The last few years, drought has played a prominent role in the urban environment. Fortunately, there are many drought-resistant perennials available in the assortment. These plants either root deeply or retain moisture in their roots or leaves. In your store, you will undoubtedly receive inquiries about this. As a specialized green retailer, it’s important to provide your customers with the right advice!
The perennials from the top 10 list below perform well under dry conditions in sunny locations and are highly recommended:
Limonium – Sea Lavender
An airy, late-flowering perennial. Suitable as a filler, but also as a weaving plant among other plants.
Origanum – Marjoram
A bushy ground cover. Also suitable as border planting and in the edible ‘garden.’
Phlomis russelliana – Jerusalem Sage
An excellent ground cover with exceptional longevity, thriving even in dry conditions where it may temporarily look weakened, but always recovers.
Rosmarinus officinalis – Rosemary
Nowadays, there are many creeping varieties of rosemary available, which are highly drought-resistant and wonderfully fragrant.
Calamagrostis – Feather Reed Grass
A strong ornamental grass. It has a beautiful winter silhouette with large open plumes that turn deep golden yellow. Suitable for solitary planting or in groups.
Pulmonaria – Lungwort
A good clump-forming plant with striking silvery foliage. During dry periods, this plant may look weakened, but it always recovers effortlessly.
Sedum – Stonecrop
An evergreen to semi-evergreen succulent. Sedum spectabile (Autumn Joy) deserves special mention with beautiful pink flowers that thrive both in groups and in mixed plantings.
Delosperma – Ice Plant
A colorful ground cover that grows about 10 centimeters high. This compact succulent forms beautiful dense carpets.
Salvia – Sage
A versatile genus. Noteworthy are S. microphylla and S. greggii with a bushy growth and long and abundant flowering until the first frost in various colors.
Nepeta – Catmint
A perfect filler with striking blue flowers and gray-green foliage. Blooms for a long time.
Although most perennials in your store may have already passed their peak, this time of the year is still an excellent period to plant perennials in garden borders.
Source: Perennial Power
