Water Wise Garden

Water wise landscaping in san diego county.

Water wise garden. It makes for a good edging and a neat groundcover for small areas. San diego specialty plants gardens waterwise botanicals is more than a nursery and welcomes both homeowners and the landscape trade industry. Growing crops need about one to two inches of water per week. Water wise plants and design for earth day in celebration of earth day we re recycling our favorite articles on water wise garden design.

An average size tomato plant transpires about 30 gallons of water during a season. Your tax deductible gift supports the care of the garden s nearly 6 acres of land enables the creation of new and innovative exhibits and programming and helps present community driven special events. At waterwise gardening we discover propagate and grow ornamental pollinator habitat improving plants for the western garden with over 60 introductions famous nationwide. A corn plant transpires about 55 gallons from germination to harvest.

This collection of eco friendly articles includes information about plants that are drought tolerant yet still add color and texture to the garden and ideas for arranging environmentally conscious plants into your design. Useful in rock gardens. Long lasting beauties deliver blooms late in the season when gardens need them most. Average garden soil will store two to four inches of water per foot.

8 steps to a water wise garden 8 steps to a water wise garden. We are open to the public seasonally offering our unique selections of plants to santa fe and surrounding areas. Installing sod for long term success we offer a variety of resources to help you create a beautiful and usable landscape that adds value to your home in our semi arid climate. By kathy barnes photos by saxon holt june 09 2015.

With many parts of the country under drought restrictions this flowery garden leads by example and shows how low water can still produce high color. 32 of 49 thomas j. Yarrow is a wonderful water wise plant for meadow gardens. We are always striving to assure convenience and confidence as we continue to offer quality and diversity of plant material.

You can search our plant database view our gallery of water smart landscapes and check out our. Water your garden for longer but do it less often this will encourage deeper roots which helps plants become more drought tolerant limit shower time to 4 minutes.