Xeric garden design

Don't let water use restrictions or a lack of rain put a damper on your garden dreams. Create a gorgeous, water-saving yard with these drought-tolerant landscaping ideas.

Groundcovers are the flowering carpets of our gardens, acting as a living mulch to shade the soil, holding the soil in place on slopes, and providing flowers for pollinators when they’re in bloom. A well-designed garden uses groundcovers to edge pathways to soften the edges, planted between flagstone to help color-up expanses of flat rock and to soften the borders of raised beds when they cascade over the edges. And groundcovers are excellent to plant bulbs and taller growing perennials…

Planting a garden that uses less water is a good idea no matter where you live. Learn how to plan a xerophytic, water-conscious garden on Gardener’s Path.

When it comes to planning or updating the landscaping on your property, the possibilities on what to do with the land can be overwhelmingly endless. You

Don't let water use restrictions or a lack of rain put a damper on your garden dreams. Create a gorgeous, water-saving yard with these drought-tolerant landscaping ideas.

Help conserve water (and your wallet) by xeriscaping. Follow these easy steps from local experts to start your own water-wise garden.

Have you heard of xeriscaping? Although associated with desert climates, it’s much more than just succulents and cacti. This sensible landscape style conserves water, reduces garden maintenance, and provides habitat for endemic species. Learn all about its aesthetics and efficiency now on Gardener’s Path.

Designed and installed by Denver garden expert Tom Peace, the garden belonging to Ann Weckbaugh features drought tolerant perennials and tough buffalo grass on the curbside along with beautiful ground covers and other softer perennials in the more intimate plantings near the house.

Xeriscape plants range from flowering types to succulents, trees to shrubs. Head horticulturist Lorin Nielsen has chosen 35 popular xeriscaping plants to pick from for a low maintenance xeriscape garden.

A colorful Xeriscape garden design by Susan Blake of Santa Fe, New Mexico, features many beautiful drought tolerant species, including Zauschneria, Stachys, Centranthus, lavender, Yarrow, Iris, Russian Sage, Gaillardia, and many ornamental grasses including Miscanthus.