How To Plant A Drought Resistant Vegetable Garden

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5 of the best drought tolerant garden plants

These outdoor plants thrive in the sun.

Drought-tolerant plants

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We already know about the houseplants that thrive in the heat, but what about your garden plants?

With soaring temperatures and hosepipe bans in place, it's useful to know which drought-resistant garden plants will fare well in the heat.

'Lots of plants in our gardens will benefit greatly from this wonderful Mediterranean heat and once established they will become drought tolerant,' says award-winning landscape designer Claudia de Yong.

Here, Pelargonium for Europe shares the top five plants chosen by Claudia that can withstand the summer heat.

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Cistus

The bushy rock rose is a sun-loving evergreen plant that carries mounds of bright coloured flowers from white through to bright magenta. Ideal in sunny borders or large containers.

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Pelargoniums (geraniums)

Geraniums are the ultimate summer sizzler – drought-tolerant, brilliantly colourful and so easy to care for. The scented varieties are particularly good in the hot sunshine which is especially good news if you have planted them in pots or hanging baskets. There are so many varieties available too!

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Perovskia

Russian Sage has aromatic silvery foliage and violet blue flowers. They can be used as a cut flower and are great as a companion to other late summer flowering plants like Gaura and ornamental grasses.

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Echinops

Echinops are easy to grow big thistles, that have globes of tightly packed blue flowers which open into tiny stars carried on slender stiff stems. They are very attractive to bees and butterflies. 'Veitch's Blue' is great for the smaller garden.

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Sedums

Sedums, which are often found in rock gardens along with succulents and house leeks, never flag due to their plump foliage which acts as water storage tanks. These plants are great for a green roof too.

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Olivia Heath Executive Digital Editor, House Beautiful UK Olivia Heath is the Executive Digital Editor at House Beautiful UK where she's busy uncovering tomorrow's biggest home trends, all whilst delivering stylish room inspiration, small space solutions, easy garden ideas and house tours of the hottest properties on the market.

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