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Sources of Drought Resistant Plants and Seeds

Posted by mcStargazer z7 OK (My Page) on
Tue, Nov 29, 05 at 23:45

Well, its almost that time of year again when the seed catalogs start to roll! Let's collect some good sources for drought resistant plants and seeds in this thread.

FYI: Bountiful Gardens has a "Drought Tolerant Collection" of seeds containing: "...amaranth, moth bean, perpetual spinach, black aztec corn, lamb's quarters, purslane, mustard greens, New Zealand spinach, sorrel, dock, horehound, hyssop, wooly vetch, and crownvetch."

What are some other sources?

Here is a link that might be useful: Bountiful Garden's Seed Mix/Collection Page


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RE: Sources of Drought Resistant Plants and Seeds

check out "native seed search " from Tucson AZ.
www.nativeseedsearch.org they have a lot of seeds MOST from the south West U.S.A. AND MEXICO many from desert areas and Indian reservations . Also check out : "Garden seed inventory ": an inventory of seed catalogs listing all non-hybrid vegetable seeds available in the United States and Canada
Whealy, Kent.
Personal Author: Whealy, Kent.
Title: Garden seed inventory : an inventory of seed catalogs listing all non-hybrid vegetable seeds available in the United States and Canada / originally compiled by Kent Whealy ; inventories updated by Joanne Thuente.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publication info: Decorah, Iowa : Seed Saver Publications, c1995.
Physical descrip: 628 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject term: Vegetables--Seeds--United States--Catalogs.
Subject term: Vegetables--Seeds--Canada--Catalogs.
Subject term: Vegetables--Seeds--Catalogs.
Subject term: Seed industry and trade--United States--Directories.
Subject term: Seed industry and trade--Canada--Directories.
ISBN: 1882424530 (softcover)
ISBN: 1882424522 (hardcover)


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RE: Sources of Drought Resistant Plants and Seeds

You may want to try "Hopi pink corn" (70 days) it does best in all drought tests and is sold by native seeds search of Tucson AZ . You might want to try some and breed some in to your strains.
The carobe tree and sunflowers are drought tolerant .


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Drought Tolerant Roses

High Country Roses of Vernal, UT, USA has a list of drought tolerant roses at the very bottom of the page weblinked below. I'll be planting some of their Rugosa varieties this fall. I'll have to let you all know how they survive any future droughts.

Here is a link that might be useful: High Country Roses, Specialities


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RE: Sources of Drought Resistant Plants and Seeds

My favorite is High Country Gardens:

http://www.highcountrygardens.com/


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please send me lists of seeds suitable for planting during dry season on the philippines. including their technology.


 
 


 

 


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