DRY IDEAS: Water-wise designs aren't limited to grasses and succulents

摘要

Drought-tolerant plant combinations don't need to be dry and boring. The physical traits that allow some plants to thrive without supplemental water can also lend fascinating colors, textures, and architecture to a design.To get the water-wise ideas flowing, let's revisit two gardens that showcase an inspiring array of drought-tolerant plants. First is Roger and Mary Greenberg's garden in Tiburon, California, which was featured in our December 2015 issue ("Texture Extremes," pp. 22-28). It is filled with artful combinations that thrive through Northern California's dry summers. Though some selections are frost tender, the Greenbergs' use of exuberant textures and a skillfully restrained color palette could be reinterpreted with hardier plants.