Xeriscape - collecting ideas

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George Washington Smith's Lotusland
 
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Another home by the same architect.
 
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Wallace Neff's 1924 Ojai ranch house recently purchased by Reese Witherspoon. Xeriscape throughout except for the lawn. She loves horses and dogs the rustic and natural design compliment her lifestyle.
 
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Could be dramatic with colors. Rock Rose and Cactii are quite striking during their bloom.
 
BK,

Yep, I agree, my old house(s) in Tucson and Phoenix were studies in Xeriscape... some were studies in ZERO-scape (ha ha). Gotta love the pebbles and rock landscape.... Keeping the weeds at bay was a chore. My only thoughs are to keep with indiginous flora. I'm partial to cacti since I have the black thumb curse....

I could probably kill a rock if I tried.

-bix
 
[quote author="biscuitninja" date=1219900055]BK,

Yep, I agree, my old house(s) in Tucson and Phoenix were studies in Xeriscape... some were studies in ZERO-scape (ha ha). Gotta love the pebbles and rock landscape.... Keeping the weeds at bay was a chore. My only thoughs are to keep with indiginous flora. I'm partial to cacti since I have the black thumb curse....

I could probably kill a rock if I tried.

-bix</blockquote>


Try Zen rockscape. You can't screw up raking the gravels. Do you see the dying rock? The composition is a poetic expression of a black thumb gardner who kills everything.



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