Be creative. In your garden space you can use colors that you normally would not use in your home. Use all of the  elements in your garden water, wind and fire. When ever possible use natural or recycled products.



The foundation of Xerioscaping  is the  planning and maintaining water-efficient landscapes. This type of gardening works best in arid climates. By using native and drought tolerant plants you will do your part to save water and keep your costs down.

Drought tolerant non-invasive plants:
Ground cover
Ivy Geranium* Day Lilly *Gaxania Sunries Yellow*
Lilly of the Nile* Manzanita* Mexican Evening Primrose*Trailing African Daisy* Verbena* Lantan Monteviden*Yarrow*Sedum*Coyote Brush*Ice Plant
Perennials
Autumn Sage*lavender*Black Sage*Blanket Flower*Carmel Creeper*Checkerbloom*Coreopsis*Desert Beard Tongue*Garden Penstemon*Hesperaloe*Matillija Poppy*Monkey Flower*Sea lavender
Shrubs
lavender**Blue Hibiscus*Sagebrush*Geraldton Waxfower*Island Bush Snapdragon*Nevin's Barberry(Pink Melaleuca*rosemary*Blue-eyed Grass*Copper Canyon* Mock Orange Daisy*Penstemon*Needlegrass*Bottlebursh*Jajoba
Oleander*Mock Orange*Natal Plum*Indian Hawthorne*Heavenly Bamboo*Fairy Duster*Evergreen Currant*Cleveland Sage* Cape Plumbago* California Lilac*California Fuchsia*Bush Anemone*Brittlebrush*Sword Fern*Tam Juniper*Toyon*Wooly Blue Curls*Wormwood*Yew Pine*Rock rose*Pride of Madeira*Xylosma*Yew Pine*Lemonade Berry*Mescal Bean*Flannel Bush*
Vines
Bougainvillea*Cat's Claw*California Wild Grape*California Dutchman's Pipe*Cape Honeysuckle*Clematis*Common Trumpet Creeper*Cup-of-gold*Royal Trumpet Vine*Wisteria
Turf
Buffalo grass*Hybrid Bermuda grass
Victoria Zoysigrass
Trees
Strawberry Tree*Sweet Bay*Chitalpa*Chilean Mesquite*Swan Hill Olive*Australian Willow*African Sumac*Afghan Pine*Catalina Ironwood*Floss Silk Tree*Holly leaf Cherry*honey Mesuite*jacaranda*Lemon Bottlebrush*Mexican Redbud*Mexican Fan Palm*Pink Melaleuca*Western Redbud*Digger Pine*Lemon Gum*Black Locust*Blackwood Acacia