Drought Tolerant Plants

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Shop drought-tolerant plants (perennials, ground covers, vines, shrubs, and trees) that need little water once established, grown on our Tennessee farm since 1959 and shipped straight to your door. Filter by sun, zone and plant type to build a low-water landscape that stays green through dry summers. Buy Drought Tolerant Plants Online From a Tennessee Nursery Drought tolerant plants survive dry spells on rainfall alone once their roots are established. Most have deep taproots, fuzzy or leathery leaves, or thick stems that hold moisture, so they keep growing when other plants wilt. Planting them means less watering, lower water bills and a yard that holds up through hot summers. TN Nursery has grown and shipped plants from McMinnville, Tennessee, since 1959, so every plant you order comes from a family farm rather than a warehouse. Most perennials are priced from $7.99. How to Choose Drought Resistant Plants What’s your growing zone? Use the zone filter above. Our drought tolerant plants cover zones 3 through 9. How much sun does the spot get? Full sun and dry soil call for prairie natives with deep roots. Dry shade under trees calls for different plants entirely; see below. Remember the first year. No plant is drought tolerant on day one. Water new plantings deeply once a week through their first summer. After that, most need water only in long droughts. Full Sun Drought Tolerant Perennials and Flowers The toughest drought tolerant flowers are native prairie plants that evolved in hot, dry grasslands. Butterfly Weed grows a deep taproot and blooms bright orange through the hottest weeks of summer. Blanket Flower thrives in poor, sandy soil and blooms from early summer to fall. Purple Coneflower , Black-Eyed Susan and Blazing Star round out a full sun bed that feeds butterflies and needs almost no watering. Drought Tolerant Ground Cover For dry, sunny slopes, Lyreleaf Sage forms low rosettes with spikes of lavender-blue flowers in spring, and it handles dry, sandy so