Specialty Gardening: suggested foundation plants for zone 9 cottage garden, 1 by Aguane

Aguane wrote:
My Persian Shield is in no sun. As you can imagine it gets sizzling hot here May/June - Sept. I 'harvest' water from washing dishes, unused tea, anything I can to water this small area. I even have a watering can in the shower to catch the water as it turns warm/hot. 'Course, I don't have to worry about this effort in the summer. Tap water never gets cool. Its a project of mine. I don't use the hose on this area at all. Turf lily, Persian Shield, 'creeping' silver falls, Creeping Wire Vine and Passion Flower.
~This pic is about 1 year old and the area is much more robust and lush today.