Drought Tolerant Orange Plants For Gardens!

Drought conditions have forced extreme water conservation measures in Los Angeles gardens and it shows!

I've never seen so many parched looking lawns, especially now that we are allowed to water our yards only two days per week.

What Angelenos need are bright, colorful drought tolerant plants for their gardens!

Fortunately for me, I've always had a "plant-driven yard" with little to no lawn to look after so my yard is still looking great!

How is your yard holding up?

Does it need a color injection?

I have an idea for you.

 

Juice up your garden with orange plants!

      

My daughter Maya and I can't help but feel energized and refreshed in this garden, overrun with orange Nasturtiums!

 

I'm not saying to have an "all orange" garden, I'm just suggesting that you add this powerful, spirit lifting color to your garden!

 Your purple plants will welcome the company and so will your sad lawn.

Check out these low maintenance, low water, orange plants:

 

"Spreading Sunset" variety of lantana provides profuse orange/red flowers year round in frost free areas.

Give it full sun and it will bring the butterflies to your garden!

 

 

 

Aloe "Grassy Lassie" does equally well planted in the ground or in a container.

 Deep green narrow leaves with bright orange flowers that bloom most of the year.

 

 

 

Towering,  Anigozanthos "Orange Cross," (kangaroo paw)  is a tall airy plant and evergreen perennial.

Full sun, occasional water in summer.

Attracts hummingbirds and compliments!

 

 

I can't remember when this Arctotis "Sun Spot Orange" has not been in bloom in my garden!

I just keep deadheading and more flowers come!

Compact, mounding habit and evergreen, bright tangerine flowers. 

 

 

Arctotis pairs well with  silvery Senneccio and red Salvia.

Only 3 colors, but large impact!

 

 

 

Vining, Campsis radicans, (trumpet vine) thrives in my garden with lots of sun and some neglect!

 

 

 

Phormium "Rainbow Queen"sports an olive green to bronze central stripe and apricot margins.

This stately plant sets off other plants around it.

 

 

"Rainbow Queen" phormium and orange lantana.

Shades of orange, coral and bronze.

 

 

 

Why stop at orange plants when you can detail a simple potted  jade  plant with recycled, tumbled orange glass!

 

 

On "Garden Police," my co-host Michael Glassman and I created a front yard xeriscape garden and painted the shutters and front door orange, "terra cotta."

Don't forget your house can be part of the garden color scheme too.

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