Beginner Gardening: Ok....drought conditions 4th year in a row...anyone else?, 1 by jkom51

jkom51 wrote:
dottik, how great that you live in Oakland too, but in a different state! I've always wanted to explore Oregon more but haven't had the chance to do much traveling lately. One of these days.....

Thanks for the kind words, and the purple-blue flowers are the good old drought-tolerant standby, agapanthus. These are dwarf ones. With that and the lantana, tanacetum, convolvulus, lavendar and lambs ear, that particular bed can go without watering for a month even in hot weather (keep in mind "hot" here is 80 degrees, though, with 15-20% humidity). Here's a closeup: