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Xeriscape and Great Basin Theme Projects

 

Xeri = dry
scape = landscape

The average annual precipitation (including rainfall and water from snowmelt) in Reno is a scant seven inches. Water for irrigation, while adequate, is not plentiful: lawn watering is permanently rationed at two days each week.

At Interpretive Gardens, we specialize in the creation of low-maintenance, low-irrigation xeriscape gardens for homes and businesses in the Truckee Meadows. We have a list of recommended shrubs, trees, ground covers, perennials and grasses that have been chosen for their low-water requirements. They have a good success rate in our area, although success can't be guaranteed because of a lot of natural and management variables.


Xeriscape techniques were used in these IGI projects:

The Basque Sheepherder Monument

Lawn replacement project.


Great Basin Plants

Here's a list of some plants that require little or no watering once they're established.

Tall Deciduous Shade Trees

Evergreen Trees

Celtis occidentalis

Hackberry

Pinus edulis

Pinyon Pine

Catapa speciosa

Northern catalpa

Pinus monophyllia

Single leaf pinyon

Quercus macrocarpa

Burr Oak

Juniperus scopulorum

Jeffrey pine

Quercus robur

English oak

Pinus jeffreyi

Jeffrey pine

Robinia pseudoacacia

Purple robe locust

Pinus nigra

Austrian pine

Gleditsia triacanthos inermis

Thornless honeylocust

Pinus ponderosa

Ponderosa pine

Medium to Small Patio Trees

Evergreen Shrubs

Robinia idahoensis

Idaho locust

Artemisia tridentata

Big sagebrush

Eleagnus angustifolia

Russian olive

Atriplex canescens

Four-wing saltbush

Acer ginnala

Amur maple

Chrysothamnus nauseosus

Rabbit brush

Crataegus laevigata

"Paul's Scarlet" hawthorne

Cowania mexicana

Cliff rose

Koelreuteria paniculata

Golden rain tree

Ephedra viridis

Mormon tea

Malus sp.

Crabapple and apple

Purshia tridentata

Bitterbrush

Deciduous Shrubs

Ground Covers and Vines

Cercocarpus montanus

Beech leaf mountain mahogany

Oenothera speciosa

Mexican primrose

Chamaebatiaria millefolium

Fern bush

Achillea tomentosa

Wooly yarrow

Fallugia paradoxa

Apache plume

Dianthus deltoides

Maiden pinks

Holodiscus dumosus

Mountain spray

Hypericum sp.

St. John's wort

Prunus andersonii

Desert peach

Juniperus sp.

Juniper (many)

Rhus trilobata

Oakbush sumac

Phlox subalata

Creeping phlox


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