I am planning a new portion of my garden with a full-sun south slope exposure. Can you suggest some shrubs and ground covers that will require less water?
Here are some choices from local nurseries and garden centers available in tubeling size to 5-gallon container sized plants:SHRUBS, DECIDUOUS Golden Currant (Ribes aureum) is a delightful arching shrub which grows to about 4’ tall, with golden, red-eyed, spicy-fragrant, tubular flowers in spring. In summer, it has medium green leaves, followed by edible fruit that’s colored either translucent gold or dark purple. In its final season, you’ll see a splash of reddish fall color. Golden Currant will tolerate light shade, but the fruit set and fall color will be enhanced by full sun.Saskatoon Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) is a shrub or small multi-stemmed tree which reaches 15’ tall. Fragrant, white, star-like flowers are followed by abundant fruit in good years, changing from green to red to purple as they ripen. Protect them with netting or else birds will harvest the crop first. Oval dark green toothed leaves turn shades of reddish purple in autumn. Gray stripes in the bark of the
