drought tolerant plants
perennials
*can handle shade
Achillea (Yarrow)
Agastache (Agastache)
*Alchemilla (Lady’s Mantle)
Amsonia (Amsonia)
Antennaria spp. (Pussytoes)
Artemisia spp. (Artemisia)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed)
Aster spp. (Aster)
Baptisia spp. (False Indigo)
Calamintha nepeta (Lesser Calamint)
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Plumbago, Leadwort)
Coreposis spp. (Coreopsis)
Delosperma (Iceplant)
Dianthus ‘Firewitch’, ‘Tiny Rubies’ (Cheddar Pink)
Echinacea spp. (Coneflower)
Echinops (Globe Thistle)
Eryngium spp. (Sea holly)
Euphorbia spp. (Spurge/Euphorbia)
Gallardia (Blanket flower)
*Geranium ‘Rozanne’ (Rozanne geranium) and others
Helianthus spp. (Perennial sunflower)
*Helleborus spp. (Hellebore/ Lenten Rose)
Hemerocallis spp. (Daylily)
*Heuchera (Coral Bells)
*Hosta spp. (Hosta)
Kniphofia (Red Hot poker plant)
Lavandula spp. (Lavender)
Leucanthemum spp (Daisy)
Liatris spicata (Blazing Star)
Lilium spp. (Asiatic and oriental lily)
Monarda spp. (Bergamot, Beebalm)
Nepeta spp. (Catmint)
Penstemon spp. (Penstemon)
Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage)
Phlox (Creeping phlox)
*Phlox paniculata (Garden phlox)
Ratibida pinnata (Gray headedconeflower)
Rudbeckia spp. (Black eyed susan)
Salvia (Meadow Sage)
*Sedum spp. (Sedum)
Sempervivum tectorum (Hens and Chicks)
Solidago (Goldenrod)
Stachys byzantine (Lamb’s Ear)
Thymus spp. (Creeping thyme)
Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s Root)
Yucca spp. (Yucca)
trees
Acer ginnala (Amur Maple)
Aesculus glabra (Horsechestnut)
Catalpa spp. (Catalpa)
Crataegus crus-galli (Cockspur Hawthorne)
Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian Olive)
Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair tree)
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis (Thornless Honey Locust)
Gymnocladus dioica (Kentucky Coffeetree)
Heptacodium miconioides (Seven-Son Flower)
Juglans nigra (Black Walnut)
Morus alba (White Mulberry)
Nyssa sylvatica (Sour Gum)
Phellodendron amurense (Amur Corktree)
Picea spp. (Spruces)
Pinus spp. (Pines) – most
Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)
Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry)
Quercus spp. (Oaks)
Ulmus spp. (Elms)
shrubs and vines
Buddleja (Butterfly bush)
Cornus racemosa (Gray dogwood)
Cotoneaster spp. (Cotoneaster)
Forsythia x intermedia (Forsythia)
*Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf Hydrangea)
Hypericum (St. John’s Wort)
*Itea virginica (Virginia sweetspire)
Juniperus spp. (Juniper)
*Lonicera (Honeysuckle vine)
Potentilla spp. (Cinquefoil)
*Rhus aromatic ‘Gro-Low’ (Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac)
Ribes spp. (Currant)
Rosa rugosa (Rugosa rose)
Spiraea spp. (Spireas)
Syringa meyeri (Korean lilac)
*Viburnum spp. (Viburnum)
*can handle shade
grasses
*can handle shade
Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem)
*Boutelous gracilis (Blue grama)
*Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ (Karl Foerster grass)
Chasmanthium latifoloum (Northern sea oats)
Festuca glauca (Blue fescue)
Helictotrichon sempervirens (Blue oatgrass)
Miscanthus spp. (Maidenhair grass)
Panicum spp. (Switchgrasses)
Pennisetum alopecuroides (Fountain grass)
Saccharum ravennae (Ravenna grass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem)
Sesleria autumnalis (Autumn moor grass)
Sporobolis heterolepis (Prairie dropseed)
Sorghastrum nutans (Blue Indian grass)