@shewolfnm,
It's all the Brits fault you know.
Lawns and grass and everything.
You know I don't have any grass. You wouldn't believe the stupd remarks some (not many, but some) people made while I was puttering here and there, putting plants in, learning what to do.
The "some" people that said anything were, each and every one, basically bottom dwellers. The type of people, if they ever did own a house, would have some skanky grass, and that's all, in front of the house. Or maybe some ugly non-descript weedy bush by the front door.
Right now of course, everything is all dead or struggling, but hey, it's cooling off, and I'm already dreaming of next Spring.
Already looking at drought resistant stuff. Most of the stuff I have doesn't need a lot of water anyway, but the sun and heat just did a number on them