Re: RE: Gardening in drought conditions

Subject: Re: RE: [GWL]: Gardening in drought conditions
From: G*@aol.com
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:27:30 EST
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In a message dated 2/26/02 4:13:32 PM, gardenguru@yahoo.com writes:

<< 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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