Drought Tolerant Plants

Our lavender - aromatic, floral buds - are grown at our Lineville, Alabama farm.Lavender is a fragrant, sun-loving herb prized for its calming scent, silvery foliage, and pollinator-friendly purple spikes. It's beautiful fresh or dried and thrives in hot, well-drained spots. Sold fresh through...

Fine woody sprigs that smell like thyme and lemon peel at once, giving you citrus lift in a herb that actually survives long cooking.Unlike soft lemon herbs, lemon thyme holds its character through roasting and braising, which makes it far more useful in the...

Bright lemon-and-thyme perfume that seasons roast chicken, butter, and shortbread without any of the sourness of actual citrus.A low, woody, evergreen sub-shrub that holds its leaves through most Alabama winters and keeps cutting through the cold months. It resents wet feet far more than...

Liriope is the ultimate no-fuss border and groundcover - grassy evergreen clumps topped with purple flower spikes that thrive almost anywhere.Liriope Bare-Root Bundle is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Available in...

Agave form with spotted, softer leaves - full sun, sharp drainage, and no spines to catch a customer.Mangave is a cross between Agave and Manfreda that keeps the architectural rosette while picking up dramatic spotting and faster growth. The leaf tips are soft rather...

Our fresh oregano is bold, peppery, and Mediterranean, grown at our Lineville, Alabama farm and cut fresh.Fresh oregano is an aromatic culinary herb, far more flavorful picked fresh than dried from a jar. It's easy to grow on a sunny sill and snips as...

Fresh oregano is peppery and warm with a faint bitterness that holds up to long cooking better than almost any other soft herb.Refrigerate in a loose bag for up to a week, or hang a bunch to dry. Strip the leaves from the woody...

Ornamental grasses add graceful movement, texture, and four-season structure to the landscape with very little upkeep.Ornamental Grass is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and 6" pots, shipped well-rooted...

Purple Coneflower is a native prairie perennial whose bold, long-lasting blooms feed pollinators and finches - tough, reliable, and beautiful.Purple Coneflower Bare-Root is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Available in Bare-Root...

Our fresh rosemary is piney and aromatic with a woodsy fragrance, grown at our Lineville, Alabama farm and cut fresh.Fresh rosemary is an aromatic culinary herb, far more flavorful picked fresh than dried from a jar. It's easy to grow on a sunny sill...

Cut rosemary is resinous and piney with a camphor lift, strong enough that a single sprig will carry a whole pan.Wrap loosely and refrigerate for two weeks or more - it is the longest-keeping cut herb on the bench. Strip the needles from the...

A fragrant, living mini Christmas tree - a holiday gift that keeps cooking long after December.A Rosemary topiary trimmed into a little Christmas tree - fragrant, festive, and edible. A top holiday gift and centerpiece. Grown grower-direct on our Alabama farm. Offered in 6"...

Rudbeckia lights up the garden with golden, dark-eyed daisies for weeks on end - a tough native beloved by pollinators.Rudbeckia bring vivid, long-lasting color to gardens and arrangements, grown with care at our Lineville, Alabama farm. They're pollinator-friendly and a cheerful addition to beds,...

Airy silver-blue spires that shrug off heat and drought - a pollinator favorite that blooms for months.Russian Sage (Perovskia) is a tough, aromatic perennial with clouds of lavender-blue bloom from summer into fall. Deer-proof and heat-loving. Nursery-grown by Wade Greens and sold grower-direct -...

Sedum is a hardworking, drought-proof perennial - from low creeping mats to upright fall bloomers that pollinators adore.Sedum (stonecrop) is a tough, drought-tolerant perennial succulent that thrives in poor soil and full sun. It's a pollinator magnet in late summer and a reliable, low-maintenance...

Tea olive scents an entire yard with apricot-sweet fragrance in fall and spring while working year-round as a dense evergreen screen.Tea olive, or sweet olive, is a broadleaf evergreen with small, inconspicuous cream flowers that carry an extraordinary fragrance across long distances. It grows...

Our fresh thyme is earthy and fragrant with tiny, savory leaves, grown at our Lineville, Alabama farm and cut fresh.Fresh thyme is an aromatic culinary herb, far more flavorful picked fresh than dried from a jar. It's easy to grow on a sunny sill...

Thyme is quiet and floral and slightly earthy - the herb you notice only when it is missing.Refrigerate in a loose bag for up to two weeks. Run a thumb and forefinger down the stem to strip the leaves, or add whole sprigs early...

Yarrow blooms in flat colorful clusters through the worst of summer, thriving on drought and poor soil where fussier perennials give up.Ferny aromatic foliage and long-lasting flower heads in white, gold, red, and terracotta make yarrow a workhorse for hot, dry, unirrigated beds, and...

Yucca's bold sword-like foliage and towering flower spikes bring architectural drama and true drought resilience to the landscape.Yucca is a striking, drought-tolerant plant with sword-like evergreen leaves and tall flower spikes. Tough and architectural, it thrives in full sun and adds bold structure indoors...