The Most Popular Drought-Tolerant Plants in Zone 10

Muhly Grass

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 13 varieties. Airy pink or cream seed heads create a luminous cloud above fine foliage.

Black-eyed Susan

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 31 varieties. Dark-centered gold daisies create a durable bridge from summer into fall.

Blanket Flower

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 24 varieties. Warm, banded daisies keep flowering through heat that slows many perennials.

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 17 varieties. Its representative is notable for being North American native and dry-spell tolerant.

Honeysuckle

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 19 varieties. Tubular, often fragrant flowers turn fences into nectar-rich habitat.

Milkweed

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 15 varieties. Milkweeds are essential monarch host plants as well as rich nectar sources.

Ice Plant

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 21 varieties. Jewel-bright daisies open over a water-storing mat in hot, dry ground.

Daylily

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 145 varieties. Each flower lasts a day, but succession from many buds sustains the display.

Passion Flower

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 14 varieties. Intricate flowers look almost engineered, followed by fruit on many species.

American Aster

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 24 varieties. North American asters provide essential late nectar in clouds of small daisies.

Poppy

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 42 varieties. Silken, crinkled petals make each short-lived flower feel like an event.

Red Hot Poker

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 36 varieties. Torch-like flower spikes add blazing vertical color and draw hummingbirds.

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 52 varieties. Small flower clusters on airy stems add nectar without visually crowding a border.

Fennel

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 5 varieties. Feathery, anise-scented foliage supports airy pollinator umbels and an edible harvest.

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 258 varieties. Sword-like leaves and intricate flowers give beds a strong architectural rhythm.

Lilyturf

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 20 varieties. Strappy evergreen clumps define edges and tolerate the root competition beneath trees.

Rose

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 292 varieties. No other shrub matches roses for range of habit, fragrance, color, and repeat bloom.

Tickseed

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 63 varieties. Cheerful daisies keep coming over airy foliage through the heat of summer.

Hyssop

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 63 varieties. Aromatic foliage and nectar-rich flower spikes keep pollinators returning for weeks.

Butterfly Bush

Ranked by its most-saved matching variety; the full catalog includes 80 varieties. Long, fragrant flower panicles become busy landing strips for butterflies.