Plants for **below** a Salvia clevelandii?

I was helping a customer today who has this problem: she has a hillside 
across from some picture windows in her house which is planted with several 
Salvia clevelandii that she says "show too many bottom branches" for her 
liking.  She loves the Salvia flowers and doesn't want to take it out, so she 
was looking for solutions to "hide" or screen those lower branches.  Ok 
Medit-folks, anyone have some clever suggestions for what to plant in front 
of these?  She does have a few requirements -- the plants must have showy 
flowers (can be any color), be fairly low maintenance, must take extreme 
summer heat (Contra Costa Co., CA) and must not die back or look ugly at any 
time......whew.  The area is on a drip, so the plants should require a 
similar water as the Salvia.  I look forward to any input and thank you very 
much in advance!

C. Carter
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