Text Box: NO PLANT IS DROUGHT TOLERANT UNTIL FULLY ESTABLISHED! All these plants are considered to have some drought tolerance.      We have divided them into degrees of  tolerance to provide an aid for grouping plants in the landscape according to water needs.  

Text Box: Plants are listed by Common Name (Botanical Name) Your Address Line 3 Your Address Line 4

Text Box: This list is a guide. We strongly urge that you research all attributes of any plant before purchasing.

Text Box: (N) = Southeast Native

High Drought  Tolerance

Ground Covers

 

Algerian Ivy

(Hedera canariensis)

Blue Rug Juniper

(Juniperus horizontalis)

Common Periwinkle

(Vinca minor)

English Ivy

(Hedera helix)

Japanese Plum Yew –Prostrata

(Cephalotaxus harringtonia)

Liriope, Spreading

(Liriope spicata)

Liriope,

(Liriope muscarii)

Mondo Grass

(Ophiopogon japonicus)

Shore Juniper

            (Juniperus conferta ‘Blue Pacific’)

St. John’s Wort

(Hypericum spp.)

Wintercreeper

(Euonymus fortunei)

 

 

High Drought Tolerance

Vines

 

Asiatic Jasmine (Yellow Star Jasmine)

(Trachelospermum asiaticum)

Carolina Jessamine

(Gelsemium sempervirens)

Confederate Jasmine

(Trachelospermum jasminoides)

Fiveleaf Akebia

(Akebia quinata)

Lady Banks Rose

(Rosa banksiae)

Sweet Autumn Clematis

(Clematis paniculata)

(Clematis maximowiciana)

Trumpet Honeysuckle

(Lonicera sempervirens)

Trumpet Vine

(Campsis radicans)

Wisteria

(Wisteria sinesis)

 

 

 

 

 

Moderate Drought Tolerance

Ground Covers

 

Carpet Bugle

(Ajuga reptans)

Creeping Phlox

(Phlox subulata)

 

Holly Fern

(Cyrtomium falcatum)

  needs shade

Large Periwinkle

(Vinca major)

Solomon’s Seal

(Polygonatum spp)

 

 

Moderate Drought Tolerance

Ground Covers

 

Partridge Berry

(Mitchella repens)

 

 

 

 

 

Moderate Drought Tolerance

Vines

 

Bush Ivy

(Fatshedera lizei)

Climbing Fig

(Ficus pumila)

Clematis Hybrids

 

Passion Flower

(Passiflora incarnata)