Low Water Yards
Low Water Yards. The garden allows the water time to be taken up by flowering plants and grasses planted there as well as to soak into the soil. Landscape water use accounts for about 55 percent of the residential water used across the state of colorado, most of which is used on turf.
Native species require less external inputs such as water. Extreme lawn makeovers, or xeriscape landscaping is the use of low water plants to save water in the landscape. Little bluestem, fountain grass, blue oatgrass, purple fountaingrass, blue fescue, pampas grass.
