Many water districts has been estimated that homeowners over 50% of its water for irrigation in the summer landscape. In a context of global warming and drought do not you feel a little 'guilty? It's time to end our long love affair with the needy lush, thirsty plants. We all had a good time and have fond memories of those days spent in the hot August sun to go around with the tube, all dependent on each other! Shipyards, saving the water with native or drought resistant plants are now allAnger.
My Life Coach to CoachBetty.com friend always says. "It 'time to change perspective, we think of the BOX!" It is time for our turn "backyard" mindset and "think outside of the lawn." Planting huge lawns and thirsty ornamental plants is like driving a gas guzzler, and wearing a pink top. And 'so 80s! Natives growing and drought-tolerant ground cover is like driving a hybrid phone and SMS on your chocolate covered strawberries.
OMG! DYGI? (Oh my God! Do you understand?)
GrowthThe locals will give you a beautiful landscape maintenance, reducing the water bill. It is probably too hot to effectively ensure the transformation in the garden this month, but start planning a plan to rip and cliffs in autumn. In the fall you want to be high maintenance plants that are not easily cut to remove them.
Questions to ask:
There is a lot of demand in the water?
And 'needy and cranky in the heat of summer?
(If yes, ask yourself why you moveda whiner.)
Has grown lush and make you look like a horticultural magician?
Otherwise, it's time to throw in just a few plants to the compost pile.
Before digging in new plants, work a good amount of organic matter (compost) in soil and plant cover on the soil with mulch. Amended soil retain more water than land devoid of organic matter. Land is changed by means of micro-and macro-organisms that secrete nutrients and aerate your soil settled, so thatThe water to the roots.
Last month I attended an informational class Suburban Habitat in Novato, California. led by Ryan Griss, our Coordinator of water conservation and landscape architect Matt Buchholz. I asked: "How can a star making his spectacular appearance in the dirt courtyard hot summer sun with the least amount of mental and physical labor?" The answer is twofold: a diverse selection of native plants and a reliable, efficient control of the system timer to drop.
Buchholz recommendsCeanothus (California lilac) and Archtostaphylos (Manzanita), two simple native shrubs. "Both are evergreen, but they require little water. In addition, both plants can be found on earth in a variety of forms covers all the way to the tree-like bushes of large size. Ceanothus offers a magnificent violet blue flowers in late spring or early summer to be enjoyed by bees and butterflies. Archtostaphylos is known for its twisted, smooth, orange-colored mahogany trunk and branches, a real admired CaliforniaClassic. "
Buchholz well, but I understand the beauty of Ceanothus Manzanita me to sleep. How you would like something with the color for us type A gardener, which bloom stalks our yards and plants as flamboyant rock star?
I heard that he looked up, but we are on the phone, so I can not say for sure. Some perennials, he suggests, are Erigeron Glaucus' Cape Sebastian, which is "a substitute for the ubiquitous native of Santa Barbara daisies, and many varieties of native or Sage SageSalvia as Cleveland, and 'Bee Bliss' Salvia. Other local color to consider water as Mimulus (Monkey Flower) variety, and Iris Fremontodendron douglasiana (Flannel Bush), which requires almost none, and has a nice shape, fig leaves and large yellow flowers. And to beat all year long blue-gray foliage color, sets plant Festuca idahoensis.
Replace your lawn with a low-growing ground cover that can cut less water and maintenance requirementsis the way of the future. If your lawn has walked, you can try this instead of ground cover: Prunella Incisa, chamomile, thyme, Lippia, Scotch moss and iris.
For more information, original layout with photos get a copy of the California Native Plants for the Garden of Cachuma Press published In the meantime, remember that the local staff kindergarten that "green is the new pink!" It's time to order a wide selection of native plants.
Griss has some recommendations forSaving water this summer:
This is to avoid going to faint when you see your summer water bill. . .
1.Reduce the terms of the irrigation system through a reduction in minutes per cycle. (Reduction adjusted execution time of 2 minutes to every 10 minutes.)
2 Replace grass with low water consumption was home, once established, can be adapted to grow in our climate without irrigation in summer.
3.Install drip irrigation with 1 / 2 liter and strong emittersMulch.
4.Irrigate between midnight and 6 am to reduce water loss through evaporation and wind.
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