Austin has been hot and dry. Lawns, plants, even people are suffering from this unusually bad drought.  So what's working in the landscape despite the wacky weather?

In my yard the following plants are doing just fine with little water and record breaking heat:

1. Plumbago - it's getting a little droopy in the late afternoon but still blooming and chugging along.     

2. Yellow bells - lots of blooms, not too droopy....actually quite lovely!

3. Salvias - my herbal sages as well as flowering sages are doing ok. The pineapple sage, not so much, but Salvia greggii and the heat loving culinary sage are just fine.

4. Dwarf yaupon holly

5. Retama aka Palo verde - bright green and upright in the heat

6. Agaves, yuccas - these are desert plants so of course they are doing just fine

7. Fig tree

Which plants are doing well at your house?