[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Do you know how to add color to your landscape without wasting water? In the San Joaquin and Central Valley area, water-wise landscaping is a huge priority. California water conservancy is crucial when planning your landscape. Does that mean that you’re doomed to a landscape full of cactuses and gravel? Not at all! You can create a beautiful, low-water garden and still be the envy of the neighborhood! How?
One of the easiest ways to create an attractive garden is to focus on the shape and foliage color. You don’t need to fill your garden with thirsty flowers to provide the desired colors in your landscape! Your local nursery is full of foliage and plants that are beautiful and exciting and when you lay them out properly will provide that attractive display that you desire. A well-planned garden will attract all the attention you desire without the costly water bill! The trick is to pick out your favorite plant combinations and create your own masterpiece.
Here is a list of low-water plants you can play around with to create your work of art:
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- Lavender
- Italian Cypress
- Olive
- Lily-of-the-Nile
- Mexican Sage
- Santa Barbara Daisy
- New Zealand Flax
- Nemesia species
- Coral Bells
- Euphorbia Characias Wuflenii
- Oat grass
- Yucca aloifolia
- Sedum dasyphyllum
- Aeonium ‘Star Burst’
- Oat Grass
- Fountain Grass
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- Aeonium canariense
- Agave attunata
- Achillea Millenfolium
- Sedum species
- Pork and Beans
- Jessamine
- Mallow
- Aster Species
- Bower Vine
- Sweet Lavender
- Rosa “Bonica”
- Flowering Plum
- Sweet Lavender
- Coast Rosemary
- Italian Cypress
- Aeonium haworthii
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]By taking these plants, or other low water use plants that you enjoy, and creating your own landscape oasis you are able to create a garden that is a personalized work of art and fits your personality. 70% of residential water usage is attributed to landscaping, and you will help save water as well as your pocketbook by utilizing plants that not only save water, but also time. Many of these plants are not flowering, and this saves you time in the garden deadheading!
Using a combination of these plants can create a wow factor without all the fuss. You can mix a few plants and create an international themed yard, so you can feel like you’re in another world without leaving home. How about a Mediterranean vacation? Use some Olive, Cypress, Sage, Lavender and Daisy and you’ll be craving some pasta. Feeling like a spa retreat? Combine some Lavender, Cypress, Mirror Plant, Mallow, Jessamine, and Aeonium haworthii and you’ll feel like you’re heading into the spa for your relaxing massage. Would you like a little romance in your life? Use flowering plum, Rosa “Bonica”, Sweet Lavender, Bower Vine, Coast Rosemary and Aster species and you’ll feel like you’re on the set of Romeo and Juliet.
If you have any questions regarding landscaping, we would be happy to help you create your perfect low-water sanctuary![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]