Top 7 Drought Tolerant Garden Plants in Southern California

Matilija Poppy

• This beautiful and hardy perennial is also called "fried egg” plant.

• White crepe papery flowers with golden yellow center.

• Requires sun and well-drained soil.

Lemonade Berry

• This evergreen shrub has green leathery leaves with beautiful pink flowers.

• Requires watering once a month.

• Excellent for habitats and screenings.

Desert Mallow

• This evergreen shrublet has silvery, crenulated leaves.

• Cupped flowers in shades of orange to watermelon red.

• Blooms in early spring and after the summer rain.

Manzanita

• This interesting plant has crooked branching limbs.

• Purplish-red bark and small green oval leaves.

• You get clusters of white flowers followed by white fruits that turn red.

Hummingbird Sage

• This evergreen perennial has 2-3’whorls of red-magenta flowers on upright stems.

• Large arrow-shaped fragrant leaves.

• Blooms appear spring to summer.

Cleveland Sage

• This is one of the best-scented sages.

• Grey-green leaves and lavender blooms.

• Does well with little to no irrigation once established.

California Poppy

• This is California's state flower.

• Feathery green leaves with orange blooms.

• Avoid overhead irrigation to keep leaves dry.

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