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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Schizachyrium scoparium Common Name: Little Bluestem This is an excellent native grass for the garden. It is an upright, clump-forming grass with slender, blue-green leaves. The foliage turns a striking red-orange in the fall, excellent in massed plantings or mixed with other native grasses and wildflo... [ More Info ]

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Sedum ternatum Common Name: Whorled Stonecrop Pure white, starry flowers smother this little sedum for a few weeks every spring. The small fleshy green leaves are arranged in whorls of three around the stem. The foliage is often evergreen. Makes a nice little ground cover at the foot of shrubs o... [ More Info ]

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Symphyotrichum laeve (Aster laevis) Common Name: Smooth Aster Smooth Aster, Symphyotrichum laeve, has cone-shaped clusters of violet-blue flowers with golden yellow centers that appear on the top half of a vase shaped clump. Unlike many other asters, this one has perfectly clean foliage. Tolerates a ... [ More Info ]

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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (Aster novae-angliae) Common Name: New England Aster New England Aster is a bushy plant with a profusion of dark purple, semi-double flowers which cover the plant entirely from September thru October.... [ More Info ]