Sunday, January 11, 2015

The Use Of Drought Tolerant Plants In Drought Tolerant Landscaping

By Enid Hinton


About seventy percent of the amount of water which is consumed in the suburban communities gets used for the gardens. Study shows that this amount is really huge and unsustainable in the long run. Frequent shortages in water in some areas in Orange County, CA can clearly confirm this. With occasional droughts accompanied by restrictions on water usage, more residents are becoming more responsive to drought tolerant landscaping in their yards.

Landscapers prefer these plants due to their low water tolerance. Their adaptations to the environment in Orange County, CA ensure that less time is spent on pruning, fertilizers and in their general care. This makes one able to maintain a good garden or yard, even while away.

The amount of time and work that will be required of you will be realty reduced. Plants which are more tolerant to drought usually are resistant to a lot of diseases not forgetting pests too. One is thus able to try out more creative designs on their gardens with the extra time they have. Some people tend to think that the landscapes that are dry spell tolerant mean cacti or rocks.

Other factors that are of significance are the thickness of the leaf and its size too. The thicker and smaller the leaves are the more resistant they are to losing water. Some of these species have large root systems suitable for them to maximize on the absorption of the rain water. Others can grow deep enough till they reach the water table.

What one should not overlook is plant that is most suitable for a certain place. Just by planting those that are tolerant and dry spell resistant does not mean that all your problems when it comes to landscaping will be over. One should ensure that all the correct guidelines are met accordingly. If properly done it will result into healthy plants, reduced maintenance and the success of your landscape.

Those who are wise first subject their yards to evaluation by experts so as to determine what is bad or good or how they can make suitable changes. At times there are those who want to completely eliminate their lawns on the argument that they consume too much water. Even if this is the plan, they have to be replaced with something. Here is where people consider patios, pathways and courtyards which are good space fillers along with plants and bushes which require less water. Other people put in a bocce ball court or a horseshoe pit.

In the real estate market, several homebuyers are on the lookout for yards that are easy to maintain. A good number of construction companies are adhering accordingly to this demand. Companies are looking more and more for ways to utilize their resources in suitable and sustainable ways.

Leading conservationists nowadays urge residents to trade their conventional lawns for other water resistant choices. The turf grasses that several of the lawns possess are responsible for about 60% of the water usage experienced by households. The frequent occurrences of dry spell are forcing municipalities to instill restrictions on the use of water; particularly for non-essential use. It does not mean that one should say bye to the peonies and irises and adopt rocks and cactus. Applying techniques such as xeriscaping will brighten your yard incredibly.




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