Hi,

We just purchase a new home. We love the space. The original owner years back took out all the oak do to oak root fungus in the area. She replaced it with an amazing tropical garden (queen palms, a date palm, hydrangea bushes, wisteria, gardenias, bamboo, hibiscus, camillias). The watering is spray and some irrigation. I have a feeling we're going to have a high water bill. We would love to keep this garden, but feel the water bill will kill us. Over time we'd like to slowly replace with more native garden, garden edible, or water friendly plants. Any thoughts on these plants or the current irrigation set up??