Euonymous fortunei "Emerald Gaeity" has white green leaves year round "Emerald & Gold" has yellow and green leaves which would be a nice contrast in winter otherwise go to http://arboretum.unl.edu/poppages/gpgardener.html Here is a link that might be useful: Propagating Perennials

Here is a list of some Drought tolerant Plants including ground covers.

I absolutely agree with the part played by relentless new coverage, cameras and cell phones everywhere. It serves as a double sword to encourage a lot of sympathy but it also reveals real corruption making it seem as if a whole group is corrupt (or that a whole group is victimized for that matter). Sometimes it seems like certain people want their 15 minutes of fame nowadays since everyone is capable of becoming a star in the movie of life. I can't help but believe that many of these homegrown mass shooters are drawn by the idea of fame and the fact that the whole world will notice and hear them. I've seem some videos that look as if people are trying to bait the police into getting worked up and loosing it. Maybe I am seeing it wrong but I don't think so in all cases. Its like a kid will taunt a cop, act completely uncooperative and he's got that cell phone held up in the air, as if attempting to make a U-tube hit to play the poor victim in. We used to respect police when I was a kid and no one would have acted so rude or uncooperative like I see on these videos. I liked what that guy Dr. Piper wrote. I agree with the idea of self absorbed and narcissistic people who get their feelings hurt over any perceived challenge, whoever or whatever makes them feel bad is tagged with a name like 'bigot' or 'hater' with they themselves being the innocent victim. Many people seem to think freedom is equal to complete lack of restraint and that they live in a country where no one should not have any right to hold them to account for anything no matter what. This type of thing is completely out of hand. The laws are becoming more and more oppressive due to groups like M.A.D.D. (not to single them out, it just comes to mind) and 'The War on Drugs' that push the idea that more laws and penalties will solve these problems. Current events are always connected to the events preceding them. Problems like this need to be looked at as a progression of events from a historical perspective to make any sense. You can go back to the 1950's, 60's and 70's to mark the progression of events along with popularizing and accepting certain philosophical ideas. People now seem oblivious or uninterested in how these things connect and focus mainly on the results we have to live with because most people seem oblivious to history. Seems many only live in the present moment concerning any given crisis or personal experience as if history is irrelevant. The tendency is just get outraged or to come up with overly simplistic solutions like fixing 'the gun problem' or adding stiffer laws. Not that we need more guns mind you, I'm no NRA fan.

I'm not sure if I'm growing switchgrass or not. I need to identify all the kinds I have. The taller ones are a bit troublesome when they lean over on my native flowers like Echinaea, which hates being crowded. Any new grasses I grow, I don't want anything taller than 2 feet. My yard's too small to keep a buffalo to keep the grasses shorter. What I do have is Junegrass,Little Bluestem, Side Oats Gramma, Purple Love Grass, Bottlebrush Grass, Canada Wild Rye, and Indian Grass. So far thinking of adding Blue Gramma and Buffalo Grass. Jehaller, I think you were looking more at natives, and Rose Campion isn't native. Can't think of any silvery furry natives that fit the bill, but there are some that stay close to the ground, and have striking foliage like Hieracium venosum and Hieracium maculatum.