Water Requirements:

http://www.water.ca.gov/wateruseefficiency/landscape/

Plant Choices:

http://www.intermountainnursery.com/
Retail nursery in Prather, CA. The largest local nursery specializing in CA Native and Meditteranean plants. Photos of CA Natives that grow well here.

http://www.laspilitas.com/
Good plant info on hundreds of CA Native Plants
(Ignore his advice about irrigation, tho!)

http://www.highcountrygardens.com/
Expensive mail order, but the website info is good. Sign up to get a free catalog!

Downloadable Brochure on “Gardening Central Valley Style”

Peyton