Drought Tolerant Shade Plants Zone 7

The pure white, fragrant, 2-3” flowers have frilly filaments, accented by ivory-colored stamens, and they bloom from summer through fall. It will die back to the ground in cold climates and often needs extra mulch for winter protection in zone 5.

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout...

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout...

* The fruit is edible raw. * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds. It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic.

* These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges. The plant has a lignified stem with green branches bearing five to nine leaflets.

* The fruit is edible raw. * American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds. It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic.

* These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges. The plant has a lignified stem with green branches bearing five to nine leaflets.

The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens . A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the flowers. For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April.

The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens . A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the flowers. For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April.

The seed can be slow to germinate. * The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year. Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame.

The seed can be slow to germinate. * The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year. Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame.

This superb perennial produces beautiful cream colored star-shaped flowers and silvery green foliage. Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts.

The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment may live to between 100 and 150 year. The wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long...

The tree is short-lived in temperate climates, rarely reaching more than 60 years of age, but in its native environment may live to between 100 and 150 year. The wind-dispersed fruit develops in a flat, oval membranous wing ( samara ) 1 - 1.5 cm long...

The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun. Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden. You'll be thrilled with the first flush of 3'' purple blooms from June to October.

A stunning blend of orange, yellow, red and tan. Grows 22'' tall. Red petals with orange-yellow stripes and other blends make this hybrid daylily stand out in any garden. Mid-late season bloomer.

* The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are bird-distributed, but the plant also spreads vegetatively by means of rhizomes. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more.

* The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are bird-distributed, but the plant also spreads vegetatively by means of rhizomes. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more.

Each article in the series will feature one sun-loving and one shade-loving plant. These plants will probably be varieties that you'll need to order (or special order from your local nursery), but the ones covered in this series over the next several...

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...

It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub, but occasionally reaching 10 m tall. A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour. * A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems.

It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub, but occasionally reaching 10 m tall. A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour. * A tea is made by boiling the leaves and stems.

* It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to 20–30 m high where suitable surfaces ( trees , cliffs , walls ) are available, and also growing as ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces.

* Ulmus minor, the Field Elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. Young branchlets occasionally have corky wings.

* Ulmus minor, the Field Elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. Young branchlets occasionally have corky wings.

* It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to 20–30 m high where suitable surfaces ( trees , cliffs , walls ) are available, and also growing as ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces.