{"id":8154,"date":"2016-06-08T01:47:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T00:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8154"},"modified":"2016-06-03T08:46:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T07:46:10","slug":"plants-for-dry-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/environmental-gardening\/plants-for-dry-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Plants for Dry Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"French lavender \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4607088304\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1259\/4607088304_0edfdbb352.jpg\" alt=\"French lavender\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosepipe bans and talk of drought conditions turns gardeners minds to plants that can still thrive in those circumstances. I have suggested several types of plant to consider in the lists below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mediterranean Originated Herbs and Oil Producers <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lavender has pungent foliage and makes a scented oil. The dried flowers retain scent indoors.<\/li>\n<li>Rosemary and Thyme are both herbs that will survive hot dry conditions. The sun even makes the flavour stronger.<\/li>\n<li>Oregano or Origanum laevigatum is blooming fine in my herb bed. The deep pink flowers are a bonus to the aromatic leaves.<\/li>\n<li>Other aromatics that will do well in dry conditions include Sage and Achillea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Silver Leaved (sun reflecting) Plants<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pinks and carnations have fine thin leaves so they do not desiccate easily.<\/li>\n<li>Santolina with fluffy yellow pompom flowers are good dry spot shrubs.<\/li>\n<li>Cistus is a family of flowering shrubs that has developed an oily leaf to protect against water loss.<\/li>\n<li>I like the silvery Sea Holly <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-ghosts\/\">Eryngium<\/a> giganteum which is a good doer in the dry spots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Cistus Albidus \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4533932491\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2700\/4533932491_d0e888822d.jpg\" alt=\"Cistus Albidus\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Water Storage Plants<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The cacti and succulent families most readily spring to mind for dry gardens and there is a wide variety to choose from.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-sedum-or-stonecrop-2\/\">Sedum <\/a>and Sempervivums are easy to grow and the fleshy leaves retain moisture.<\/li>\n<li>Plants with long tap roots like Verbascum and several poppies can reach moisture deep down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tips For Dry Gardens<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gravel is a good substitute for a mulch and it provides a reflective background for your plants.<\/li>\n<li>Putting new plants in a dry garden can be a problem. Autumn and early spring are the best times but some watering may still be needed.<\/li>\n<li>If it is so dry watering becomes necessary soak plants so that they are not encouraged to grow surface roots.<\/li>\n<li>A canopy of leaves can keep the worst of the drying sun off your garden but then a lot of dry garden plants are sum-lovers.<\/li>\n<li>The famous<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethchatto.co.uk\/gravel.html\"> Beth Chatto gardens<\/a> have a gravel garden worth visiting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosepipe bans and talk of drought conditions turns gardeners minds to plants that can still thrive in those circumstances. I have suggested several types of plant to consider in the lists below. Mediterranean Originated Herbs and Oil Producers Lavender has pungent foliage and makes a scented oil. The dried flowers retain scent indoors. Rosemary and Thyme are both herbs that will survive hot dry conditions. The sun even makes the flavour stronger. Oregano or Origanum laevigatum is blooming fine in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/environmental-gardening\/plants-for-dry-gardens\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}