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Perennial beds are magnificent eye-catchers in the garden. Since the selection of perennials is almost endless, they can be designed according to taste. But what if they are dry locations? You can find out here which perennials you can plant in dry locations.

In a nutshell

  • dry locations are not only stone plants
  • large selection of perennials for dry locations
  • the trend is for perennial beds with one or two grasses

dry locations

Sunny, dry locations are for example

  • rock-steppe
  • stone plants
  • Open spaces with a steppe-heath character, but also
  • Open spaces with just dry soil

There are also places in the garden where rain comes only sparsely or not at all, such as under eaves. Elsewhere, the heat in summer causes the soil to dry out more and more, so that many of the conventional perennials do not grow well there. You can plant the following perennials in dry locations.

Perennials from A to J

Branch grass lily (Antherium ramosum)

  • Growth height: 50 to 60 centimeters
  • Flower: white
  • Flowering period: June - August
  • Hardiness: -23.4 degrees Celsius
  • Planting partner: Round-leaved bellflower, diptam, flower daisy

Asphodel (Asphodelus albus)

  • Growth height: 30 to 100 centimeters
  • Flower: white, delicate, lily-like
  • Flowering period: May - July
  • Hardiness: down to -23.4 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: Junkerlily

Branchless grass lily (Anthericum liliago)

  • Growth height: 40 to 50 centimeters
  • Flower: white
  • Flowering period: May - June
  • Hardiness: -23.4 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: bluetongue leek, coastal sea kale, Spanish thistle

Argentine vervain (Verbena bonariensis)

  • Growth height: 80 to 120 centimeters
  • Flower: blue-violet
  • Flowering period: July - October
  • Hardy: down to -12.3 degrees Celsius

Baikal Skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis)

  • Growth height: 20 to 30 centimeters
  • Flower: violet
  • Flowering period: July - September
  • Hardiness: -28.8 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: mouse ear

Bulrush Lily (Sisyrinchium striatum)

  • Growth height: up to 50 centimeters
  • Flower: yellow-white to golden yellow
  • Flowering period: May - July
  • Hardiness: -12.2 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: rose leek

Thorny restharrow (Ononis spinosa)

  • Growth height: 20 to 60 centimeters
  • Flower: pink
  • Flowering period: June - August
  • Hardiness: -23.4 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: Karthauser carnation, meadowsweet, eyelash pearl grass

Sweet nettle (Agastache rugosa hybrid)

  • Growth height: 70 to 90 centimeters
  • Flower: blue-violet
  • Flowering period: July - September
  • Hardiness: -23.4 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: magnificent candle

Golden flax "Compactum" (Linum flavum "Compactum")

  • Growth height: up to 20 centimeters
  • Flower: yellow
  • Flowering period: June - August
  • Hardiness: -23.4 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: Golden-haired aster, Ellijah Blue fescue, Garden lavender, Pasque flower

Goldhair Aster (Aster linosyris)

  • Growth height: 50 to 60 centimeters
  • Flower: golden yellow
  • Flowering period: August - October
  • Hardiness: -34.5 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: Dyer's Chamomile, Little Meadowsweet, Blood Cranesbill

Gray santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus)

  • Growth height: 30 to 50 centimeters
  • Flower: yellow
  • Flowering period: July - August
  • Hardiness: -17.8 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: garden lavender, blue rue, clary sage

Perennials from K to O

Candelabra mullein (Verbascum olympicum)

  • Growth height: up to 180 centimeters
  • Flower: yellow
  • Flowering period: June - August
  • Hardiness: -23.4 degrees Celsius
  • Planting partners: light dyer's chamomile, thorny grass lily, blue-ray oat, meadow sage

Hybrid catnip (Nepeta x faassenii)

  • Growth height: 80 to 90 centimeters
  • Flower: violet blue
  • Flowering period: May - July
  • Hardiness: -34.5 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: Gray chamomile, thorn grass lily, cotton squirrel

Lesser goldenrod (Solidago cutleri)

  • Growth height: 20 to 40 centimeters
  • Flower: yellow
  • Flowering period: July - September
  • Hardiness: down to -34.5 degrees Celsius

Sage phlomis (Phlomis tuberosa)

  • Growth height: 80 to 120 centimeters
  • Flower: pink-purple-violet
  • Flowering period: June - July
  • Winter hardiness: down to -28.8 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: purple spice sage, whorled sage

Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris)

  • Growth height: up to 20 centimeters
  • Flower: violet
  • Flowering time: March - April
  • Winter hardiness: down to -28.8 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: gold flax

Notice: The pasqueflower is slightly toxic.

Junker Lily (Asphodeline lutea)

  • Growth height: 50 to 100 centimeters
  • Flower: yellow
  • Flowering period: May - June
  • Hardiness: down to -23.4 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: Affodil, spring cinquefoil, silver mullein

Globe thistle (Echinops bannaticus)

  • Growth height: 80 to 120 centimeters
  • Flower: blue
  • Flowering period: July - September
  • Hardiness: down to -34.5 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: Glossy Candle, Yellow Scabious

Bay-leaved cistus (Cistus laurifolius)

  • Growth height: 60 to 120 centimeters
  • Flower: white
  • Flowering period: June - August
  • Hardiness: down to -17.8 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: Small blue rhombus

Mouse ear (Marrubium vulgare)

  • Growth height: 40 to 60 centimeters
  • Flower: white
  • Flowering period: June - August
  • Winter hardiness: down to -40.1 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: thyme, helichrysum, grape catnip, Nevada sage

Notice: The mouse ear is slightly toxic.

