Drought resistant plants?? HELP!!

[Andrea Via]

Andrew Johnson (ez057460 at bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu) wrote:
: I need some ideas of the best kind of drought resistant plants.  I am in 
: California and I need some good plants for my yard.  What does anybody 
: suggest??  (Most colorful and little maintenance)
: Thanks a lot!!
: --Andy Johnson

Many Australian plants grow great in California and many nurseries are 
starting to carry them.  If you can find it, a great plant is called the 
Kangaroo Paw (unfortunatly I don't know the latin name off hand).  I have 
it at home in Santa Rosa.  It loves full sun and I've never needed to 
water it.  Just don't plant it too close to plants you'd be fertalizing 
since it doesn't like added fertalizer.  The flowers are really unique 
and come in red and yellow.  The only problem I've had with it is that 
the leaves have a tendency to get black edges on them when there has been 
a lot of rain.  Hope that helps.
						Andrea