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Blue giant-hyssop: complete guide
Agastache foeniculum
Learn how to grow Agastache foeniculum: care tips, bloom time, ideal soil and companion plants. Perfect for pollinator gardens in full sun.
American agave: complete guide
Agave americana
How to grow Agave americana: ideal conditions, watering needs, winter care, and drought-tolerant plant combinations. Perfect for sunny, dry gardens.
Desert agave: complete guide
Agave deserti
Discover the Desert agave (Agave deserti), an architectural succulent from California with blue-green foliage and extreme drought tolerance. Ideal for water-wise gardens.
Yucatan sisal: complete guide
Agave fourcroydes
Everything you need to know about Agave fourcroydes: care, planting, watering, and ideal garden placement for a drought-tolerant, bold succulent.
Agave lechuguilla: complete guide
Agave lechuguilla
Discover the Agave lechuguilla, a robust succulent from northern Mexico with distinctive white-edged leaves. This low-maintenance plant thrives in xeriscape and drought-tolerant garden designs.
Agave parryi: complete guide
Agave parryi
Discover Agave parryi, a hardy agave with blue-green rosettes and stunning yellow flowers. Ideal for xeriscaping and drought-tolerant gardens with minimal care.
Schott's Century Plant: complete guide
Agave schottii
Agave schottii is a small, frost-hardy agave from Arizona and Sonora with compact hairy foliage. Excellent for small gardens and rock gardens. Low maintenance xeriscaping.
Mescal: complete guide
Agave sisalana
Discover how to grow and care for Agave sisalana in your garden. Perfect for sunny, dry areas. Low maintenance and drought-tolerant.
Hedgehog agave: complete guide
Agave stricta
Agave stricta, commonly called the Hedgehog agave or Bottle plant, is an elegant succulent from Mexico. Learn cultivation, care, watering, and how to use this unique plant in your garden.
Agave toumeyana: complete guide
Agave toumeyana
Learn all about Agave toumeyana, Toumey's century plant from Arizona. Cultivation, care, appearance and ideal growing conditions.
Candelabra aloe: complete guide
Aloe arborescens
Everything you need to know about growing and caring for Aloe arborescens in temperate climates. Ideal conditions, watering, winter care, and more.
AsphodelaceaeAloe distans: complete guide
Aloe distans
Discover Aloe distans, the short-leaved aloe. Complete care guide, cultivation tips, and landscape design for this compact South African succulent.
Bitter aloe: complete guide
Aloe ferox
Everything you need to know about growing and caring for Aloe ferox: ideal conditions, watering, winter care, and companion planting for dry gardens.
Broadleaf aloe: complete guide
Aloe maculata
How to grow Aloe maculata in temperate gardens. Sun, soil, watering & winter care. Use gardenworld.app for drought-tolerant designs.
AsphodelaceaeAloe reitzii: complete guide
Aloe reitzii
Discover Aloe reitzii, a refined succulent from South Africa. Complete care guide, growing tips, and landscape integration for this elegant plant.
Dune Aloe: complete guide
Aloe thraskii
Discover Aloe thraskii - a rare, durable coastal plant with striking yellow blooms. Read our full guide on growing, care, and where to find it in the UK and beyond.
Pale Mexican-poppy (Argemone ochroleuca): complete guide
Argemone ochroleuca
Discover the pale Mexican-poppy, an impressive Mexican plant with pale yellow flowers and spiny foliage. Perfect for dry gardens and xeriscape design. Read our complete care guide.
Australian saltbush: complete guide
Atriplex semibaccata
Discover Australian saltbush, a resilient shrub from Australia with fine leaves. Learn about care, salt tolerance, and dry garden design applications.
Carex hispida: complete guide
Carex hispida
Bristly sedge thrives in Mediterranean gardens and xeriscaping projects. Discover this heat-loving, drought-tolerant plant with spiky fruit heads.
Carex leptopoda: complete guide
Carex leptopoda Mack.
Taperfruit shortscale sedge (Carex leptopoda) is a mountain plant from the Rocky Mountains. Fine blade structure, adapted to dry rock and sparse alpine meadows. Hardy and perfect for xeriscaping.
Carex paysonis: complete guide
Carex paysonis Clokey
Payson's sedge (Carex paysonis) grows in the dry mountain areas of the Rocky Mountains. Fine texture, exceptionally drought-tolerant. Perfect for xeriscaping and alpine gardens.
Centaurea hyalolepis: complete guide
Centaurea hyalolepis
Discover the eastern star-thistle, a stunning southern flower for warm, dry gardens. Care tips for continuous blooms from May through October.
Corispermum pallasii: complete guide
Corispermum pallasii
Discover Siberian bugseed (Corispermum pallasii), a hardy annual herb with delicate foliage. Perfect for dry gardens, xeriscapes, and natural borders with minimal maintenance requirements.
Euphorbia aggregata: complete guide
Euphorbia aggregata
The pincushion euphorbia (Euphorbia aggregata) is a succulent from South Africa. This small plant grows to 15 cm with interesting red stems. Perfect for xeriscaping.