| With a garden facing south, many plants dry up. With the water restrictions what can I plant in a fairly large half moon front garden. I have green and white arboricola's under the window, but have a large area for planting. Thanks Janice |
| Hope you have a large planting area! Here are my favorite drought tolerant plants: Salvia greggii Butterfly bush Thyme Daylilies Artemesia Rockrose Coneflower Ice plant Four-nerve daisy Mexican hat Black-eyed Susan Columbine Gazania Ceanothus Agastache Penstemon Lavender Yarrow Germander Russian sage Blue catmint Kangaroo paw Cape honeysuckle Bottle brush Aloe Blue hybiscus Rockrose Rosemary Thyme Mexican sage. It has long spikes with lavender-purple flowers. The hummingbirds love them, and you hardly have to water them at all. And, if you get a start, you can plant it and it will just keep growing, not stopped at all by transplanting. It gets rather large -- say 5 feet by 5 feet. But just cut it back, and it is blooming again within a few weeks. Best wishes with your beautiful new garden! |
