Provided is the list of plants to support a drought tolerant environment. These plants were planted in the spring and required frequent watering until I felt the roots were well established.
After all my hard work, the first winter provided wind chills below zero and majority of the new plant growth was killed off. Lessons learned if I knew of a hard winter storm was approaching, I applied a heavy mulch over all the shrub plants and in addition to a layer of plastic over the top. This saved the plants which were not hardy and or established. At one time I had Coronilla vaira “Crown vetch” and removed it due to it’s invasive nature. This section was replanted with Black eyed Susan’s.
This is the fourth summer and all have matured to healthy specimens. I never water unless the plants look really bad. Mostly the trees need the watering.
Hillside Gardening – Plants for a bank or the hill side.
| PLANT
NAME |
TYPE |
ZONE |
BLOOM |
COLOR |
| Abella
x “Edward Goucher’ |
S |
6 |
white |
|
| Artemisia
ludoviciana ‘ Silver King’ |
P |
silver |
||
| Buddleia
Nivea |
S |
|||
| Cenothus
Vetichianus |
S |
Blue | ||
| Citus
Albidus |
S |
White | ||
| Citus
Laurifolius |
S |
white | ||
| Citus
x Corariensis |
S |
white | ||
| Coronilla
vaira |
P |
light pink |
||
| Cotinus
Coggygia |
T |
purple |
||
| Cotoneaster
Parneyi |
S |
green | ||
| Cotoneaster
Salicifolia |
S |
green | ||
| Elymus
arenarius |
G |
silver | ||
| Fraxinus
Ornus |
T |
|||
| Magnolia
x Loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ |
T |
Dead | ||
| Phalaris
arundinacea ‘Picta’ |
G |
4 |
Varigated | |
| Pyrus
Calleryana ‘Autumn Blaze’ |
T |
|||
| Ribes
Sanguineum |
S |
Dead | ||
| Rosa
Rugosa |
S |
white | ||
| Sorbus
Hupehensis |
S |
yellow | ||
| Spartium
Junceum |
S |
|||
| Stachys
lanata |
P |
silver |
Garden Themes
Rock | Bog | Perennial | Xeriscape | Mediterranean | Shade | Pumpkin Patch
