That's why I grow the one's that don't need much
help..
I've got oethenara's *yellow sundrops*, grecian windflower bulbs, snow drops bulbs *
spring time*,
Hollyhocks *they reseed*, LUPINES reseed prolifically*, euphorbia's, purple alliums, walking/nodding alliums, COLUMBINES reseed prolifically, hens~n~chicks, assorted sedums, and some more...
but I hardly EVER water that bed, and they grow...just rain..(of course now, I might get more than you do here, but that bed is almost half under pine
trees, and so it is hot and dry most of the time)
So, those are the tried and true survivers' here.