Here are 20 drought tolerant plants for a wide variety of slopes in San Diego. For steep slopes, stick to the shrubs and ground covers.
TREES
African Sumac
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2012/02/photo-african-sumac-rhus-lancea.html
Bailey's Acacia
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2012/02/photo-baileys-acacia-acacia-baileyana.html
Mexican Palo Verde also known as
Jerusalem Thorn Tree
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/10/mexican-palo-verde-tree-parkinsonia.html
SHRUBS
Bank Acacia also known as Acacia redolens
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2012/02/photo-acacia-redolens.html
Bar Harbor Juniper
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2012/02/photo-bar-harbor-juniper-juniperus.html
Bougainvillea
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2012/03/photo-bougainvillea-san-diego-red.html
Ceanothus 'Yankee Point'
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/03/photo-ceanothus-horizontalis-yankee.html
Cotoneaster
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/05/photo-cotoneaster-cotoneaster-dammeri.html
Hopseed Bush
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/03/photo-hopseed-bush-dodonaea-viscosa.html
Lantana
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/08/photo-lantana-lantana-camara.html
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/10/photo-skipper-moth-on-lantana.html
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/06/photo-new-gold-lantana-lantana-hybrid.html
Orchid Rockrose
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/10/photo-orchid-rockrose-cistus-x.html
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2012/04/photo-orchid-rockrose-cistus-x.html
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/06/photo-orchid-rockrose-cistus-x.html
Pride of Madeira
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2012/01/photo-pride-of-madeira-echium-candicans.html
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2012/04/photo-pride-of-madeira-echium-candicans.html
Variegated Myrtle
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2012/01/photo-variegated-myrtle-myrtus-communis.html
Wichita Blue Juniper
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/12/photo-wichita-blue-juniper-juniperus.html
PERENNIALS
California Fuchsia
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/10/photo-california-fuschia-epilobium.html
Cleveland Sage
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/03/photo-cleveland-sage-salvia-clevelandii_7597.html
Monkey Flower
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/06/photo-monkey-flower-mimulus-aurantiacus.html
Rosemary
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/02/photo-rosemary-rosmarinus-officinalis.html
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/09/photo-prostrate-rosemary-rosemarinus.html
GROUND COVERS
Creeping Myoporum
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2011/12/photo-creeping-myoporum-myoporum.html
Freeway Daisy
http://2minutegardener.blogspot.com/2012/03/photo-freeway-daisy-osteospermum.html
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