Super Drought-Tolerant Plants

With water restrictions throughout communities in Florida, many home gardeners are looking for super drought-tolerant plants that are also good-looking. Both acacia and Jerusalem thorn trees have attractive yellow flowers, rosemary gives the landscape a Mediterranean feel as well as a delicious scent, and native saw palmetto is perfect for the Florida-friendly yard.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Sweet Acacia

UF/IFAS Publications

• Acacia farnesiana: Sweet Acacia
• Acacia wrightii: Wright Acacia
• Parkinsonia aculeata: Jerusalem-Thorn

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Conserving Water in 2009 and Beyond
• Drought
• Drought in Florida
• Preparing for Drought
• Rosemary
• Saw Palmetto

Other Sites

• Drought-tolerant Plants--Southwest Florida Water Management District
• Sweet Acacia--Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (TX)
• Parkinsonia aculeata Jerusalem Thorn--Floridata.com
• Parkinsonia aculeata Jerusalem Thorn--Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (TX)