TKI67
Super Member
Just checking in to advise that August has been a steady string of 100+ days, and no meaningful relief is reflected in the seven day forecast. This is quite tiresome. My landscaping is an assemblage of the most xeric native plants and an extremely small patch of zoysia lawn. I have let the grass grow to about six inches, and it looks pretty happy. Most of the plantings are holding up quite well. The only things that seem to need a little water are the beauty berries and the milkweed. The ones in full shade are fine, but the ones in the sun need a drink every few days. The milkweed is a native, Asclepius tuberosa, and it is in full sun where migrating monarchs can find it. Supposedly the tropical milkweed messes with their migratory patterns. Out in the “hell strip,” the west facing strip between sidewalk and street, Texas sage (lleucophylum frutescens), yellow bells (tecoma stans), and red yucca (hesperaloe parviflora) are all doing quite well without watering. (I used their botanical names because common names seem to vary from region to region.)