SOunds gorgeous and delightful! Would love to see pics! Out here where we have to water to get almost anything to grow, it takes a lot of work. I have one volunteer snapdragon which comes up without fail. The sweetpeas I planted last year are struggling, gamely hanging on and trying to climb the fence. The mature rosebush, though, is beautiful...this area is really good for roses.

I see tansy used for landscaping here and we have a kind of huge lavender which grows well in hot, high-altitude sun which is also quite popular. I've given up on trying to get my poppies to flourish.:-(