Plants for A Dry Garden

There are conflicting reports as to how 'global warming' - if it happens - will affect us here in the UK - in particular the gardens, suffering from dry conditions. Recent reports have been  telling of the rise in temperature, that will bring us dry near-Mediterranean garden conditions, with flower beds and borders in our gardens resembling those of the dry gardens of the world: but there is also a school of thought that says that the gulf stream will move south, and not bless our western coastline with it's warm waters. If this happens, we will lose a few degrees pretty quick. Whichever, there will be a dramatic change in how we plant and look after our gardens.

Being an optimist, I will go for the former, and assume a warmer and dry climate for us and our plants. I'm sure that we can adapt - but what about the plants that we grow in our gardens!

Some of the plants below are suited to dry gardens