My Xeric Garden

We removed our grass about 5 years ago and began planting native and drought tolerant flowers, ground covers, shrubs and trees.
We did not use sand under the pavestones. They are large enough to stay in place. I knew that as the garden matured, I may need to move things around, and that could include the paths. It is all clay and some of the areas actually get too wet for some of the more xeric plants. I have amended some areas to improve the soil and there is mulch that will decompose and help it over time. But most of these plants are living here with little care other than what Mother Nature provides.


Every year it looks better. We now have birds, squirrels, foxes, butterflies, bees, ladybugs and at least one snake that frequent or live in this garden.
These pictures were taken at different times of the year; particularly from April through October. But it looks great all year long and it supplies food for the birds in the winter. The foxes also hunt mice there during the winter.
It is a NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat.
Music: "Statia" by Gurdonark
2009 - Licensed under
Creative Commons
Attribution (3.0)

http://ccmixter.org/files/gurdonark/19368

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Colorado
• garden
• Monument Colorado
• Xeric
• xeriscape
• Colorado Springs
• gardening
• gardens
• drought tolerant

[gurdonark]

I love to see native plants in a xerigraphic setting, and this particular garden is really vividly colored.

Thanks for including my work in this piece.

[rsquirrel]

Its a beautiful piece of music. Thank you for making it available!

[PS3sacker]

lol i have a clan on ps3 name XeRiC

[johnlvs2run]

Nice garden. Too noisy though.

[featheredfriends1]

wonderful garden 

[rathbonesworld]

The color is amazing! Way better than grass:)