• 
• 
• 
  • All Plants
  • Annuals
  • Butterfly Attracting
  • Deer Resistant
  • Drought-Defiant
  • Fragrance
  • Indoor and Houseplant
  • Midwest Native
  • Ornamental Grass
  • Rain Gardens and Bioswales
  • Salt-Tolerant
  • Shade-tolerant
  • Summer Color for Sunny Sites
  • Trees & Shrubs
  • Vegetables
  • Vines and Groundcovers
  • Wetlands and Streambank Stabilization
  • Winter Interest
• 
  • All Products
  • Tools and Accessories
  • Garden Solutions
  • Birds
  • Garden Accents
  • Seasonal
  • Outdoor Living
  • Gifts
• 
  • Event Calendar
  • Plant Library
  • New Plants
  • Plant Selector
  • Loyalty Club
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
  • Return Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Drought-Defiant

These colorful, easy-care plants thrive in dry, sunny locations and are natural choices for parched planting sites that border buildings and pavement, or where rainfall is scarce or undependable.

Annuals (5)

Butterfly Attracting (59)

Deer Resistant (15)

Drought-Defiant (68)

Fragrance (10)

Indoor and Houseplant (1)

Midwest Native (50)

Ornamental Grass (20)

Rain Gardens and Bioswales (37)

Salt-Tolerant (13)

Shade-tolerant (50)

Summer Color for Sunny Sites (49)

Trees & Shrubs (93)

Vegetables (3)

Vines and Groundcovers (31)

Wetlands and Streambank Stabilization (28)

Winter Interest (14)

Achillea millefolium 'Seduction Series'

Strawberry Seduction Yarrow

[ More Info ]

---

Achillea millefolium 'Paprika'

Paprika Yarrow

[ More Info ]

---

Achillea millefolium 'Red Beauty'

Red Beauty Yarrow

[ More Info ]

---

Armeria splendens

Sea Thrift

[ More Info ]

---

Artemisia schmidtiana

Silver Mound Artemisia

[ More Info ]

---

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Milkweed

[ More Info ]

---

Aster laevis

Smooth Aster

[ More Info ]

---

Aster oblongifolius

Aromatic Aster

[ More Info ]

---

Baptisia australis

Blue Wild Indigo

[ More Info ]

---

Baptisia hybrida 'Carolina Moonlight'

[ More Info ]

---

Baptisia X bicolor 'Starlite Prairieblues'

Starlite Prairieblues Wild Indigo

[ More Info ]

---

Berberis thunbergii 'Maria'

Barberry Sunjoy Gold Pillar

[ More Info ]

---

Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy'

Crimson Pygmy Barberry

[ More Info ]

---

Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow'

Rose Glow Barberry

[ More Info ]

---

Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass

[ More Info ]

---

Caryopteris incana 'Jason'

Sunshine Blue Caryopteris

[ More Info ]

---

Coreopsis 'Heaven's Gate'

Heaven's Gate Coreopsis

[ More Info ]

---

Coreopsis - Big Bang Series

Tickseed

• Full Moon Coreopsis
• Red Shift Coreopsis
• Cosmic Eye Coreopsis
• Galixy Coreopsis

[ More Info ]

---

Coreopsis lanceolata

Lanceleaf Coreopsis

[ More Info ]

---

Dalea purpurea

Purple Prairie Clover

[ More Info ]

---

Dianthus 'Cranberry Ice'

Pinks

[ More Info ]

---

Dianthus 'Frosty Fire'

Pinks

[ More Info ]

---

Dianthus 'Raspberry Swirl'

Pinks

[ More Info ]

---

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'

Firewitch Dianthus

[ More Info ]

---

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Bath's Pink'

Bath's Pink Dianthus

[ More Info ]

---

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Neon Star'

Neon Star Dianthus

[ More Info ]

---

Echinacea purpurea 'Razzmatazz'

Razzmatazz Coneflower

[ More Info ]

---

Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Knee High'

Kim's Knee High Purple Coneflower

[ More Info ]

---

Echinacea purpurea 'Summer Sky'

Summer Sky Coneflower

[ More Info ]

---

Echinacea purpurea 'Coconut Lime'

Coconut Lime Coneflower

[ More Info ]

---

Echinacea purpurea 'Double Delight'

Double Delight Coneflower

[ More Info ]

---

Echinacea purpurea

Purple Coneflower

[ More Info ]

---

Festuca cinerea 'Elijah Blue'

Elijah Blue Fescue

[ More Info ]

---

Gaillardia pulchella 'Fanfare'

Fanfare Gaillardia

[ More Info ]

---

Helictotrichon sempervirens

Blue Oat Grass

[ More Info ]

---

Hemerocallis - Stella Series

Stella Daylily

• Stella d'Oro Daylily
• Black Eye Stella Daylily

[ More Info ]

---

Heuchera villosa 'Berry Smoothie'

Berry Smoothie Heuchera

[ More Info ]

---

Heuchera villosa 'Citronelle'

Citronelle Heuchera

[ More Info ]

---

Heuchera villosa 'Georgia Peach'

Georgia Peach Coral Bells

[ More Info ]

---

Heuchera villosa 'Caramel'

Caramel Coral Bells

[ More Info ]

---

Itea virginica 'Little Henry'

Little Henry Itea

[ More Info ]

---

Lilium 'Casablanca'

Casablanca Lily

[ More Info ]

---

Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'

Morning Light Miscanthus

[ More Info ]

---

Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegated'

Variegated Maiden Grass

[ More Info ]

---

Nassella tenuissima

Mexican Feather Grass

[ More Info ]

---

Oenothera macrocarpa

Missouri Primrose

[ More Info ]

---

Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'

Heavy Metal Switch Grass

[ More Info ]

---

Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'

Northwind Switch Grass

[ More Info ]

---

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'

Dwarf Fountain Grass

[ More Info ]

---

Penstemon cobaea

Purple Beardtongue

[ More Info ]

---

Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Filigran'

Filigran Russian Sage

[ More Info ]

---

Phlox subulata

Creeping Phlox

[ More Info ]

---

Platanus X acerifolia

London Planetree

[ More Info ]

---

Rudbeckia hirta

Black-eyed Susan

[ More Info ]

---

Salvia X sylvestris 'Mainacht'

May Night Salvia

[ More Info ]

---

Schizachyrum scoparium

Little Bluestem

[ More Info ]

---

Schizachyrum scoparium 'The Blues'

The Blues Little Bluestem

[ More Info ]

---

Sedum kamtschaticum 'Rosy Glow'

Rosy Glow Sedum

[ More Info ]

---

Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Fire'

Autumn Fire Sedum

[ More Info ]

---

Sedum spectable 'Black Jack'

Sedum Black Jack

[ More Info ]

---

Solidago speciosa

Showy Goldenrod

[ More Info ]

---

Sporobolus heterolepis

Prairie Dropseed

[ More Info ]

---

Stachys byzantina 'Countess Helen von Stein'

Lambs' Ears

[ More Info ]

---

Stipa gigantea

Giant Feather Grass

[ More Info ]

---

Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Midget'

Dwarf Globe Eastern Arborvitae

[ More Info ]

---

Thuja occidentalis 'DeGroot's Spire''

American Arborvitae

[ More Info ]

---

Ulmus X ''Morton Accolade' or 'Morton Glossy''

Accolade or Triumph Elm

[ More Info ]

---

Zinnia angustifolia X elegans 'Profusion Series'

Profusion Zinnia

[ More Info ]