Looking to add more drought tolerant plants to your garden? Annie Godfrey of Daisy Roots nursery recommends some of the best drought tolerant plants. <\/p>

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Key drought tolerant plants<\/h2>
Sedums<\/strong><\/h3>\nSedum ‘Matrona’ – \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Now called Hylotelephium<\/em>, sedums (also known as ice plants) look good for months, with their fleshy leaves and flat, nectar-rich flowerheads which develop slowly over many months. It\u2019s worth doing the Chelsea chop on sedums to prevent them flopping in the middle later in the year.<\/p>
Russian sage <\/h3>\n
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Russian sage (Perovskia) – \u00a9 Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Perovskia atriplicifolia<\/em>, now called Salvia yangii<\/em>, is also known as Russian sage. It has silvery-grey foliage and spires of lavender-blue flowers from July to the first frosts. Cut back hard when the plant comes back into growth in spring. 75cm.<\/p>
Anthemis<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n $\"\"$
Anthemis tinctoria ‘Sauce Hollandaise’ – \u00a9 Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Anthemis are lovely mound-forming plants with attractive, ferny leaves and masses of daisy flowers in summer. \u2018Suzanne Mitchell\u2019 is a lovely creamy daisy with a golden eye, grey leaves and low mounding, silver ferny foliage. ‘Sauce Hollandaise’ has pale yellow flowers that fade to cream as they age.<\/p>
Salvia<\/strong>s<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Salvia verticillata – \u00a9 Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Salvias<\/a> are excellent drought tolerant and long flowering plants. \u201cSalvia verticillata<\/em> is a really good doer. It flowers for ages and is great for bees,\u201d says Annie. It forms large mounds, with hairy leaves and small, reddish-purple flowers that are borne in long, dense, spikes on reddish stems in summer.<\/p>
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Santolina<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Santolina chamaecyparissus – \u00a9 Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cSantolina (cotton lavender) is also a really good doer,” says Annie. People think it\u2019s a bit mundane and boring but if used in association in other plants, it becomes much more interesting.\u201d<\/p>
Osteospermum jucundum<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n $\"Osteospermum$
Osteospermum jucundum – \u00a9 Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
“Many of these South African daisies, also known as rain daisies, are bedding plants and are not hardy, explains Annie. However but there are a number that are hardy on good drainage, like Osteospermum juncundum<\/em>. They are nice for the front of a border.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>
Nepeta<\/em> (catmint)<\/h3>\n $\"\"$
Nepeta racemosa ‘Walkers Low’ – \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cNepetas<\/a> are really good value, both the low mounding ones and the taller ones like Nepeta nuda<\/em>, which is more upright and to a metre tall,\u201d says Annie. Nepeta are great for attracting bees<\/a> and butterflies<\/a>.<\/p>
Linaria<\/em> (toadflax)<\/h3>\n $\"\"$
Linaria purpurea ‘Canon Went’ – \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Linaria are shortlived perennials which will self seed around. They do a great job of filling in gaps,\u201d says Annie. Canon Went has long racemes of pale pink flowers in summer and autumn.<\/p>
Verbascum<\/h3>\n
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Verbascum and lavender in a dry garden in summer – \u00a9 Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201c Verbascum<\/a> are great,\u201d says Annie. Some are sterile and more perennial \u2013 they come back year after year as they don\u2019t set seed. There are also a number that are bordering on annuals in the way they set seed and move around the garden. They add nice verticals to a planting.\u201d<\/p>
Grasses<\/h2>
Stipa tenuissima<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Stipa tenuissima (Nasella tenuissima) – \u00a9 Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Stipa tenuissima<\/em> (now known as Nasella tenuissima<\/em>), is known as the pony tail grass. “It is good for adding animation in a border \u2013 it gives a nice bit of movement,” says Annie. It produces narrow, arching, feathery flowering panicles from early summer.<\/p>
Golden oat grass<\/h3>\n
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Stipa gigantea – \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Stipa gigantea<\/em>, the golden oat grass, is excellent for adding height to a border, without making it feel dense – it has a see through, veil-like quality. <\/p>
Stipa ichu<\/em><\/h3>
\u201cLike Stipa tenuissima<\/em> on steroids,\u201d says Annie. \u201cIt\u2019s taller and has blonde, almost white flowerheads in late summer. They dance about in the breeze beautifully.\u201d <\/p>
Annuals<\/h2>
“It\u2019s worth getting going with hardy annuals<\/a>, especially in new plantings \u2013 and they\u2019re self perpetuating as they self seed around, says Annie.<\/p>
Poppies<\/h3>\n
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Papaver somniferum ‘Laurens Grape’ – \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
“Lots of the poppies<\/a> do really well on dry soil,” says Annie. Papaver somniferum<\/em> come in a wide range of colours and their flowers are much loved by bees. Shirley poppies (Papaver rhoeas<\/em>) do really well on sunny, well drained soil, too.\u00a0<\/p>
Nigella<\/em><\/h3>\n $\"\"$
Nigella papillosa ‘Delft Blue’ – \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cNigella (also known as love-in-a-mist) does really well on dry soil. It will flower May and early June then go to seed but the seedheads are useful as well,” says Annie. “Once you\u2019ve got it, you\u2019ve got it forever.\u201d<\/p>
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