Drought Resistant Plants

I hope that you had as good a Holiday weekend as I did. Good friends, music, and much(too much) eating out.
I'm tired of reading (and writing!) depressing economic news. With more heat expected this week, perhaps more hints on drought resistant gardening are timely.
Water is becoming scarcer as we all hear on the news (over and over). Our usage patterns are still basically the same, with more than half the water each home consumes being used to water the garden. The easiest way to use less water in your home is to water your lawn and garden less. The easiest way to achieve this is to use a garden timer to water before dawn, and shorten the duration. If you currently water your lawn every other day at 9 am for 20 minutes, switch to 4 am for 15 minutes, every third day.
It may make sense to consider this to be a permanent change, as this drought may last a long time. If you discover some of your plants need high amounts of water, please consider changing them for drought resistant plants. There is a very long list of drought resistant plants published by the Santa Clara County Water District.
www.sscwd.org/Drought.doc