy Jerusalem Sage. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreThe world's most popular ornamental grass, 'Karl Foerster' has a strong upright habit and blooms with showy flowers that ripen to tawny seed heads that decorate the plant through the...
Learn MoreKarl Foerster Feather Reed Grass Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis acutiflora Karl FoersterAs low as $11.99Per Plant - 3.25" PotThe world's most popular ornamental grass, 'Karl Foerster' has a strong upright habit and blooms with showy flowers that ripen to tawny seed heads that decorate the plant through the fall and winter months.Learn More‘Star Frost’ Echinops (Echinops bannaticus), also called Globe Thistle, is an eye-popping beauty in frosty white with spherical flowers on sturdy stems. Rising from thistle-like ...
Learn MoreStar Frost Echinops Star Frost Globe Thistle Echinops bannaticus Star Frost$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot‘Star Frost’ Echinops (Echinops bannaticus), also called Globe Thistle, is an eye-popping beauty in frosty white with spherical flowers on sturdy stems. Rising from thistle-like deep green leaves with silvery undersides, ‘Star Frost’ will bloom from mid-summer to early fall. Plant them in a sweep for dramatic effect. At 3-4 feet tall they are just right for a perennial bed, cutting garden, or pollinator garden - bees and butterflies love them too.Learn MoreKannah Creek Buckwheat hails from western Colorado. With a showy display of yellow flowers in late spring, the flowers age to shades of orange and rust by late summer, providing mont...
Learn MoreKannah Creek Sulphur Buckwheat Kannah Creek Sulphur Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum v. aureum Kannah Creek$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotKannah Creek Buckwheat hails from western Colorado. With a showy display of yellow flowers in late spring, the flowers age to shades of orange and rust by late summer, providing months of low care color. A 2007 Plant Select winner. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreKashmir Sage is an amazingly beautiful plant with showy spires of bright lavender-pink flowers. The huge leaves and stately flower spikes give the perennial great architectural value...
Learn MoreKashmir False Sage (Phlomis) Kashmir False Sage Phlomis cashmeriana$10.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotKashmir Sage is an amazingly beautiful plant with showy spires of bright lavender-pink flowers. The huge leaves and stately flower spikes give the perennial great architectural value in the waterwise landscape. A 2004 Plant Select winner. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn More36-60"' tall x 24-36" wide. Gray Headed Coneflower is a Mid-Western prairie native that blooms in the summer with large, yellow petaled flowers. Butterflies love it. Deer resistant, ...
Learn MoreGray Headed Prairie Coneflower Gray Headed Prairie Coneflower Ratibida pinnataAs low as $9.99 Sale $9.49Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot36-60"' tall x 24-36" wide. Gray Headed Coneflower is a Mid-Western prairie native that blooms in the summer with large, yellow petaled flowers. Butterflies love it. Deer resistant, the seed heads are an excellent souce of food for seed eating songbirds in fall. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreThe Three-Tier Lavender Collection features three graduating sizes of lavender - compact, midsized, and tall varieties - that will bloom late spring through summer, and again in fall...
Learn MoreThree Tier Lavender Collection Three Tier Lavender Collection Lavandula Collection$33.97Per Collection of 3The Three-Tier Lavender Collection features three graduating sizes of lavender - compact, midsized, and tall varieties - that will bloom late spring through summer, and again in fall. Lavender’s soothing fragrance, sophisticated form, and visiting butterflies, bees, and pollinators make them some of our most popular plants. Perfect for a long-lasting fragrant container garden, or an inviting display in the front of garden beds or along pathways. These cold-hardy plants prefer full sun locations and well-drained soil. The lovely scent helps deter deer and rabbits. Collection of 3 plants.Learn MoreEryngium planum ‘Blue Glitter’ (Blue Glitter Sea Holly) is an outstanding perennial that thrives in hot dry planting situations and blooms in summer with tall stems of spiny, g...
