Heat and Drought Tolerant Plants

Trees

• White Fir (Abies concolor)*
• Hedge Maple (Acer campestre)
• Italian Alder (Alnus cordata)
• Devil's Walking Stick (Aralia spinosa)*
• Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)*
• Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea)*
• Green Hawthorn (Crataegus viridis 'Winter King')*
• Thornless Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis)*
• Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)*
• Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
• Goldenraintree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
• American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)*
• Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)*
• Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana)
• Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)*
• Chinese Scholar-tree (Styphnolobium japonicum syn. S)
• Japanese Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata)
• Japanese Zelkova (Zelkova serrata)

Shrubs

• Glossy Abelia (Abelia x grandiflora)
• New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)*
• Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles spp.)
• Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)*
• Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster spp.)
• Smokebush (Cotinus coggygria)
• Deutzia (Deutzia spp.)
• Forsythia (Forsythia spp.)
• Seven-Son Flower (Heptacodium miconioides)
• St. Johnswort (Hypericum spp.)**
• Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata)
• Juniper (Juniperus spp.)**
• Beautybush (Linnaea amabilia syn. Kolkwitzia amabilis)
• Bayberry (Morella pensylvanica)*
• Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronarius)
• Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)*
• Mugo Pine (Pinus mugo)
• Fragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica)*
• Saltspray Rose (Rosa rugosa)
• Spirea (Spiraea spp.)**
• Coralberry/Snowberry (Symphoricarpos spp.)*
• Lilac (Syringa spp.)
• Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)*
• Blackhaw Viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium)*
• Chastetree (Vitex agnus-castus)
• Weigela (Weigela spp.)
• Adam's Needle (Yucca filamentosa)*

Annuals

• Amaranthus (Amaranthus spp. & cvs.)
• Bidens (Bidens ferulifolia)
• Strawflower (Bracteantha bracteata)
• Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis)
• Annual Vinca (Catharanthus roseus)
• Bachelor Buttons (Centaurea cyanus)
• Spider Flower (Cleome hasslerana)
• Larkspur (Consolida ambigua)
• Cosmos (Cosmos spp.)
• California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
• Euphorbia (Euphorbia spp.)
• Annual Blanketflower (Gaillardia pulchella)
• Treasure Flower (Gazania rigens)
• Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)
• Lantana (Lantana camara)
• Annual Statice (Limonium sinuatum)
• Bush Zinnia (Melampodium paludosum)
• Four o'clock (Mirabilis jalapa)
• Dwarf Cupflower (Nierembergia hippomanica)
• Annual Ornamental Grasses
• Cape Plumbago (Plumbago auriculata)
• Moss Rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
• Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
• Mealy-cup Sage (Salvia farinacea)
• Fan Flower (Scaevola aemula)
• Dusty Miller (Jacobaea maritima)
• Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia)
• Dahlberg Daisy (Thymophylla tenuiloba)
• Verbena (Verbena spp.)
• Spreading Zinnia (Zinnia angustifolia)
• Garden Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)

Perennials and Groundcovers

• Yarrow (Achillea spp.)**
• Anise Hyssop (Agastache spp.)**
• Arkansas Bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii)*
• Golden Marguerite (Anthemis tinctoria)
• Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima)**
• Artemisia (Artemisia spp.)
• Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)*
• Basket-of-Gold (Aurinia saxatilis)
• False Indigo (Baptisia australis)*
• Blue Mist Shrub (Caryopteris x clandonensis)
• Snow-in-Summer (Cerastium tomentosum)
• Plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)
• Tickseed (Coreopsis spp.)*
• Hardy Ice Plant (Delosperma spp.)
• Cheddar Pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus)
• Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro)
• Sea Holly (Eryngium spp.)**
• Spurge (Euphorbia spp.)
• Perennial Blanketflower (Gaillardia x grandiflora, Gaillardia aristata)**
• Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.)
• Red-hot Poker (Kniphofia uvaria)
• Lavender (Lavandula spp.)
• Gayfeather (Liatris spicata)*
• Sea Lavender (Limonium latifolium)
• Rose Campion (Lychnis coronaria) Biennial
• Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii)
• Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia humifusa)*
• Ornamental Grasses - most species
• Bearded Tongue (Penstemon spp.)**
• Moss Phlox (Phlox subulata)*
• Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)*
• Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia spp.)*
• Sage (Salvia officinalis)
• Perennial Salvia (Salvia x superba)
• Russian Sage (Salvia yangii)
• Lavender Cotton (Santolina spp.)
• Sedum, Live-forever (Hylotelephium and Sedum spp.)
• Hens and Chicks (Sempervivum spp.)
• Lamb's Ear (Stachys byzantina)
• Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys)
• Thyme (Thymus spp.)

*denotes a plant native to the United States; 

** denotes plants that have species native to the United States as well as other parts of the world.