Illustrated List: Drought Resistant Varieties

Centratherum intermedium Pineapple Sangria

Attractive, fluffy, lavender-blue, button-like flowers approx 2cm (¾in) across are produced all summer on bushy plants with unusual, pineapple fragrant foliage. Very heat and drought tolerant, attracting butterflies and adding fragrance to borders or containers.

Height 50-60cm (20-24 inches).

Delosperma floribunda Stardust

The perfect plant for that hot, dry spot in your borders or rockeries. Dwarf, shiny, deep green, almost metallic-looking succulent foliage bursts into bloom from mid May.

Plants are covered with spectacular lilac-purple flowers flowers with large white centres, flowering until the first frost.

Loved by butterflies.

Height: 10-15cm (4-6in)

Nolana paradoxa Sun Belle Mixed

Succulent trailing foliage becomes a mass of blue, purple and white bells, each with an accentuated yellow and white throat.

Plants show great drought resistance and will look stunning all summer grown in baskets, containers or as a ground cover plant in hot sunny borders.

Poppy - Californian : Fruit Crush

A captivating mixture of upward facing, rose, lemon, fiery orange-scarlet and apricot fluted blooms. These bushy, free-flowering plants are ideal for creating splashes of colour in borders or containers throughout the summer. Easy to grow in any garden soil.

Height 20-25cm (8-10 inches)