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Xeriscaping plants: List of succulents.

Here is a list of succulents. Please note that the images that you see originate from Flickr. Unfortunately, I do not any images of beautiful succulents, so I have linked up to Flickr.com photos. This is a rather small list of succulents, but I have to tell you, the images are absolutely breath taking. I plan to provide you with a longer list and will make sure that I have the images readily available. For now, you will need to do a bit of clicking.

Aloe brevifolia
Aloe ferox
Aloe polyphylla
Aloe rauhii
Agave americana 'Variagata'
Agave Stricta
Crassula Falcata
Crassula Perforata
Crassula Argentea 'hobbit'
Echeveria Pulvinata
Echeveria Pulvinata 'Ruby Blush'
Echeveria purpusorum
Echeveria agavoides
Echeveria nodulosa
Echeveria subrigida
Echeveria setosa
Echeveria agavoides
Echeveria 'Perle Von Nurnberg'
Echeveria elegans
Echeveria multicaulis
Echeveria Black Prince

when are our gardens as waterwise as they can possibly get?

It is a fact that we have to be very waterwise during this period of harsh drought. Many of us are struggling to keep our previous gardens against all odds. While gardening is considered a relaxing and calming hobby, lately it has been nothing more but a nerve-racking pastime.

A lot of money, time, efforts, tears and sweat are being invested into ensuring that our gardens become as sustainable and waterwise as they should be. Many come to the stage where there is not much that can be done apart from demolishing the current garden and start from scratch. Easier said than done! All that time and effort and sweat.But what can we do? Has it come to the stage where the only reality is either watching your garden, your tour de force, die or do you destroy it yourself and create a waterwise garden? Are these the only options? Who knows? It is perhaps safe to say that in some regions in good old australia, this may be the only two options. There is only so much that gardeners can do to make their gardens waterwise. Sooner or later it will come to the stage where nothing more can be done; any more work done becomes nothing more than a drain on our already limited natural and personal resources.

To find out the latest hints and tips on how to make your garden more waterwise, click on the link: xeriscaping: creating sustainable gardens

To see images of successfully transformed gardens, click on this link: xeriscape gardens

Xeriscape Landscape: australian garden

In an attempt to create a landscape that conserves our precious and limited water supplies, Vermont resident Geoff has transformed his, once beloved, tennis court into a Xeriscape landscape. While this landscape features a dry creek river bed, very fancy, it also includes two golf greens, even fancier. Apart from the very practical and obvious benefits as a result of the two golf greens, Geoff's garden also preserves water, protects our fragile ecology and promotes the use of the sometimes undervalued beauty and practicality of Australian flora. While this landscape is absolutely breathtaking it presents the ideal way to use water wisely.

What motivated Geoff?
Sufficient water supply is increasingly becoming a fundamental issue for the future prosperity of our nation. Rising population figures have increased the demand on our already limited supplies. In addition, seasonal fluctuations in rainfall and periodic droughts are signals that a change is due desperately.

The effect of climate change is expected to have extensive effects on gardens and landscapes. Predictions that you may have heard of are not mere sci-fi-outlooks. We all have become aware of some of the effects, with hardly any rainfall and periods of summer drought and bush fires.

The Xeriscape landscape that was once a tennis court is a dry creek river bed and is based on the principles of the fairly new phenomenon of Xeriscaping. As such, the landscape is founded on sensible horticultural principles, which help save water. In conjunction with his landscape designer, Geoff has been able to design a landscape that is easy to maintain, minimises the occurrence of weed and uses less water and fertilisers.

To read more and see images, click on the link: Xeriscape garden design