Learn MoreBlue Glitter Sea Holly (Eryngium) Blue Glitter Sea Holly Eryngium planum Blue Glitter$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotEryngium planum ‘Blue Glitter’ (Blue Glitter Sea Holly) is an outstanding perennial that thrives in hot dry planting situations and blooms in summer with tall stems of spiny, glistening blue flowers. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn More
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- Jurassic Park Bearded Iris
- New Mexico Century Plant (Agave)
- Parry's Century Plant (Agave)
- Golden Eye Prairie Zinnia
- Hardy Hummingbird Trumpet (Zauschneria)
- Annie's Perennial Verbena
- Llano Indian Grass
- Alkali Sacaton Grass
- West Texas Grass Salvia
- Summer Skies Texas Grass Salvia
- Sensation Rose Dwarf Pink Salvia
- Gwen's Buffalo Clove-Scented Currant (Ribes)
- Lemhi Purple Creeping Phlox
- Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea)
- Tall Orange Pineleaf Penstemon Mix
- Northwind Upright Switchgrass
- Spanish Blue Flax (Linum)
- Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris)
- Blue Haze Euphorbia
- Alcalde Cold Hardy Rosemary
- Buena Vista English Lavender
- Rockstar Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Western Sundancer Daisy (Hymenoxys)
- Silver Curry Bush (Helichrysum)
- Mesa Wine Rock Rose (Helianthemum)
- Hantamberg Orange Gazania
- Butterscotch Baby Gazania
- Lion's Spore (Euphorbia)
- Prolific Sulphur Buckwheat
- Kew Broom (Cytisus)
- Jethro Tull Coreopsis
- Yellow Twig Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus)
- Dwarf Sundrops (Calylophus)
- Spring Blooming Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
- Blue False Indigo (Baptisia)
- Dwarf Rock Cress (Aubrieta)
- Jones' Bluestar (Amsonia)
- Blue Twister Corkscrew Allium
- Purple Haze Agastache
- Acapulco® Orange Agastache
- Compact Joshua Tree (Yucca)
- Sedum middendorfianum
- Blue Flame Giant Purple Salvia
- Platinum® Dwarf Silver Leaf Salvia
- Yellow Prairie Coneflower
- Sunset Crater Penstemon
- Native Mid-Atlantic Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Native Pacific Northwest Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Autumn Magic Pollinator Collection
- Cold Hardy Succulent Collection
- Hummingbird Container Garden
- Monarch Magic Collection
- Privacy Shrub Collection For The East & Midwest
- Privacy Shrub Collection For The West
- My Soil Is Like A Beach Collection
- Salvia Collection II
- Native Wildscape Collection
- Native Intermountain West Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Native Southwest Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Drought Resistant Groundcover Collection
- Gopher & Rabbit Resistant Collection
- Salt-Tolerant Ornamental Grass Collection
- Millennium Sunrise Bearded Iris
- Recurring Delight Bearded Iris
- Social Event Bearded Iris
- Paul Black Bearded Iris
- Gold Variegated Sweet Iris
- Merchant Marine Bearded Iris
- Mango Entree Bearded Iris
- Imperial Reign Bearded Iris
- Amarillo Frills Bearded Iris
- Tumalo Sunset Bearded Iris
- Ziggy Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Immortality Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Dynamite Bearded Iris
- Pure As Gold Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Sheer Ecstasy Bearded Iris
- Stellar Lights Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Ragtop Day Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Final Episode Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Sugar Blues Reblooming Bearded Iris
- Batik Bearded Iris
- Savanna Sunset Bearded Iris
- Beargrass (Nolina)
- Boulder Mountain Pussy Toes (Antenaria)
- Pineleaf Penstemon
- Firecracker Penstemon
- Gentle Giant Sulphur Buckwheat
- White Prairie Clover (Dalea)
- Prairie Phlox
- Solid Gold Salvia
- Purple Chip Salvia
