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Landscape Theme: Drought Tolerant Garden

21 gardens

Butterfly Garden at Rob Wallace Park

Flowers in early spring

Garden dedication plaque

Flowers in early spring

Mid-spring blooms

Mid-spring blooms

Butterfly garden- late spring

Cabarrus County Poolside Garden

Hardscape Planting

Poolside garden

Poolside garden

Coastal Garden - Tropical

plants growing in a low ditch.

Simple foundation planting

plants growing in a low ditch.

large clumps of grasses and aroid (Colocasia) in low depression.

Container Gardens

A container arrangement of petunias, heuchera and cedar.

A container arrangement of petunias, heuchera and skimmia.

a group of carnivorous pitcher plants.

A grouping of various plants in different containers.

Tropical epiphytes on a branch affixed to the container.

Container with tropical plants with variegated leaves.

Courtyard Entrance Garden

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in spring

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in early summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in early summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in summer (planters)

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in the summer

Crevice Garden at the Guilford County Extension Center

4 years old in full bloom in the late spring.

Three years old in the late spring.

Crevice Garden in Spring

Crevis Garden Guilford County

Davidson County Extension Demonstration Garden

Something is always blooming

Container of tulips

High planter wall spring

Dry Rock Stream Garden

Dry Rock Stream Garden

Rock Dry Stream Garden

Dry Rock stream garden

View from walk to home

Summer foliage frames rock bed

This is attractive feature year round

Dry Stream Bed Garden in Cabarrus County

Dry, rock-lined stream bed surrounded by colorful plants.

Waterfall is start of dry stream bed

Small goldfish pond

Dry rocks and a large banana plant

Dry stream bed with a container of sedum.

Tropical look garden

Entryway Garden, Cabarrus County Extension Office

Planting to right of doorway

Left of doorway (after a storm)

Late winter-Early March

Late winter- early March

HOA Butterfly Garden in Brunswick County

Summer blooms second year

Summer blooms 2nd year

Spring age 2 and filling in well

2nd spring and baptisia is blooming

Front of garden- first spring

Back of garden- first spring

Native Plant Demonstration Garden All Saints' Episcopal Church

Before shrub installation

Getting the steps seated October 2021

Drip Line Installation in South End of Garden

Pine slices installed and mulched Oct 2021

Plants Laid Out for Planting

Paul J Ciener Botanical Garden

Dogwood and redbud in bloom

Jasmine blooming in early spring

Retaining Wall Garden

plants spilling over a brick retaining wall.

plants spilling over a brick retaining wall.

plants spilling over a brick retaining wall.

Lake Wall Garden

Lake Wall Garden

Lake Wall Garden

Rock and Crevice Garden

Rock garden ice plant

Verbena & Iceplant

Salvia in Rock Garden

Sun to Shade Garden in Craven County

Japanese painted fern 'Silver Falls'

Foliage texture

Vegetable Garden with Pollinator Plants in Mt. Pleasant

Vegetable garden with pollinator plants

Vegetable garden with pollinator plants

West Side Foundation Planting in Cabarrus County

Foundation planting right of stairs

Foundation planting west side of home

Corner of the house

Left of stairs year 3

New plants added year 3

Right of stairs age 3 new plants

Woodland Backyard Garden Walk

Garden in summer (August) in Moore County

summer in a backyard woodland garden in Moore County

summer in a backyard woodland garden in Moore County

summer with the Weeping Yaupon Holly in a backyard woodland gard

early summer in a backyard woodland garden in Moore County

summer in a backyard woodland garden in Moore County

Xeric Garden

The Xeric garden at the JC Raulston Arboretum.

Xeriscape Garden for a Dry, Sunny Site

Dasylirion sp. sending up an inflorescence.

Sun loving plants