Drought Tolerant Perennials

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Plants & Flowers

Yarrow (Achillea)
Catmint (Nepeta)
Hyssop (Agastache)
Stone Crop (Sedum)
Globe Thistle (Echinops)
Red Birds in a Tree (Scrophularia)
Chocolate Flower (Berlandiera)
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia)
Day Lily (Hemorocallis)
Poppy (Papaver)
Snow-in-Summer (Cerastium)
Jupiter’s Beard (Centranthus)
Beard Tongue (Penstemon)
Coreopsis
Bee Balm (Monarda)
Mexican Primrose (Oenothera)
Wine Cups (Callirhoe)
Hops Flower (Humulus)
Rose Mallow (Hibiscus Moscheutos)
Russian Sage (Perovskia)
Yucca
Agave
Snow on the Mountain (Aegopodium)
Lamb’s Ear (Stachys)
Sea Holly (Eringium)
Kinnikinick (Arctostaphylos)
Landy’s Mantle (Alchemilla)[/one-third-first]

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Trees

Amur Maple (Acer Ginnala)
Catalpa
Golden Chain Tree (Laburnum
Anagyroides)
Bristlecone Pine (Pinus Aristata)
Concolor Fir (Abies Concolor)
Hackberry (Celtis Occidentalis)
Canada Red Cherry (Prunus Virginiana)
Crabapple (Malus)
Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea Pungens)
Weeping White Spruce (Picea Glauca
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Shrubs

Spirea
Potentilla
Barberry (Berberis)
Blue Beard (Caryopteris)
Oregon Grape Holly (Mahonia
Aquifolium)
Mock Orange (Philadelphus)
Sumac (Rus)
Rugosa Rose
Smokebush (Cotinus)
Itea

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