Drought Tolerant Plants for Texas

Sorry for not posting yesterday. It was a very very busy day for me. The past 48 hours saw first preview audiences for "Sense & Sensibility" and also "Into the Woods". Both went fairly well and now I'm back at home taking a morning off with my family.

I also have the morning to journal and do some preliminary planning for my garden next year. As you may know, I'm planning on ripping out my front lawn and planting drought tolerant species that will require far less water and no mowing! Since I have small children who enjoy touching plants and scooting around the garden on their bottoms, I can't plant a compliment of cacti. So I've been looking into a middle ground: flowering, soft foliage that tend to do well and require very little water in the Central and North Texas climate. Below is a preliminary list of drought resistant plants.