After years of severe drought, California residents are now used to dealing with water restrictions. Recently-enacted new state laws make those restrictions permanent and call for even stricter limits in the future. Wasting water is not only out of fashion, it’s beyond our budgets. So we’ve been forced to rethink our relationship with water, including how we sustain our landscaping.
This is not really much of a sacrifice, because you can still achieve whatever look you want – you simply have to approach planning and growing a bit differently. Landscaping in low-water conditions gives you a multitude of options. Whether you call them “drought tolerant” or “drought resistant,” there are hundreds of plants appropriate for a water-stingy yard. You’ll find them in every category:
Trees
Shrubs
Perennials
Annuals
Succulents and cacti
Grasses
Groundcovers