Drought-Tolerant Plant List
Drought-Tolerant Plants
Drought-tolerant species need consistent watering until their root systems are established.
Watering Tip:
Less frequent, long and deep watering cycles are more effective than frequent, shallow waterings.
Less frequent, long and deep watering cycles are more effective than frequent, shallow waterings.
- Encourages deeper, stronger root growth.
- Deep root systems have access to more moisture, letting the plant go longer between waterings.
Red Fountain Grass
GRASSES
- Bronze Sedge
- Deer Grass Lomandra
- Orange Sedge
- Pink Muhly Grass Red Fountain Grass
BULBS
- Belladonna Lily
- Daffodil
SHRUBS | LG/SCREENING
- Carolina Cherry Laurel
- Gilt Edge Eleagnus
- Italian Buckthorn
- Lemon Bottlebrush
- Oleander
- Osmanthus
- Pineapple Guava
- Purple Hopseed
- Sweet Bay, Grecian Laurel
- Toyon, California Holly
SHRUBS | SM/MED
- Bush Anemone
- Bush Germander
- Bush Morning Glory
- California Wild Lilac
- Coast Rosemary
- Coprosma
- Dwarf Bottlebrush
- Dwarf Myrtle
- Dwarf Olive ‘Little Ollie’
- Grevillea
- Heavenly Bamboo
- Indian Hawthorn
- Jerusalem Sage
Ground Morning Glory
SHRUBS | SM/MED continued...
- Juniper
- Mugho Pine
- New Zealand Flax
- Orchid Rockrose
- Oregon Grape
- Red-Flowering Currant
- Rosemary
- Texas Ranger
- Manzanita
- Winter Daphne
- Yucca
GROUNDCOVERS
- Carmel Creeper
- Cotoneaster
- Creeping Mahonia
- Manzanita
- Evergreen Currant
- Majorcan Germander
- Ground Morning Glory
- Hen & Chicks
- Ice Plant
- Juniper
- Myoporum
- Periwinkle
- Rosemary
- Sageleaf Rockrose
- Sedum
- Sunrose
- Thyme
- Wooly Grevillea
VINES
- Carolina Jasmine
- Lavender Trumpet Vine
- Lilac Vine
- Wisteria
Windmill Palm
PALMS
- Canary Island Date Palm
- Mediterranean Fan Palm
- Mexican Fan Palm
- Pindo Palm
- Windmill Palm
TREES
- Arbutus ‘Marina’
- Carolina Cherry Laurel
- Chinese Pistache
- Coast Live Oak
- Cork Oak
- Crape Myrtle
- Deodar Cedar
- Desert Willow
- Eucalyptus
- Holly Oak
- Incense Cedar
- Oklahoma Redbud
- Olive
- Pines
- Purple Smoke Tree
- Silk Tree
- Strawberry Tree
- Valley Oak
- Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar
- Western Redbud
California Blue-Eyed Grass
PERENNIALS
- Agave
- Artemisia
- Blanket Flower
- California Blue-Eyed Grass
- California Fuchsia
- California Poppy
- Catmint
- Dusty Miller
- Euphorbia/Spurge
- Penstemon
- Gaura
- Germander
- Gold Coin
- Coreopsis
- Hummingbird Mint
- Lamb’s Ear
- Lavender
- Lavender Cotton
- Lily-of-the-Nile
- Lion’s Tail
- Monkey Flower
- Yarrow
- Red-Hot Poker
- Red Yucca
- Russian Sage
- Sage/Salvia
- Santa Barbara Daisy
Coreopsis
Crape Myrtle 'Dynamite'
Heavenly Bamboo
