As we were doing a major remodeling of our house, because of the drought, we yanked out the water-guzzling white Simplicity roses that grew in the strip next to the sidewalk.  We replanted it with drought-tolerant succulents.  Instead of the usual monochromatic gray-green palette you think of as a succulent garden, we ended up with a profusion of colors—golds, oranges, pinks, even reds.