Tough Flowers

In order to beat the heat in the garden and manage to still have some blooms when you are in a long drought, you need to plant good drought resistant plants that are tough and can survive the dry spells.  It's been a real battle this summer, but at least we have some colour in the garden.

Agastache (Hyssop) is one of the hardiest, and blooms July and August.

 Globe Thistle - the bees loves it, and they also make great cut flowers.

 Bears Breeches - long lasting flowers with nasty thorns on the spikes.

Fireweed - requires zero watering, can grow to 5 or 6 feet tall and looks stunning along the fence line.

 Rudbeckia - Black Eyed Susan's, always bright and cheerful.