This idea of garden scattered around various parts of the
world, especially in dry climates and desert and now has reached places where
water is abundant but is presented as a kind of innovative and original garden.
The xeriscape needs a quarter of what you need a
conventional garden so water conservation is widely significant. Furthermore,
this type of garden has an ecological and advocating a reduced use of
machinery, fuel and other typical processes of maintaining a garden.
What to consider in designing a xeriscape?
Most important is the design of the grouping of plants.
Species should be grouped depending on the amount of water they need. You can
not put a plant that needs plenty of water along with one that does not need
much. Then divide your garden into three: the area of low water, where they
would plant low water consumption, half the area of consumption and high consumption.
Or to further reduce water consumption can be made only two zones: the low
power consumption and a half.
In the xeriscape plan should some types of trees that
function as shadows for certain types of plant and thus to guard against just
because of this direct action on the plants can dehydrate. Once you have your
xeriscape design according to the size and surface of the need to start working
the soil.
You should measure the pH and raise or lower according to
measurement results. In addition, you must verify that the soil has the
nutrients so that it may be necessary to use certain types of fertilizer. Also
check the salinity of soil and plant species to withstand this type of soil. To
improve soil xeriscape hidroretentores is useful to have products that are
placed on the ground and absorb rain water leaving the wet ground longer.
What species can be used for planting in the xeriscape?
To cite just a few, Palms, Tamariscos, Ligustrines, climbing
plants, Aloe Vera, Acacias in the case of trees, among others.
The xeriscape is a very interesting alternative and your
home and it will be very original.
