Drought resistant shrubs
Climate change is causing drought in some places. These shrubs are drought resistant once their roots are well established. They'll need watering in dry weather the first year you plant them, or plant them in autumn so their roots get established before their first dry summer.
Plants (395)
Potentilla fruticosa 'Summer Dawn'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Summer Sorbet'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Sunset'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Tilford Cream'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Vilmoriniana'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Wessex Silver'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Yellow Bird'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa Mango Tango = 'Uman'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Prunus tenella
Dwarf Russian almond, Russian almond
Prunus tenella 'Fire Hill'
Dwarf Russian almond, Russian almond
Punica granatum var. nana
Dwarf pomegranate, Pomegranate, Granado
Rhododendron 'Orange Beauty' (Kaempferi)
Azalea 'Orange Beauty', Evergreen azalea
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Green Ginger'
Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis 'McConnell's Blue'
Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Severn Sea'
Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Sissinghurst Blue'
Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'
Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis var. albiflorus
Rosemary, White flowered rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis var. albiflorus 'Lady in White'
Rosemary
Ruscus
Butcher's broom
Ruscus aculeatus
Box holly, Jew's myrtle, Kneeholy
Salix helvetica
Swiss willow, Swiss sallow
Salvia 'Cherry Queen'
Hybrid sage
Salvia 'Nachtvlinder'
James' hybrid sage
Salvia 'Trelawny'
Hybrid sage, Cherry sage, Graham's sage, Myrtle sage
Salvia 'Trelissick'
Hybrid sage, Cherry sage, Graham's sage, Myrtle sage
Salvia 'Trewithen'
Hybrid sage, Cherry sage, Graham's sage, Myrtle sage
Salvia 'Tutti Frutti'
Hybrid sage
Salvia leucantha
Silver sage, Mexican bush sage, Velvet sage
Salvia x jamensis
James' hybrid sage
Salvia x jamensis 'Flammen'
James' hybrid sage
Salvia x jamensis 'James Compton'
James' hybrid sage
Salvia x jamensis 'Javier'
James' hybrid sage
Salvia x jamensis 'La Luna'
James' hybrid sage
Salvia x jamensis 'Melen'
James' hybrid sage
Salvia x jamensis 'Peter Vidgeon'
James' hybrid sage
Salvia x jamensis 'Red Velvet'
James' hybrid sage
Salvia x jamensis 'Sierra San Antonio'
James' hybrid sage
Salvia x jamensis 'Trebah'
James' hybrid sage
Salvia x jamensis 'Trenance'
James' hybrid sage
Santolina
Cotton lavender, Lavender-cotton
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lambrooke Silver'
Cotton lavender, Lavender-cotton
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Nana'
Ground cyprus, Cotton lavender, Lavender-cotton
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Small-Ness'
Ground cyprus, Cotton lavender, Lavender-cotton
Santolina pinnata subsp. neapolitana 'Edward Bowles'
Cotton lavender, Lavender-cotton
Santolina pinnatus subsp. neapolitana 'Sulphurea'
Cotton lavender, Lavender-cotton
Santolina rosmarinifolia
Holy flax, Green lavender cotton, Rosemary lavender cotton
Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Primrose Gem'
Holy flax, Green lavender cotton, Rosemary lavender cotton