RE: Gardening in drought conditions

Subject: RE: [GWL]: Gardening in drought conditions
From: Joe Seals gardenguru@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:13:12 -0800 (PST)
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Suzi:

What follows my notes is a list of plants that are
dry-soil/drought tolerant (but might be in want of a
good beer).

1)  FYI: Although I'm now in California, I've lived in
Wisconsin, Illinois, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania
and I've left behind some nice drought-tolerant,
dry-soil gardens (especially on the Sand Pine Barrens
of northern Wisconsin).

2)  Here in California, the situation is different (in
many ways but let's address this one).  Here we've
adjusted to conditions that you would call permanent
drought.  What we plant (mostly) is for dry conditions
that we can count on year after year.  We also have
soils unlike most of yours; ours are not deep,
organically-rich, nor moist.  

You have a dilemma.  If a gardener were to plant true
drought-tolerant and dry soil plants for one season of
drought there, the plantings may be in trouble in your
average years of rainfall.  

I have, to help alleviate this dilemma, kept that in
mind when preparing the list.  The plants on the list,
although naturally drought and dry soil tolerant, are
quite adaptable and will do fine during average to wet
years or in wet (not boggy) soils or in heavy soils.

It could be, after all is said and done, that what you
might want to recommend is for the home gardener to
avoid planting any permanent, long-term plants and to
stick with annuals, some bulbs, and quick perennials
to slide them through this temporary condition.

3)  Almost all of the plants on the list will do well
anywhere in the "East".  A few would be happiest south
of USDA Zone 6-ish and a fewer still would be happiest
north. 

DRY-SOIL AND DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS FOR EASTERN
CLIMES

TREES

Acer ginnala 			AMUR MAPLE
Albizia julibrissin		SILK TREE, MIMOSA
Cotinus coggygria		SMOKEBUSH
Ginkgo biloba			GINKGO
Juniperus			JUNIPERS
Lagerstroemia 		        CRAPE MYRTLE
Myrica pennsylvanica		BAYBERRY
Pinus thunbergiana		JAPANESE BLACK PINE
Rhus typhina laciniata		STAGHORN SUMAC
Tilia tomentosa		        SILVER LINDEN


SHRUBS

Buddleja alternifolia		FOUNTAIN BUDDLEIA
Caragana arborescens		SIBERIAN PEASHRUB
Juniperus			JUNIPERS
Nandina domestica		HEAVENLY BAMBOO
Rosa rugosa			


GROUND COVERS

Cerastium tomentosum	        SNOW-IN-SUMMER
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides	DWARF PLUMBAGO
Coronilla vbaria		CROWNVETCH
Hedera helix			ENGLISH IVY
Juniperus			JUNIPERS
Stachys byzantinus		LAMB’S EARS
Thymus			        CREEEPING THYME


VINES

Campsis radicans		TRUMPET CREEPER
Wisteria			WISTERIA


PERENNIALS

Achillea			YARROW
Artemisia			WORMWOODS
Asclepias tuberosa		BUTTERFLYWEED
Baptisia australis		BLUE FALSE INDIGO
Centaurea macrocephala	        GLOBE CENTAUREA
Coreopsis x grandiflora	        COREOPSIS
Coreopsis verticilata		THREADLEAF COREOPSSIS
Dianthus			PINKS
Echinacea purpurea		PURPLE CONEFLOWER
Echinops ritro			GLOBE THISTLE
Eryngium			SEA HOLLY (and related)
Euphorbia			EUPHORBIA
Festuca ovina ‘Glauca’	        BLUE FESCUE
Gaillardia x grandiflora	BLANKETFLOWER
Gaura lindheimeri		GAURA
Helianthemum nummularium	SUNROSE
Hemerocallis			DAYLILLY
Iris, Bearded			BEARDED IRIS
Kniphofia 			RED-HOT POKER, TRITOMA
Liatris				GAYFEATHER
Limonium			STATICE
Nepeta				CATMINTS, CATNIP
Oenothera			EVENING PRIMROSE
Perovskia 			RUSSIAN SAGE
Sempervivum			HOUSELEEK
Thymus			        THYME
Tradescantia virginiana	        SPIDERWORT
Yucca				YUCCA

BULBS

Leucojum aestivum		SUMMER SNOWFLAKE
Muscari			        GRAPE HYACINTH
Ornithogalum umbellatum	        STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM

ANNUALS

Calandrinia			ROCK PURSLANE
Calendula officinalis		POT MARIGOLD
Catharanthus roseus		MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE (“VINCA”)
Celosia cristata		COCKSCOMB
Centaurea cineraria		DUSTY MILLER
Cosmos (esp. C. sulphureus)	COSMOS
Cuphea hyssopifolia		MEXICAN HEATHER
Cuphea ignea			CIGAR FLOWER
Gaillardia pulchella		INDIAN BLANKET
Gazania			        GAZANIA
Gomphrena globosa		GLOBE AMARANTH
Lobularia maritima		SWEET ALYSSUM
Nigella damascena		LOVE-IN-A-MIST
Osteospermum 		        AFRICAN DAISY
Pelargonium peltatum		IVY GERANIUM
Portulaca grandiflora		MOSS ROSE
Tithonia rotundifolia		MEXICAN SUNFLOWER
Verbena			        VERBENA
Zinnia angustifolia		NARROW-LEAF ZINNIA
Zinnia haageana		        MEXICAN ZINNIA

Joe 
--- Susan McCoy <buzz@impact-pr.com> wrote:
> We are in the Mid-Atlantic, but I believe the
> drought  conditions are
> from SC to Maine.  The story will go out in the
> areas that need to hear
> about it.
> 
> (Darn that spell check -- thought we had a lack of
> beer!)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Seals [g*@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:37 AM
> To: buzz@impact-pr.com
> Subject: Re: [GWL]: Gardening in draught conditions
> 
> Suzi:
> 
> 1)  Where on the East coast do you live?  It would
> be
> important to clarify selected plants for northeast,
> Mid-Atlantic, and southeast areas.
> 
> 2)  "draught" = British for "draft"; "drought" is
> the
> American word for "dry weather spell".
> 
> Joe
> 
> --- Suzi McCoy <buzz@impact-pr.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello everyone,
> > 
> > We are working on a story for gardening in draught
> > conditions -- any
> > favorite plants that are particularly hardy or any
> > tips you'd like to
> > offer.
> > 
> > Suzi
> > 
> >
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> Joe Seals
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> where the weather is always perfect
> and my garden always has something blooming
> and birds galore
> 
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Joe Seals
Santa Maria, California --
where the weather is always perfect
and my garden always has something blooming
and birds galore

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