A black thumbers to-do list. There's more of them than you. Figure out how to live amongst them, and they'll drive your neighbors crazy. Kill the weeds. Take no prisoners.
Weeds kill natives.
They're like ring worm, AIDS, and the flu all at once. Just because the plant is 'water wise' doesn't mean it's not a weed. Pruning Prune like Bambi in July-Sept. Prune out the ugly stuff, and after a hard winter also clean up. Wildflower Seeds and Grasses Wildflower seeds and grasses do not go together.