Not every plant is able to grow normally and develop under conditions of lack of moisture. But there are those that are well tolerated by the rare watering and sunny flower gardens, while not losing their decorativeness or fragrance. What perennial drought-resistant flowers will be suitable for decorating a flower bed - you will learn from our article.
Flowers for an arid garden
Such unpretentious flowers as periwinkle, spurge, yarrow, arabes, irreplaceable for the design of rock gardens and rockeries, perfectly feel on sunny and slightly shaded areas.
Perfectly feels on arid flower beds of echinacea - bright and unusual, with pink, yellow, purple or burgundy inflorescences and an outstanding heart. By the way, often it is echinacea that can be found as a drought-resistant flower for the cemetery, where care and watering are not too often done.
South African flower Crocosmia also adapts well to aridity. At the same time it pleases the eye with its decorative features and has a delicate aroma of saffron.
If you need tall, drought-resistant flowers for a flower bed on a sunny spot, pay attention to miscanthus, mallow and decorative onions. They can reach two meters in height, creating a perfect backdrop for lower plants.
Drought-resistant shrubs for sunny places
Barbaris Tunberga, spindle, juniper and Cossack juniper, silver fox, horizontal cotoneaster, mountain pine and other bushes beautifully diversify the garden and withstand any tests by the sun and drought.
Groundcover drought-resistant perennials
Nothing else, like ground cover plants, can boast of its drought resistance and unpretentiousness. It:
- Molodilo with compact and pointed thick leaves, flowering large flowers on a long peduncle;
- purification , blossoming all summer with colorful flowers;
- carnations, herbs, forming "pillows" up to 1 meter in diameter and flowering with colorful double flowers;
- Thyme, blooming with lilacs of small flowers and spreading through extensive curtains.