I've been slowly filling in a 7' x 30' strip between my driveway
and a western retaining wall. The strip is on a 35-degree slope
along the 30' dimension. The retaining wall varies in height
from a few inches to a high point of about 8 feet. It's still
basically a full sun area.

As I've worked my way down to the street, the soil has changed to
a mucky consistency (along with solid rock). I'm concerned that
some of the plants that I've utilized farther up the bed will
not hold up well in the muck. The other plants that I have in
the bed a (basically from the top, though some repeat in areas)
Silverado sage, copper canyon daisies,
salvia greggii, Mexican marigold mint, zexmenia, society garlic (variegated
and non-variegated), Russian sage, Thompson yucca, garland gold yucca,
pavonia, Mexican wiregrass, and flame acanthus.

That leaves me with a 7x7 patch at the bottom. The plants at the bottom
cannot be tall because we need visibility to the sidewalk and street
as we descend the driveway. I was thinking about wall germander at the
bottom but am concerned that they will rot. I would like something that
is compact so that it won't sprawl out on to the driveway and sidewalk
(which takes trailing rosemary out of the picture).

Any ideas for drainage-indifferent, low-growing, compact perennials
which are deer-resistant?

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Marc Stephenson IBM Systems Group - Austin,TX
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