Xeriscape Plants

If you're looking for low-maintenance plants that work well in dry conditions, these are great choices. Plants that don't place extra demands on our resources are conservation champions!

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Allium cernuum Common Name: Nodding Onion / Nodding Wild Onion Easy to identify by its distinctive, nodding, pastel lilac-pink flowers in late spring, Nodding Onion thrives in challenging sites such as hot sun and gravely soil. It is strikingly beautiful and is well-suited a formal or wild garden, as well as... [ More Info ]

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Aquilegia canadensis Common Name: Wild Columbine / Eastern Red Columbine Wild columbine is easy-to-grow. Deep red and yellow nodding flowers top blue-green foliage for many weeks in spring. This is a good choice for shade gardens, woodland gardens, rock gardens and naturalized areas.... [ More Info ]

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Asclepias tuberosa Common Name: Butterfly Weed Butterfly weed produces many bright orange, flat-topped flower clusters in early June. Flowering goes on for many weeks. Green pods full of seeds with silky white hairs follow the flowers. This is an essential plant if you want to attract a varie... [ More Info ]