Plants for Creating a Low-Water Garden Plan:
4 Crested iris (Iris cristata): Zones 4-10 3 Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima): Zones 9-11, annual 3 Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’: Zones 3-10 2 Feather reed grass (Calamagrostis × acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’): Zones 4-9 1 Variegated redtwig dogwood (Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’): Zones 2-8 3 New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae ‘Alma Pötschke’): Zones 4-8 1 Spurge (Euphorbia characias): Zones 3-10 1 Money plant (Lunaria annua): Zones 5-9; biennial* 3 Lady’s mantle (Alchemilla mollis): Zones 3-7 1 Spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’): Zones 4-8 2 Shrubby dusty miller (Brachyglottis compacta): Zones 7-10 3 Stonecrop (Sedum cauticola ‘Ruby Glow’): Zones 5-9 1 Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii ‘Rose Glow’): Zones 3-9 3 Michaelmas daisy (Aster novae-belgii ‘Lassie’): Zones 3-9 1 Silver Carpet lamb’s-ears (Stachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’): Zones 4-9
If you aren’t able to find the exact cultivars listed above, substitute with others with similar colors, shapes, and sizes. Because some plants can become overly aggressive and spread out of control in certain climates, always check which species are considered invasive in your area before planting. For example, Japanese barberry has escaped gardens and invaded natural areas across much of the Northeast and Midwest, so you may want to replace the one in this plan with a similarly-sized spirea if you live in these regions.
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