Water-wise plants

  • Wednesday, June 8, 2005 9:00pm
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Native plants are ideal for the winter rains and dry summer of this area. Additionally, many perennial and woody plants have an above average tolerance to drought conditions. Molbak’s in Woodinville provided the following drought tolerant plant list. Light requirements follow each plant common name.

Trees

Incense cedar (sun) Deodar cedar (sun) Mediterranean fan palm (sun or partial shade) Turkish hazel (sun) Russian olive (sun) Hardy rubber tree (sun) Edible fig (sun) Honey locust (sun) Walnut (sun) Goldenrain tree (sun) Tupelo, sour gum (sun or partial shade) Pine (sun) Oak (sun) Locust (sun) Giant sequoia (sun)

Shrubs and ground covers

Serviceberry (sun or partial shade) Strawberry tree (sun or partial shade) Manzanita, Kinnikinnick (sun) Barberry (sun or partial shade) Winter-blooming camellia (partial shade) Wild lilac (sun) Rock rose (sun) Smoke tree (sun) Cotoneaster (sun) Hardy ice plant (sun) Salal (sun and shade) Broom (sun) St. Johnswort (sun or partial shade) Juniper (sun) Kerria (sun or shade) Crape myrtle (sun) Oregon grape (sun or shade) Russian arborvitae (sun or partial shade) Oregon wax myrtle (sun or partial shade) Persian parrotia (sun or partial shade) Wild mock orange (sun) Ninebark (sun) Portugal laurel (sun or partial shade) Firethorn (sun) Suman (sun) Ramanas rose (sun) Rosemary (sun) Senecio (sun) Spanish broom (sun) Common lilac (sun) Tamarisk (sun) Yew (sun or shade) Thyme (sun) Evergreen huckleberry (partial shade or shade) Red huckleberry (partial shade or shade) Chaste tree (sun) Yucca (sun)

Vines

Evergreen clematis (sun or partial shade) English ivy (sun or partial shade) Honeysuckle (sun or partial shade) Wisteria (sun or partial shade)

Perennials

Yarrow (sun) Pasque flower (sun or partial shade) Golden marguerite (sun) Wall rockcress (sun) Columbine (sun or partial shade) Thrift (sun) Wormwood (sun) Basket of Gold, alyssum (sun or partial shade) Berginia (sun or partial shade) Cupid’s dart (sun) Perennial cornflower (sun) Jupiter’s beard (sun) Snow-in-the-summer (sun) Wallflower (sun) Coreopsis (sun) Corydalis (partial shade) Montbretia (sun) Pinks (sun) Foxglove (sun or partial shade) Coneflower (sun) Globe flower (sun) Bishop’s hat (partial shade) Fleabane (sun) Wall flower (sun) Spurge (sun) Blanket flower (sun) Gaura (sun) Crane’s bill (sun) Baby’s breath (sun) Sun rose (sun) Hellebore (partial shade) Daylily (sun or partial shade) Candytuft (sun) Inula (sun) Red hot poker (sun) Blazing star (sun) Lavender (sun) Perennial statice (sun) Toadflax (sun) Flax (sun) Campion (sun) Mallow (sun) Feverfew (sun or partial shade) Evening primrose (sun) Russian sage (sun or partial shade) Chinese lantern (sun) Black-eyed Susan (sun) Sage (sun) Lavender cotton (sun) Stonecrop (sun) Hen and chicks (sun) Stoke’s aster (sun) Lamb’s ear (sun) Thyme (sun) Mullein (sun) Verbena (sun)

Annuals

African daisy (sun) Calendula (sun or partial shade) Carnation (sun) Celosia (sun)Chrysanthemum tricolor (sun) Centaurea (sun) Cleome (sun) Cosmos (sun) Dahlberg daisy (sun) Dianthus (sun) Dusty miller (sun) Felicia (sun) Gazania (sun) Gomphrena (sun) Helichrysum (strawflower) (sun) Helichrysum (immortale) (sun) Ice plant (sun) Linaria (sun) Livingstone daisy (sun) Marigold (sun) Nasturtium (sun) Nicotiana (sun or partial shade) Nigella (sun) Portulaca (sun) Sanvitalia (creeping zinnia) (sun) Snapdragon (sun) Statice (sun) Vinca (sun) Zinnia (sun)

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