- Hill's Hardy Rosemary
- Uvatung Broadleaf Penstemon
- Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Anouk Spanish Lavender
- Burning Hearts False Sunflower (Heliopsis)
- Agastache foeniculum
- Munstead English Lavender
- Horse Crippler Cactus (Echinocactus)
- Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Sea Urchin Cactus (Coryphantha)
- Peach Springs Century Plant (Agave)
- Shin Dagger Century Plant (Agave)
- White Sands Giant Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Lee's Spiny Star Cactus (Escobaria)
- Cobweb Spiderwort (Tradescantia)
- Common Sotol (Dasylirion)
- Texas Blazing Star (Liatris)
- Early Sunrise Coreopsis
- Provence French Lavender
- Long Spined Utah Century Plant (Agave)
- Kaibab Plateau Century Plant (Agave)
- Utah Century Plant (Agave)
- Large Flowered Stonecress (Aethionema)
- Silver Frost Lavender
- Snow Flurry Hardy Verbena
- Dwarf Golden Turkish Sage (Phlomis)
- Glenn Cold Hardy Mesemb (Rabiea)
- Pink Cold Hardy Mesemb (Aloinanthus)
- Hardy Living Stone (Aloinopsis)
- Acapulco® Salmon & Pink Agastache
- Dwarf Culinary Oregano
- Pink Rock Rose (Helianthemum)
- Blue Globe Daisy (Globularia)
- Takilma Gold Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum)
- Red Buckwheat
- Hidcote Blue Comfrey (Symphytum)
- Carl Sedum
- Lemon Max Maximilian's Sunflower (Helianthus)
- Lauren's Cold Hardy Giant Feather Grass
- Karley Rose Fountain Grass
- Regal Mist® Pink Muhly Grass
- Red Riding Hood Penstemon
- Sonoma Coast Yarrow
- Fremont's Mahonia
- Artemisia filifolia
- Shades of Pink Creeping Phlox
- Profuse Pink False Pennyroyal (Hedeoma)
- Cobweb Hens and Chicks
- Blue Rocket False Indigo (Baptisia)
- Nodding Texas Yucca
- Gold Ball Basket Of Gold (Alyssum)
- Globe Ice Plant (Ruschia)
- Yellow Cold Hardy Mesemb (Aloinopsis)
- 25th Anniversary Cacti Collection
- Superb Coral Penstemon
- John Clayton Honeysuckle Vine
- Mountain Mist Grass
- Pozo Blue Salvia
- Lutsko's Dwarf Spanish Lavender
- Giant Feather Grass
- Mountain Ball Cactus (Pediocactus)
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Dwarf White Lace Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Fendler's Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus)
- Night-Blooming Ice Plant (Stomatium)
- Texas Spiny Star Cactus (Escobaria)
- Schott's Yucca
- New Mexico Spiny Star Cactus (Escobaria)
- Bushy Bulbine
- Lace Aloe
- Red Hedgehog Agave
- Gold On Blue Prairie Zinnia
- Prairie Zinnia
- Silver Ironweed (Vernonia)
- Portuguese Giant Spanish Lavender
- Beardtongue Red Salvia
- Utah Fleabane (Erigeron)
- Blue Boy Dwarf Rosemary
- Los Lunas Blues Little Bluestem Grass
- Pink Texas Yucca (Hesperaloe)
- Dallas Blues Blue Switchgrass
- Lucretia Hamilton Desert Willow
- Scarlet Tanager Gazania
- Black Currant (Ribes)
- Gold Standard Coreopsis
- Alpine Blue Mint Bush (Zizophora)
- Arizona Honeysuckle Vine
- Brown Leaf Ice Plant (Nananthus)
- Golden Flowered Century Plant (Agave)
- Red Edged Pig's Ear (Cotyledon)
- Sutherland Night Blooming Ice Plant (Stomatium)
- Apache Sunset Agastache
- Psychedelic Mesemb (Aloinopsis)
- Windwalker Big Bluestem Grass
- Butterfly Weed (Clay Form)
- Western Gold Butterfly Weed Mix
- High Plains Yellow Sundrops (Calylophus)
- Tequila Sunrise Coreopsis
- Zagreb Coreopsis
- Mesa Verde® Ice Plant
- Lesotho Pink Ice Plant
- Prairie Smoke (Geum)
- Texas Red Yucca (Hesperaloe)
- Creeping Goldenaster (Heterotheca)
- Sol Dancer Daisy (Hymenoxys)
- Pine Muhly Grass
- Undaunted® Ruby Muhly Grass
- Dwarf Silver Evening Primrose
- Carpeting Pincushion Flower (Pterocephalus)
- Crandall's Clove Scented Currant (Ribes)
- Robust Gray Great Basin Salvia
- Thin Man Indian Grass
- Prairie Dropseed Grass
- Partridge Feather (Tanacetum)
- Pink Germander (Teucrium)
- Woolly Turkish Veronica
- Compact Banana Yucca
- Spanish Dagger Tree Yucca