I live in what is technically a desert climate. It has all four seasons, but it qualifies as a "desert" because it gets sparse rainfall. It is rugged and beautiful. Yeah it might look "brown" in the summer at high noon but that same brown glows like gold in the dawn rays, and it turns reddish pink at sunset. I'd actually play a round of golf if I could do it around native plants rather than some aquifer-sucking course of manicured grass.