Guide To Xeriscape In Western Colorado - Delta Conservation District, Colorado
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This document provides resources and information about xeriscaping in western Colorado. It lists books, websites, and local gardens that showcase xeriscaping techniques. It also notes that the Delta Conservation District encourages water-wise landscaping due to the low average rainfall of 8-10 inches per year in the region. Xeriscaping provides several benefits including water, time, and cost savings while requiring less maintenance and inputs like fertilizer and pesticides.
Guide To Xeriscape In Western Colorado - Delta Conservation District, Colorado
- 1. Related Literature, Websites and Sources The Xeriscape Flower Gardener, by Jim Knopf Delta Xeriscape Colorado: The Complete Guide, by Connie Lockhart Ellefson Conservation Xeriscape Plant Guide, by Denver Water There are several Xeriscape© demonstration Waterwise Landscaping with Trees, Shrubs and District Vines by Jim Knopf gardens in the vicinity High and Dry—Gardening with Cold Hardy Conserving Colorado’s Natural Resources Dryland Plants, by Robert Nold Montrose Botanical Garden, 1800 www.WesternSlopeGardening.XericLinks.html Pavilion Drive, Montrose, Colorado www.coloradogardening.com/drought.htm www.xeriscape.org Mesa County Arboretum, 2775 Hwy www.highcountrygardens.com 50, Grand Junction, Colorado CSU Extension at Montrose, GUIDE TO XERISCAPE© IN 1001 Friendship Hall 970.249.3935 WESTERN COLORADO Arboretum at Western Colorado Research Center, 30624 Highway 92, Rogers Mesa, Colorado The Fort at Confluence Park , 205 Gunnison River Dr. Delta Conservation District 690 Industrial Blvd Delta, Colorado 81416 Phone: 970.874.5735 Website: deltacd.net Delta Conservation District
- 2. xeriscape© The Many Benefits of Xeriscape©: Nurseries We live in the desert here in • Saves Water, Time and Money western Colorado. The Delta There are several local nurser- Conservation District highly en- • Requires Less Maintenance ies that specialize in native and courages the use of water-wise drought-tolerant landscape landscaping known as • Requires Less Fertilizer and Pesti- plants. Check your phone book Xeriscaping©. cide under nursery listings and ask if the nursery specializes in Our average rain fall • Improves Property Values here is between 8-10 inches per Xeriscape© year. A typical bluegrass lawn • Requires Less Fossil Fuels requires 30 additional inches of water to survive here in western • Provides Wildlife Habitat Colorado, not to mention the Education pesticides, fertilizers, fossil fuels • Results in less runoff of irrigation and elbow grease to keep it Attend Xeriscape© classes at laden with fertilizers, pesticides, salts green. Delta Montrose Technical Col- and selenium lege 1765 Hwy 50, Delta, Colo- Xeriscape© is a patented name rado 970.874.7671 • Plants adapted to local conditions that stands for water-conserving landscapes. The concept of are more resistant to insects and Xeriscape© is based on seven diseases principles: planning & design, limiting turf areas, selecting and zoning plants appropriately, im- proving the soil, using mulches, Delta Conservation District irrigating efficiently, and doing 690 Industrial Blvd appropriate maintenance. Xeris- Delta, Colorado 81416 cape© is not ugly, brown rocks and black plastic. A properly- Phone: 970.874.5735 designed Xeriscape© can be Website: deltacd.net beautiful and even more inter- esting than a water-loving land- scape.