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Water Wise Plants
Here are a few plants with low water needs mentioned in Jacquie's video.

Hardenbergia
This blooming purple vine is called Hardenbergia or "Happy Wanderer".  It is a plant that absolutely hates wet soil and it will just give up if it stays too wet.  It loves a really, really hot spot, We call it the "Royal Cloak of Winter", It has this beautiful, beautiful color.  Now it is this kind of February time frame that it blooms.

Leucodendron
Leucodendrons we've talked about in the last few months they have these beautiful little tiny flowers that are surrounded by these colored bracts that give it the appearance of a flower. It is another Australian plant that is very water wise.

Ceanonthus
Down hear we have a heavily budded, its getting ready to bloom, it's a Ceanothus. It has beautiful cobalt blue flowers that absolutely cover its little evergreen stems in spring. It is really amazing. This particular variety is called "Dark Star".  It will get 4-5' high, and wider than that. And again, hot, hot sun lover.

Carpenteria
This is another California native, its called bush anemone or Carpenteria. And it produces beautiful white flowers with a yellow center in the spring.

Salvias
Salvias are extremely water-wise and wonderful blooming plants.  Thes salvia featured in the video is Winifred Gilman.

Wall Flowers
And we have some Erisimums here that are very hardy, they love cold and dry. In 1990, we had some of these and they bloomed right through that 12 degree weather if you Can believe that, and again, they are not a real thirsty plant.

Nandinas
Nandinas, wonderful, solid state, tough, low water use plant.

Grevillea
This darling little Grevillea, this one is called Crystal Gem, hummingbirds love this. 

Buckwheat
Buckwheat this is a California native.

Manzanita
Also a California native ground cover, Manzanita, comes in a variety of shapes and characteristics.

Toyon
Toyon  is a very large shrub, or small tree with beautiful red berries at Christmas time.

Kangaroo Paws
And, as you will remember, we talked a lot about this in another program, Kangaroo Paws are another great plant for low water use gardens, can be frost tender, but recovers..