Olive herb (Santolina rosmarinifolia)

  • Growth height: 30 to 60 centimeters
  • Flower: yellow
  • Flowering period: June - August
  • Hardiness: down to -17.8 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: garden lavender, dwarf herb sage

Perennials from P to R

Magnificent Candle (Gaura lindheimeri)

  • Growth height: 60 to 100 centimeters
  • Flower: varietal
  • Flowering period: July - October
  • Hardiness: down to -17.8 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: Patagonian vervain (Verbena bonariensis)
  • Varieties: Cool Breeze and Whirling Butterflies (white), Gambit Rose (dark pink), Siskiyou Pink (pink)

Magnificent stonecrop (Hylotelephium spectabile)

  • Growth height: 30 to 40 centimeters
  • Flower: white to pink
  • Flowering period: August - September
  • Winter hardiness: down to -28.8 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: Garden Reed Grass

Notice: The magnificent stonecrop is often still offered under its old botanical name Sedum spectabile.

Purple Mullein (Verbascum phoeniceum)

  • Growth height: 60 to 90 centimeters
  • Flower: violet, pink, red, white
  • Flowering period: May - June
  • Hardiness: down to -23.4 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: palm lily

Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

  • Growth height: 60 to 90 centimeters
  • Flower: purple-pink
  • Flowering period: July - September
  • Winter hardiness: down to -40.1 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: Crimson Scabious

Perennials from S to Z

Sand carnation (Dianthus arenarius)

  • Growth height: 10 to 20 centimeters
  • Flower: white
  • Flowering period: July - September
  • Winter hardiness: down to -40.1 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: heather carnation, dwarf blue fescue "Zwergenkönig", Tripmadam

Velvet carnation (Lychnis coronaria)

  • Growth height: 60 to 80 centimeters
  • Flower: crimson
  • Flowering period: June - July
  • Hardiness: down to -34.5 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: white meadow sage

Notice: The velvet carnation is also available with white flowers.

Cobweb houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum ssp. Tomentosum)

  • Growth height: 5 to 10 centimeters
  • Flower: crimson
  • Flowering period: June - July
  • Hardiness: -28.8 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: blue fescue "Elijah Blue", double rock carnation, hot stonecrop

Perennial flax (Linum perenne)

  • Height of growth: 25 to 50 centimeters (depending on variety)
  • Flower: white or sky blue (depending on variety)
  • Flowering period: June - August
  • Hardiness: -34.5 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: purple toadflax, white campion, yellow scabious
  • Varieties: Naum Diamond (white), Nanum Saphir (sky blue)

Stone quenelle (Calamintha nepeta)

  • Growth height: 30 to 50 centimeters
  • Flower: whitish
  • Flowering period: July - October
  • Hardiness: down to -23.4 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partner: Junkerlily

Helichrysum helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum)

  • Growth height: 40 to 50 centimeters
  • Flower: yellow
  • Flowering period: July - September
  • Hardiness: down to -17.8 degrees Celsius
  • Planting partner: Blue hyssop, flower candy, gray cushion thyme

Woolly Ziest (Stachys byzantina)

  • Growth height: 40 to 60 centimeters
  • Flower: lilac-pink
  • Flowering period: June - July
  • Winter hardiness: down to -28.8 degrees Celsius
  • Plant partners: fragrant nettle, stone thyme

planting plan

The planting plan below refers to a rectangular bed, with the width being the longer side and the length being the shorter side. So that you later place the perennials for dry locations correctly on the plan, divide the length of the rectangle into three areas:

  • a narrower zone (front)
  • a more ready zone (middle)
  • a narrower zone (rear)

Now place the perennials in each zone from left to right.

Front zone:

  • rush lily
  • stone quenelle
  • Woll-Ziest

Middle zone:

  • rush lily
  • Giant Feather Grass (Stipa gigantea)
  • Hybrid catnip, purple coneflower behind
  • Magnificent stonecrop, behind garden reed grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora "Karl Foerster")

Rear zone:

  • globe thistle
  • splendor candle
  • Garden Reed Grass
  • scent nettle

frequently asked Questions

Are there also perennials for dry, partially shaded locations?

Yes, there are. However, the selection of perennials is significantly smaller here than in sunny places. For example, summer forest aster (Aster divaricatus), nettle bellflower (Campanula trachelium), carpet clematis (Clematis x jouiniana) are suitable for partial shade.

Can I also create a round perennial bed?

Yes, the shape of the bed does not affect the soil. To make the perennial border stand out, plant from the outside in. This means that the perennials get taller from the edge towards the middle.

Can a perennial bed be mulched in a dry location?

Yes, mulching is allowed. It even has the benefit of curbing weed growth. Unfortunately, this plague also occurs in dry locations.

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