Xeriscaping – landscape (an area) in a style which requires little or no irrigation.
Xeriscaping is a water conservation concept that originated in Colorado and now spreading across the United States. The term Xeriscape is a combination of two Greek words – xeros meaning dry, and scape meaning view. It is not the same as “zero-scaping”, where you could fill the land with plants, sand, gravel and rocks. This style purely focuses on greenery. The goal is to create a garden and conserve water or even eliminate the need for supplemental water from irrigation.
A quick google search led to all these jaw-dropping images – and the links below have more information on each garden. Xeriscaping can be designed with any plants that require less water. The landscape need not be filled with just succulents or cactus. I’ve seen drought tolerant land covers designed with flowers. This collection focusses on enormous succulents!
As you look down, you will be amazed how well these landscapes are designed with plants that will not die!
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I have tried xeroscaping at our beach house for several years. It hasn’t worked so well. Sand spurs blow from the ocean and can literally take root in the air. They are miserable to pull out. Also the fountain grass reseeded itself in the air and took over the entire yard. It can’t even be dug out. But my cacti and succulents have filled in nicely. Bottom line, there is still gardening maintenance even if drought tolerant.
Thanks for the great examples of xeriscaping. I too live in California and my husband and I were looking for ideas for a DG sunken garden area with a high wall/garden bed on the south side of our garden. These are excellent xeriscape examples for us to use for our new landscaping project!
I need some plant type ideas for a South Dakota climate. Cold in the winter and hot in the summer my boulevard areas are now rock with no plant life. It was once grass. I can get water to the areas, but my sprinkling system will not cover this ground well. Any ideas for drought tolerant bushes and plants will be appreciated. Thanks. Jim
I live in Arizona and all plants whether native or drought-tolerant still like to have supplemental water, especially during our extremely dry summers. During that time, nurseries advise watering once a week and every three weeks during winter. It’s a misconception to think they never need to be watered.
Thank you. Moving to AZ soon
My uncle used to live in Arizona and I’ve always love Xeriscaping, but I grew up in Connecticut, and live in Denmark now, so I’ve never had a Xeriscaped garden. Maybe someday, I’ll move somewhere warm and finally get one 🙂
I’d love to have some of this in my front yard facing the body street. I’ve never heard of this term Xeriscaping but I think I’ve seen it in other yards before. Just not locally. It must’ve been on TV or in a magazine
I have never heard of Xeriscaping before but I do love the flowers and the feel of a ranch type feeling. I am so not good with flowers that I have given up having any real ones around me.
These are gorgeous plants! I had no idea there was such a diversity in the number and kind of plants that will survive without water. I would love to makeover our yard with drought-resistant plants like these. We don’t live in a dry area, however, our house is built on sand and our yard has no shade at all. As a result, plants (and grass) get burned off very quickly. This style of landscaping would be much better for us.
I think Xeriscaping will be perfect here in my country where we have a tropical weather. I don’t have a green thumb either that even those succulents still die on me. If I’ll plan on having a garden, I’ll keep this in mind and hoping that this xeriscaping trend will catch up here in the Philippines.
Xeriscaping is such a great idea for those in areas with little to no rain water. The designs that are possible are simply amazing and breathtaking. I do not live in area where we lack rain but this is great to know if the problem ever arises.
I feel really bad to admit that I had never heard of xeriscaping before, but it sounds amazing and the photos certainly seem to show that it works wonderfully well. Great for conservation, but so effective too – what a range of plants you’ve shown!