Amen!
I dunno what if anything I'll do for a garden here this next year. I could probably grow a garden OK if I set the sprinkler every day...otherwise it's just too dry in the summer!
But marigolds and pansies and petunias did great. If I can find more plants like them, I can at least do flowers.
Cosmos' are pretty bombproof. Zinnias, too.
Lets, see - Nasturtiums can take abuse and they're easy to grow. Poppies seem to be very popular this year and they're adaptable to dry. Liatris is my current favorite no-maintenance flower.