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Landscaping Ideas: Discover Desert Landscaping Plants
Life in an arid and dry climate has its benefits and challenges.
I've found desert landscaping to be one of the more interesting
challenges since moving to the Southwest. You're going to want
to spend a little more planning time on your yard than it would
normally for most other areas. You and your landscaper will need
to work with a plan that includes only plants and trees that can
survive with much less water. Nobody is going to plant something
if it cannot sustain itself.
Even if you have a state of the art irrigation system to supply
water around the clock, there will be times of drought and water
rationing. Not to mention the initial cost and maintenance
costs. It is much simpler for your desert landscape to simply
use plants that will thrive even in the hot sun all day. So take
some time with your landscaping plan to ensure that you have
everything appropriate to the climate. Another benefit to using
desert landscaping friendly plants is, that not only will these
plants do well even in the hot sun; they will also be able to
flourish in the low quality soil common to these climate zones.
You will not need to add fertilizers and soil conditioners,
which further will cut down on your maintenance time and
expense. To start you off, here are two plants that are useful
in desert landscaping: Longwood Blue Bluebeard
This is a deciduous shrub; it will grow back every spring. It
will always return to its healthy and contented state each year,
which makes it ideal for desert landscaping. Longwood Blue
Bluebeard is a
medium-sized shrub, growing to anywhere between 3
and 4 feet high with a width of around 2 feet. This is a
handsome plant for use in desert landscaping' not only is it
attractive, with its striking blue flower clusters and silver
foliage, it is also quite fragrant. Autumn Joy
Autumn Joy is a perennial that you can employ well in desert
landscaping. With this plant you will get abundant leaves in
ornate whorls. These leaves can be many different colors, so
Autumn Joy can be bought to go with your landscaping design.
This plant is ideal for desert landscaping since it grows easily
in rock gardens. This lovely desert plant also has unique
attention-grabbing flowers distinct from any I have ever seen.
The small flowers grow in clusters and can be different colors
and shades, but most commonly are yellow, orange and red and
pink. Also, be aware that if you plant these in your garden you
will have butterflies around as they are attracted to the
flowers, so be prepared to have your visitors ignore your lovely
landscape and ooh and ahh over the butterflies!
There are many other unique plants to complement your desert
landscaped backyard just like these, so have fun discovering
them and enjoying your new garden.
About the author:
Carlo Morelli writes for www.OnlineTips.org, where you can find
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