| The front of my house gets full, blazing sun from very early in the morning until sunset. What can I plant that will stand up to that kind of light and heat and not burn? |
| Here's a list of perennials known to flourish in hot, dry places: Perennials for Hot and Dry Sites Yarrow?Achillea spp. Wall Cress?Arabis caucasica Sea Thrift?Armeria maritima Silver Mound Artemisia?Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' Silver King Artemisia?Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver King' Butterfly Weed?Asclepias tuberosa Basket-of-Gold?Aurinia saxatilis False Indigo?Baptisia australis Mountain Bluet?Centaurea montana Coreopsis?Coreopsis spp. Globe Thistle?Echinops ritro Coneflower?Echinacea purpurea Sea Holly?Eryngium amethystinum Blanketflower?Gaillardia x grandiflora Daylily?Hemerocallis spp. Candytuft?Iberis sempervirens Red Hot Poker?Kniphofia hybrids Blazing Star?Liatris spp. Maltese Cross?Lychnis chalcedonica Primrose?Oenothera spp. Russian Sage?Perovskia atriplicifolia Orange Coneflower?Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii Rock Soapwort?Saponaria ocymoides Stonecrop?Sedum spp. Lamb's Ear?Stachys byzantina Veronica?Veronica spp. Good luck with your colorful new garden! |
