Drought-tolerant vegetables and flowers

Some vegetables, herbs, and flowers are more drought-tolerant than others due to their physiological characteristics and their ability to adapt to harsh environmental conditions. Why do some adapt better? Vegetables with deep roots or those that store their energy reserves in their roots: Some vegetables, such as carrots, beets, leeks, Jerusalem artichokes, parsnips, and tuberous nasturtium, have roots that allow them to draw water from deep within the soil, even when the surface is dry. Vegetables or flowers with resistant leaves: Some vegetables such as cabbage, spinach, chard, New Zealand spinach, artichoke, purslane, sea crambe, good Henry lamb's quarters and flowers such as euphorbia or sedum have thick and resistant leaves which reduce transpiration and water loss by evaporation. Vegetables or flowers with a small leaf surface: Some vegetables such as onions, shallots, radishes, helichrysum, lavender, rosemary, fennel, chickpeas, rue, sage, oregano, thyme, rosemary but also flowers such as immortelle, yarrow, gaura, cornflower, erigeron, eryngium, santolina, marigold or flax have a small leaf surface in relation to their volume, which reduces their need for water. Vegetables with a short life cycle: Some Vegetables such as lettuce, spinach, and radishes have a short life cycle and can be harvested quickly, before drought affects them too much. Vegetables and flowers that have genetically adapted to drought: Some vegetables have been selected and bred over time in regions where drought is common. They have gradually developed genetic characteristics that allow them to withstand difficult environmental conditions. Here are some tomato varieties, particularly adapted to drought: Précoce de Quimper, Maja, Marmande, Tigrella bicolore, Black cherry, Cherokee purple, noire de Crimée, Purple calabash, Yellow 1884, Green sausage, Roma, Mikado violetor, Brandywine, Yellow pear (yellow pear), Principe Borghese, Green zebra, Stupice. And some flower varieties, also adapted to withstand a particularly dry climate: gaillardias, poppies, poppies, lavender, rudbeckia, escholtzias but also specific flower mixtures such as the dry environment grass mixture and the arid drying ground mixture. > It should be noted, however, that all vegetables, even drought tolerant ones, still need a minimum of water to grow and produce fruit. > During hot and dry periods, it is important and It is recommended to mulch crops to maintain maximum moisture in the soil. Discover all our drought-tolerant plant seeds