Download Plants that can take the heat!!

Pat Neasbitt
Master Gardener
Plants That Can Take The Heat
The following plants will actually grow well and thrive in
full-sun and dry soil.
Rose Moss is a good choice if you need a plant that flowers
and dry. This annual's flowers - bright reds, oranges, yellow
pinks - glow atop green, succulent leaves. Rose moss grows
and spreads up to 2 feet, making it a great groundcover or co
Mine usually reseed well each year.
Purslane is a cousin to rose moss that usually has larger, sho
brilliant colors. It makes an outstanding hanging basket or c
Common purslane is actually an edible, medicinal herb with
flowers. It is supposed to grow in areas of dry, compacted s
find it in my beds with lots of loose compost. Since it's too h
now, I may try some in summer salads.
Lambs Ears is a perennial plant with beautiful, silvery folia
maintenance. It is not only drought-tolerant, but also deer-re
won't be able to resist reaching out and stroking its velvety l
Hens and Chicks is a hardy mat-forming succulent that pro
rosettes. The parent rosettes are the "hens," and the smaller r
spring from them are the "chicks". This low-growing perenn
about 4" tall and quickly spread to 2' or more in width. It is a
a hot, dry western exposure or a rock garden.
Stonecrops or Sedums tolerate extreme heat and can handle
"Autumn Joy," is definitely the most well known of all sedu
its name because it is supposed to bloom in the fall. I'm prob
one who isn't that impressed with "Autumn Joy". Mine are s
now in June, and I have to cut them back during the summer
tall they split and flop over on the ground. I don't really like
color of the flowers, either. I do have a sedum called "Brilli
is a beautiful bright pink that is no maintenance, and there ar
available. I have thrown clippings on the ground that rooted
plants!
Yarrow or Achillea has foliage that is a beautiful ferny gray
have been flowering for weeks now. I'm in the process of cu
down to the ground, and they will be flowering again in a fe
They are available in pinks, reds, whites, and yellows. I hav
called "Moonshine" and a white that is very showy.
Shasta Daisies "Becky" is a Shasta daisy cultivar that has es
white flowers with yellow centers held on 3 to 4 foot tall, st
don't need staking. Most shasta daisies will melt down in O
and humidity, but "Becky" is an Oklahoma Proven Plant tha
Mine are starting to bloom right now and will bloom all sum
lots of butterflies.
HAPPY GARDENING!