Benefits of Xeriscaping

Our dry, sunny days and cool nights create the ideal environment for growing a multitude of attractive plants. Yet our dramatic temperature extremes, relatively short growing season and often-prolonged periods of drought can pose challenges to even the most experienced gardeners. Xeriscaping with water-conserving plants makes sense in Colorado.

Xeriscape Gardening Conserves Water - In Colorado over 50 percent of our household water supply is used for landscape irrigation. Xeriscaping can enable us to help conserve one of our most precious natural resource.

Xeriscape Gardening Conserves Time - By including xeric plants in your landscape, your time spent watering, mowing, and maintaining your landscape will be greatly reduced.

Xeriscape Gardening Conserves Money - Not only can you reduce your water bills, but maintenance costs can be reduced also. By utilizing plants that prefer Colorado’s weather and soils, you can reduce the expense of replacing poorly adapted plants. Proper plant selection also reduces the amounts of chemical fertilizers and pesticides needed in the landscape.

Xeriscape Gardens Retain Their Beauty During Times Of Drought - An established water-wise garden will not suffer from prolonged drought when conventional, water-thirsty landscapes do. A well designed, installed and maintained Xeriscape can increase property values up to 15 percent.

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