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 $9.99Per 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 $9.99Per 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 MoreAgastache Glowing Embers is a fantastic selection of Licorice Mint Hyssop (Hummingbird Mint) with fragrant foliage and glowing orange-red tubular flowers that are a favorite with hum...
Learn MoreGlowing Embers® Agastache Glowing Embers® Licorice Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop) Agastache rupestris Glowing Embers®As low as $10.49Per Plant - 5" Deep PotAgastache Glowing Embers is a fantastic selection of Licorice Mint Hyssop (Hummingbird Mint) with fragrant foliage and glowing orange-red tubular flowers that are a favorite with hummingbirds. Plant in containers to enjoy this plant in the eastern U.S. Exclusive. 24-26" tall x 24-28" wide.Learn MoreSilver Carpet Lamb's Ear (Stachys byzantina Silver Carpet) is a handsome, fuzzy, grey-leaved groundcover that thrives in problem areas such as dry shade and poor soils. Silver Carpet...
Learn MoreSilver Carpet Lamb's Ear Silver Carpet Lamb's Ear Stachys byzantina Silver Carpet$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotSilver Carpet Lamb's Ear (Stachys byzantina Silver Carpet) is a handsome, fuzzy, grey-leaved groundcover that thrives in problem areas such as dry shade and poor soils. Silver Carpet Lamb's Ear is a drought resistant (xeric), non-flowering perennial plant.Learn MoreWoolly Thyme is a superb low care groundcover thyme with fuzzy gray foliage and vigorous spreading stems that root as they spread across the soil. It rarely flowers. An ideal crack f...
Learn MoreWoolly Thyme Woolly Thyme Thymus lanuginosusAs low as $7.99Per Plant - 2.5" PotWoolly Thyme is a superb low care groundcover thyme with fuzzy gray foliage and vigorous spreading stems that root as they spread across the soil. It rarely flowers. An ideal crack filler between flagstone and pavers. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreLacy Blue Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia Lacey Blue) is a true dwarf cultivar discovered in an English garden and just recently introduced to the US. Its smaller size makes ...
Learn MoreLacey Blue Russian Sage Lacey Blue Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia Lisslitt PP#20,845$10.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotLacy Blue Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia Lacey Blue) is a true dwarf cultivar discovered in an English garden and just recently introduced to the US. Its smaller size makes it very useful when space is an issue and a smaller version of Russian Sage is required. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn More8" tall x 15-18" wide. Helen von Stein makes a great foliar accent as it is grown for its large, fuzzy, silver leaves. This is a great edging plant with a uniform, mounding habit. N...
Learn MoreHelen von Stein Lamb's Ear Large Leafed Lamb's Ear Stachys byzantina Helen von Stein$9.99Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot8" tall x 15-18" wide. Helen von Stein makes a great foliar accent as it is grown for its large, fuzzy, silver leaves. This is a great edging plant with a uniform, mounding habit. Non-blooming so it doesn't reseed. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn More‘Royal Velvet’ English Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Royal Velvet) is very showy in bloom. It is covered with long stemmed, dark navy blue and lavender flower spikes. The 3 to...
Learn MoreRoyal Velvet English Lavender Royal Velvet English Lavender Lavandula angustifolia Royal Velvet$11.99Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot‘Royal Velvet’ English Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Royal Velvet) is very showy in bloom. It is covered with long stemmed, dark navy blue and lavender flower spikes. The 3 to 4-inch long flower spikes, which are much longer than ‘Hidcote’, hold their dark color superbly as a dried flower.Learn MoreStunningly different and showy, few shrubs can rival this outstanding selection. Silver foliage with long, cascading panicles of lavender-purple flowers are sweetly fragrant and attr...
Learn MoreSilver Spring Blooming Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) Silver Spring Blooming Butterfly Bush Buddleia alternifolia Argentea$12.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotStunningly different and showy, few shrubs can rival this outstanding selection. Silver foliage with long, cascading panicles of lavender-purple flowers are sweetly fragrant and attract many colorful pollinators, especially the tiger swallowtails. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric). 8-12' x 8-12' wideLearn MoreSilver Edged Horehound is one our very best xeric groundcovers for poor soil areas with hot, sunny growing conditions. The soft felted leaves are green with a bright silver underside...
Learn MoreSilver Edged Horehound (Marrubium) Silver Edged Horehound Marrubium rotundifoliumAs low as $10.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotSilver Edged Horehound is one our very best xeric groundcovers for poor soil areas with hot, sunny growing conditions. The soft felted leaves are green with a bright silver underside that curls up to give the leaves a silver edge. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).Learn MoreSilver Leaf Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus La Plata) is a showy native shrub that stands out in the landscape with its attractive, finely textured silver-gray foliage and eye-c...
Learn MoreLa Plata Silver Leaf Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus) La Plata Silver Leaf Rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus La Plata$10.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotSilver Leaf Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus La Plata) is a showy native shrub that stands out in the landscape with its attractive, finely textured silver-gray foliage and eye-catching display of golden-yellow flowers beginning in late summer-early fall.Learn MoreSeafoam is grown for its curlicue silver foliage and low, mounding habit. Useful as a small scall groundcover, the plant is an excellent companion for other tall perennials with gree...
Learn MoreSeafoam Artemisia Seafoam Curlicue Sage Artemisia versicolor SeafoamAs low as $8.99Per Plant - 5" Deep PotSeafoam is grown for its curlicue silver foliage and low, mounding habit. Useful as a small scall groundcover, the plant is an excellent companion for other tall perennials with green or blue foliage. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric). Introduced into cultivation in the US by Lauren Springer Ogden.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 Pacific Northwest Songbird Pre-Planned Garden
- Autumn Magic Pollinator Collection
- Cold Hardy Succulent Collection
- 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
- August Afternoons Pre-Planned Garden
- 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
- 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
- Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass
- 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
- 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
- Plains Yucca
- Blue Doll House Yucca