Create a beautiful landscape and conserve water with xeriscaping, a landscaping method that reduces irrigation needs and maximizes the use of natural precipitation.
To start off, let's give you an idea about what "xeriscaping" means. "Xeros" is a Greek word that means "dry." Xeriscape landscapes require less irrigation than traditional landscapes and therefore conserve water (and your money!).
Want a beautiful landscape that doesn’t require thousands gallons of water to maintain? The answer is xeriscaping, a term that refers to landscaping where water conservation and native plants are a major goal.
The 30 best xeriscaping plants list including shade plants, ground covers, perennials, shrubs, trees, vines and ornamental grasses.
Cottage gardens are intentionally casual. Go big on color, but light on labor with this classic, informal garden style.
Xeriscaping – landscape (an area) in a style which requires little or no irrigation. Xeriscaping is a water conservation concept that originated in Colorado and now spreading across the United States. The term Xeriscape is a combination of two Greek words – xeros meaning dry, and scape meaning view. It is not the same as “zero-scaping”, […]
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Aeoniums succulents are colorful, attractive, evergreen rosette from the Canary Islands. Used in xeriscapes, desert landscaping and in containers. [DETAILS]
You can have a colorful and beautiful landscape while conserving water and saving time, energy and money. Learn innovative conservation techniques for water-wise gardening, or xeriscaping, in central Oregon. Full plant lists give you plenty of options! Go straight to the plant lists New! Sort and filter plants by water use, height or attributes in a web-based app. Try the app
Xeriscaping Plant and Tree List for Central and Eastern Oregon
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Here's a little inspiration to transform your outdoor space (or even just get started gardening).
Macrozamia communis is an evergreen cycad in the Zamiaceae family. Its native range is CE. & SE. New South Wales. Familiar names include Burrawang or Burrawong. It can resist considerable exposure to frost, fire, and deer. It is also suitable for xeriscaping and is drought-tolerant. A graceful cycad that forms a dense rounded crown of feathery fronds that in time will produce a short trunk. It prefers to grow in full sun or in shade. Zones 8-11 Germination Propagate from seed in a shaded location, and sow seeds 2-3" deep in a well-drained potting mix regularly watered for 6-24 months until germination occurs.
Gardening in zone 1 can be daunting. Winters are brutal and only the toughest plants will thrive. Click here for zone 1 gardening tips.
Have you heard of xeriscaping? Although associated with desert climates, it’s much more than just succulents and cacti. This sensible landscape style conserves water, reduces garden maintenance, and provides habitat for endemic species. Learn all about its aesthetics and efficiency now on Gardener’s Path.
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If there were ever an area of my home that is not a sanctuary, it is the yard. My husband and I are most definitely lacking green thumbs. This point was driven home a few weekends ago when I stop…
Xeriscape plants are drought tolerant, often easy to maintain, and very "green". Read about which ones I chose for my own xeriscape landscape, including evergreen shrubs and perennials.
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Mexican Feather Grass is a graceful short growing ornamental grass.
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DSC_0208_1 Aeonium urbicum from Tenerife, Canary Island. Now considered to be Aeonium hierrense (liu, 1989) but this is debatable. This plant is quite large ~ stems are over 5 feet tall and rosettes are 20 to 30 inches in diameter. Grown from seed, rather than cuttings. Flowers are white. Photograph and landscape design and installation by Michael Buckner, The Plant Man, San Diego.
