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Do you need outdoor landscaping ideas that tolerant to the dry weather? Like most of us we love to see a beautiful yard with lush green lawn. But that requires a lot of maintenance and water of course. We should all have take care and concern about how we use our water. Below are a few “zero-scape” outdoor landscape ideas.
One idea is to tear out the grass in the front yard. In its place have a woodland garden, hardscape or meadow. For a different exterior landscape ideas install a natural stone path to the front entry. Transform it into a woodland garden by making a path using slabs of basalt or sandstone. Make the pathway interesting by adding a few shrubs and ornamental grasses and a sprinkling of colorful perennials.
The northern areas of the east and west have plant varieties that last all year around with little maintenance. One perennial that offers year round beauty is the hellebores that offers colorful blooms through the spring and summer. Belonging to the buttercup family it will have almost 50 blooms on one small shrub that can grow up to 18 inches.
Those living in the southwest are not new to drought resistant outdoor landscaping ideas and commonly utilize their front yard as an additional patio area. To add some interest they might use two different colors of gravel in their garden areas and plant drought loving cactus and succulents in differing colors, shapes and sizes. Shade can be created by adding a pergola shading a cozy dining area.
In the west droughts plague the are from time to time. Low maintenance and outdoor landscape ideas that require very little water should be a top priority. A couple of great plants that provide both color and aroma are rosemary and lavendar. They will flourish with very little water or care. In the west a “zero-scape” or hardscape of concrete or stone slab with a water feature could be installed. Consider it an intimate area to sip your cup of joe in the morning.
A quick online search will produce tons of info on the type of plants will do well in your area with very little maintenance or water. They will display photos so that you are then able to purchase them from the local nursery or even order the plants from these sites. Instead of purchasing larger plants, buy smaller ones in four inch pots and plant them about two feet apart. They will fill in quickly and look great.
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