Xeriscaping

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Comment by CathyV on April 29, 2010 at 8:42am

I'm about 3 hours from Sedona and truly understand your garden being a work in progress. I live on the AZ NM border and moved here from the SF Bay area. My garden is a challenge, although I can look at pictures from 2006 and see a huge difference but there is still so much work to do. If you look at my page you can see photos of what I had to start with, nothing!!!!!

Comment by Susan Hirsch on April 28, 2010 at 9:00pm

I like to mix succulents with perennials.

Comment by Joy Wilmot on April 27, 2010 at 6:53pm

Living in Sedona, AZ is a total transition from gardening in Milwaukee, WI. Been here 7 years and my garden is still a work in progress. I do a mixture of xeriscaping, cactus, perennials and some annuals. Anyone from the Sedona area????

Comment by Rich Bishop on January 18, 2010 at 2:44pm

Hi, Maxine. I'm a new member and live in Arvada, Colo. I've got lots of experience with plants on the front range and xeriscaping, but I've never heard of Canadian Bluegrass. Do you know the Latin name, it's so much more precise.

Comment by Maxine Doner on November 28, 2009 at 9:38pm

I am z 4b, 4a, harsh hi plains with extremes in temps, below zero to an occasional 70 deg day in jan/feb. brick clay to glue, with just the right moisture, nice to work. We average 14"/yr here, with frequent 40-80mph winds to help really dry the plants out. Establishing plants is the hard part...once I can get them to start really growing, they do well. I have some pines 10 y old 3-4 ft hi, and the same age that took off 6-8 ft high. Go figure. I like the yarrows, one goes from cerise pink to soft barley pink/white, another bridk oarnge fading to a very soft yellow then buff brown. The catmints do well, as does Russian sage. My Father Hugo Roses bloom once a year, masses of single yellow roses, fragrance to perfume the whole section of the yard, watered about once every 3 weeks. Cliff roses do well, as does apache plume for flowers and form. Irises, ash trees, various pines and the grasses do well also. Karl Forrester, the Blue .... types, even pampas grasses. The agastache and penstamenons don't do as well due to drainage. Blue mist spireas do VERY well here, variagated also. The bees really like the spireas. Helianthus, the perenial sunflowers do well and self-sow. They get floppy with too much water. I have blue gramma and buffalo grass, but they don't stand up well to dogs and foot traffic. I am going to try some canadian bluegrass...quite xiric...any one have any experience with it?

Comment by Freddy J. Hill on October 28, 2009 at 7:22pm

I'm in Moore, OK, Zn7. My xeriscape is mostly cacti & succulents, got a lot of other stuff that does fairly well. Most of my yard is non OK hardy succulents through the growing season.

Comment by Susan Hirsch on October 13, 2009 at 7:54pm

I'm into xscape in a big way, mostly with succulents and grasses. Penstamon can be great, it's a California native!

Comment by Marjorie on October 9, 2009 at 11:29am

I am in Bernalillo, NM and am trying to have xeriscape plants in the ground (the rest on containers). So far we have had Jimsom (moonflowers) spread and bloom like crazy. Also a yellow daisy like flower that just started to bloom and add lots of color. Both of these plants need no special attention.

Comment by Marion Cox on October 5, 2009 at 10:41am

From a new member: I am moving to the front range in Northern CO from WI (where I love my flowers and veggies). I am really interested in learning about xeriscaping my new yard in CO, but know nothing about CO soils, zones, etc. I am looking forward to following this discussion to see what I can learn!

Comment by Amanda Dumont on June 9, 2009 at 9:49pm

I too live in SW Idaho. I agree that the moonshine yarrow is great, so beautiful and it just spreads. However, my favorite is Salvia. When I first purchased my home 3 years ago, I mistook it for catnip. We had a horrible wild cat problem at the time, so I dug all of it out. The next year, it grew back, I didn't water it a single time (this was a record breaking summer with 100+ temps for 2-3 weeks straight) and it bloomed like crazy. Now, I have bought 4 more and created a border. The ones I originally dug out are about 3 feet in diameter now and just georgous. Plus the honey bees love it.

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