Thank you for your responses. I live in Arvada Colorado, a suburb of Denver. I think having a few options to plant would be nice so it is not all the same. We do have a sprinkler system for regular watering come spring time but I can certainly do what I need to do as far as getting them extra water until they are established. If it helps, the hills are pretty steep, very difficult to mow on and probably dangerous to mow which is a big part of why we are landscaping them. We have bordered the top and bottom of the hills with small boulders and landscaping timbers and will grow the ground cover between.
