These drought-tolerant perennials will come through a dry spell without a great deal of watering.
* Purple cornflower: It has many purple-red, daisylike blooms in midsummer to early autumn.
* Lavender: This mounding evergreen shrub with silvery-gray needle-like leaves and spikes has purple or white flowers in summer.
* Silver King or Silver Queen: Boasts aromatic, silvery-gray foliage. It may be invasive in some parts of the country.
* Sedum Autumn Joy: Almost all sedums are drought resistant. This one has deep pink to bronze flowers in the fall.
* Yarrow Coronation Gold: Gold flowers on tall silvery-gray leaves in summer to early fall.
Drought-tolerant annuals include cosmos, dusty miller, marigold, moss rose, and zinnia.
