Low-Water Use Plants

The enormous size of the blooms on Pugster buddleias are hard to miss in the garden. And since these petite plants only reach 2 feet in height nearly everyone has room for one in a garden, or large container. Hardy in zones 5-9, be ready to fall in love with this flowering shrub that is heat and drought tolerant, and will soon be covered by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds! Available in five bloom colors too.

Karalee Petite Pink Gaura is an annual plant that looks sweet and delicate, but is actually incredibly heat tolerant. It is often referred to as a butterfly flower since the blooms moving in the wind often resemble delicate wings of one flying by.

This fragrant catmint is dense and colorful, and perfect for gardens in zones 3-8. Plus, it stands strong with no flopping, getting wider and growing to a broad mound as the season progresses. A heat and drought tolerant perennial that easily attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds all summer long.

Pyromania Rocket's Red Glare is ignored by deer and rabbits, yet loved by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds! It is a long blooming perennial for zones 6-9, and will need little water once established.

So easy to grow, and soft to the touch too. This sedum will add a vibrant burst of chartreuse anywhere you plant it...in mixed containers, window boxes or even your landscape. A must-have for many gardeners each year. The succulent nature of this plant makes it quite heat and drought tolerant too.

The Sister series of Scotch Broom shrubs will add joy and delight to your spring garden with their bright colors, especially when paired with colorful spring blooming bulbs like daffodils, tulips, and crocus. If you've been looking for plants that thrive in hot, sunny sites look no further. Oh, and did we also mention they are extremely deer resistant too?

Award-winning Truffula Pink Gomphrena offers sweet bursts of color that calls out to birds and butterflies. This is an amazing annual for hot, humid climates where it easily blooms all season long--it very tolerant of the heat and drought. It is also an ideal cut-flower with a long vase life. Photo by @Norman Winter The Garden Guy.

The spring foliage on Ginger Wine Ninebark emerges a sunny orange color and matures to sparkling burgundy. Clusters of white flowers cover the plant in late spring, and these age to attractive red seed heads on this beautiful flowering shrub that is hardy in zones 3-7. Also heat and drought tolerant!

What a versatile foliage plant! This beauty adds silvery tones and texture wherever you plant it--in a landscape, container or as an accent plant in a mixed container. Very easy to grow and incredibly heat and drought tolerant.

Why the name? Well it is juniper berries that give gin its characteristic flavor, and it's berries that make Gin Fizz juniper extra special. This beautiful, pyramidal evergreen develops a very heavy crop of blue-green fruits that contribute to a delightfully textured, colorful look in the landscape. Hardy in zones 4-8, heat and drought tolerant too.

This award-winning annual shows off its large vibrant blooms all summer long! Mojave Red Portulaca is also very heat, humidity and drought tolerant.

Rock 'N Grow Lemonjade offers an unusual color of blooms to the popular line of perennial sedum. Best in zones 3-9, this variety delivers bright citron yellow blossoms rather than the typical pink each autumn, and the yellow seed heads take on rosy peach tones in cold weather. A very easy to care for perennial, very heat and drought tolerant.

Sunshine Blue Caryopteris is a flowering shrub that will grow well in zones 5-9. This variety of bluebeard is much more tolerant of cold temps, and its vivid gold foliage and blue blooms is quite a showstopper. An excellent plant for attracting pollinators too. Enjoy the color and easy care of this heat and drought tolerant shrub.

This annual might look dainty, but it is tough as nails when it comes to the heat and drought of summer. Diamond Frost euphorbia is one of our best-selling plants, and is beautiful on its own, or a container with other varieties.

Midnight Masquerade is a full sun perennial suitable for zones 3-8, and will grow quickly to a height of 40". It is a favorite for many, including the bees and hummingbirds as well as being very heat and drought tolerant.

Bright and cheery, this new barberry is deer resistant and has vivid orange new growth that develops a distinctive chartreuse margin as the season goes on. Hardy in zones 4-8. Heat and drought tolerant too.