Reno , Nevada , is in a gamey mountain desert . The climate is wry , with nerveless nighttime temperatures . summer are sunny and spicy , and winters often see several feet of snow . Reno is in USDA Plant Hardiness zones 5 to 7 , which chip in you a turgid mixed bag of annual and perennial herbaceous plant to pick out from . But local tearing restriction mean drought - immune flora will work the secure in your garden .

Sage

Sagebrush is Nevada ’s United States Department of State flower . A fruity - smelling , yellow - flowered miscellany ( Artemisia tridentata ) grows wild all around the metropolis , which should differentiate you that most case of salvia are suitable for your garden . Culinary and landscaping sage give off a wonderful scent in the Lord’s Day ’s heat , and the grayish leaves make a nice contrast when the plant is n’t in flower . salvia is a fearless perennial plant that fly high in racy , well - drained soils and only needs enough watering at the roots to forestall droop . Mulch salvia works in the surrender to protect the shallow roots from freezing and heaving , and sheer back dead and damaged ontogeny in spring .

Chamomile

Chamomile is another deliciously scented herb that ’s worthy for a Reno garden . This one-year works has tiny , daisy - like flowers and ticklish , lacy leaves . The flowers can be dry out for tea , and Chamaemelum nobilis makes a good edging plant because it can handle getting brush or step on . It also turn well between rocks or bricks . Chamomile opt light-headed , dry soil and can be straight - seeded or transplanted from pots . It reseeds itself smartly so it will keep do back year after year .

Lavender

Lavender is a dauntless perennial that is a great landscape gardening plant life for Reno . It ’s pointy , scant unripened farewell add interestingness to garden edge and DoI . This herbaceous plant has medicative and cosmetic United States of America . Lavender ’s dirt and H2O requisite are similar to sage ’s , and like sage it flourish in full , hot sun . Lavender ’s spikes of purple flowers can be dry out to use in sachets , or you may fray the leaves on your hands for a courteous aroma . curve back lavender in the fountain , and mulch it well in nightfall .

Mint

All varieties of mint grow so well in Reno gardens they can become a pain if not managed carefully . Mint likes plenteous , moist soil . Once the plant take off , it shade the soil underneath , which lessens its watering need . Mint works smell good until they freeze in the wintertime , and they come back vigorously in the natural spring . Mint has spines of humble pink , lilac , or lily-white blossom that unremarkably bloom in late fountain . To help check the industrial plant , skip it back after it peak so it ca n’t reseed more .

St. John’s Wort

St. John ’s wort is a good perennial herb for both sunny and partially shady localisation . It has bright yellow flowers that ooze a deep red juice when you bankrupt them in your fingers . This herbaceous plant does well in average to poor soils , and it ’s not too fussy about pH. It prefers land that has n’t dried out , but like tidy sum , it grows so cursorily that it shade the soil for itself . St. John ’s wort is not an invasive plant life , however , and only needs to be pruned of dead and dying material in the natural spring .

Hyssop

Hyssop is an herb that bees have sex , but which tends to rebuff other pests . It ’s a estimable plant life for Reno gardeners because it digest dry soil . The purple , sweet - savor flowers are headliner - shaped , and the leaves have culinary and medicinal uses . Hyssop likes a more or less alkaline , well - drained ground and grows well in full sun or fond shade . It does well as a margin plant and just needs to be rationalise for bod . Since it reseeds easily , plant can also be divided to start new clumps .

References

…