Botanical Names
Bearded iris Iris hybrids Cup plant Silphium perfoliatum Fennel Foeniculum vulgare Lavender Lavandula spp. and hybrids Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Maple Acer spp. and hybrids Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalus
If you’re tired of watering to keep your garden going through a hot, dry summer, take a few tips from Denver Botanic Gardens’ Panayoti Kelaidis. He’s had to learn how to create a good-looking garden that thrives through heat and drought and has some advice that can help all of us.
RIGHT PLANT, RIGHT PLACE
For starters, Panayoti suggests doing an inventory of your yard with an eye out for microclimates. Make sure you’re growing drought-tolerant plants in the driest spots and not trying to baby something along that isn’t happy there. You might find dry microclimates at the top of
