Xeriscape landscaping, quality landscaping that conserves water and protects the environment, is the most exciting concept to hit
the landscape industry in decades. The term Xeriscape was coined in
There are three planting demonstration plots, each featuring plantings with low water use plants that use
similar amounts of water. One plot will have very low water use, another with low water use, and the last with moderate water
use. These plots each feature a tree and different specimen plants that will grow well in our climate.
The ultimate goal of this project is to have an education tool that can be used by the community as well as the schools to demonstrate that xeric planting can be utilized at their homes and businesses to conserve water and beautify our city. The plants in the plots have been purchased from local greenhouses so that anyone who uses these plots will be able to find these plants and use them in their own landscape.
XERIC GARDENING DEMONSTRATION PLOTS PLANTING LIST
Plot 1 – Very Low Water Use
Ocotillo - Fouquieria
splendens
Agave - Agave parryi
Butterfly bush - Buddleja davidii
Lechuguilla - Agave lechuguilla
Prickly Pear - Opuntia macrocentra
Mexican
hat (Prarie Coneflower) - Dracopis amplexicaulis
Palo Verde tree - Parkinsonia microphylla
Pink Muhly (Deer Grass) - Muhlenbergia rigens
Four
wing saltbush – Atriplex canescens
Plot 2 – Low Water Use
Apache Plume -
Fallugia paradoxa
Damianita – Chrysactinia mexicana
Red Tip Yucca - Hesperaloe parviflora
Three-leaf Sumac – Rhus trilobata
Blanket flower
– Gaillardia grandiflora
Pink Muhly (Deer Grass) - Muhlenbergia rigens
Spanish broom – Spartium junceum
Gopher bait – Euphorbia biglandulousa
Plot
3 – Moderate Water Use
Chitalpa – Chitalpa tashkentensis
Turfalo turf grass – Buchloe dactyloides
Cherry Sage – Salvia greggeri
Black
Dalea – Dalea frutescens
Weeping Blue Yucca - Yucca recurvifolia
Stipa Grass – Stipa tenuissima
Desert
Verbena – Verbena rigida
