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I think those areas are another great opportunity to plant things that are drought tolerant. Many ground cover type sedum are drought tolerant, epimedium (which will get some height to it), hellebore. There are all kinds of plants that could grow there and stabilize the soil and not take a lot of water. Or care that the trees are taking most of the ground water.
Winter/Spring blooming




Mid Spring blooming, evergreen



Violets, evergreen and reblooming



Columbine and Lily of the Valley, will go dormant in the summer



Daffodils http://garden.org/plants/searc...

Some of these are evergreen some will go dormant when summer arrives.