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Home › Gardening › Surprising Flowers That Require Little Water

Surprising Flowers That Require Little Water

Gardening Outdoor Garden
By Janine Waite · Published on Jul 22, 2022
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California is in a significant drought, so our focus is always on finding Flowers that Require Little Water. I’ve collected a list of some pretty and surprising flowers that are drought tolerant.

lady banks rose
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Initially, I thought of drought tolerant plants, including mostly succulents! 😂 But after searching and experimenting, I found that wasn’t the case. As much as I love succulents, my garden needs a little variety and color.

Gardening is my husband’s and mine passion. And now, with a severe drought looming over us for the last couple of years, we have tried to find plants that survive without much water.

I’m sharing some flowers that I found to be drought resistant. And, of course, I recently found some more flowers to add to my gardening list.

Here are a few other posts you might enjoy!

  • Lady Banks Rose
  • How to Start a Hydrangea Plant
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16 Surprising Flowers That Require Little Water

One caveat to drought-resistant plants is that they require water when you first plant them. So make sure you are attentive to their water needs in the beginning.

flowers that require little water

Rosa Banks

Light requirements: Full Sun to Part Shade

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 8-10, Evergreen to 20 degrees F

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iceberg roses drought resistant

Iceberg Roses

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 5-9

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flowers that require little water

Sunflowers

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 1-10

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flowers that require little water

Shasta Daisies

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 4-9

Buy it here

flowers that require little water

Rock Rose

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 8-11

Buy it here

drought tolerant plants

Oleander

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 8b-10

Buy it here

lupine drought tolerant flowers

Lupine

Light requirements: Full sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 5-8 Perennial, Annual in all Zones

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hollyhocks drought tolerant flowers

Hollyhocks

Light requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 3-8

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lime light drought tolerant plants

Limelight Hydrangeas

Light requirements: Partial Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 3-9

Buy it here.

flowers that require little water

Bachelor Buttons/Cornflowers

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 3-9

Buy it here

drought tolerant flowers

Echinacea

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 4-9

Buy it here

flowers that require little water

Rhododendron

Light requirements: Partial Shade

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 4-9

Buy it here

flowers that require little water

Zinnias

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 0-11

Buy it here

flowers that require little water

Rose of Sharon

Light requirements: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 5-9

Buy it here

flowers that require little water

English Lavender

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 5-9

Buy it here

globe thistles are drought tolerant plants

Globe Thistle

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 3-8

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drought tolerant flowers

Icelandic Poppies

Light requirements: Full Sun

Drought Tolerant: Yes

Growing Zones: Zones 2-7

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We have a few of these plants, and we plan to buy a few of the others this fall or next spring. The cool thing about some of these flowers that require little water is that they don’t need much in the way of care. Once you plant them and get them started, they will grow and be happy.

One thing that I’m super happy about is that we planted a ton of English lavender. Little did I know there is a vast difference in the lavender varieties. The old bush that we owned blossomed in the spring, and their flowers faded away by summer. Well, the new lavender we planted is blooming all summer long!

So do your research when buying plants!

Speaking of my garden, I think I’ll do some weeding outside since the weather has cooled down.

Happy Gardening!

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