Yes, summer's coming so it's time to think of draught resistant gardening again. I'm starting small with a couple of lavender plants and some sedum (sedum spathulifolium "Cape Blanco" as featured in Sunset this month in an article about Wonderland Garden and Landscape). They say it makes good ground cover, so I'm going to try it around the flagstones on the slope down to the gate. Another candidate from the same article, Lewisia cotylededon "Sunset Strain", grows a foot high and 10 inches wide with hot pink blooms with white-edged petals.Once that lavender takes hold, Sunset has an intriguing recipe for lavendar tea. For 4 servings, add 4 green-tea bags and 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lavendar blossoms or 3/4 teaspoons dried lavendar to 1 quart water brought to a simmer. Steep 5 minutes. Strain and let cool. Pour into ice-filled glasses and garnish with lavender sprigs.
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