WATER-SAVING LANDSCAPING

LOW-MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS FOR

INTERMOUNTAIN REGIONS

CHALLENGES

• HOT TEMPERATURES

• COLD TEMPERATURES

• SHORTER GROWING SEASON

• DRYING WINDS

• DELUGE/DROUGHT

• POOR SOIL

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• WINDBREAKS

• XERISCAPING

• SOIL AMENDMENT

• NATIVE PLANTS

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WINDBREAKS

• STRUCTURES

• FENCES

• WALLS

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WINDBREAKS

• PLANTS

• TREE LINES

• HEDGES

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WATER CYCLE

• CLOUDS

• CONDENSATION AND PRECIPITATION

• RUNOFF AND PERCOLATION

• EVAPORATION

• TRANSPIRATION

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Clouds

Condensationand

Precipitation

Runoff and Percolation

Evaporation

Transpiration

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WATER CONSUMPTION

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100

150

200

250

Average Conservative

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XERISCAPING

• PLANTING STRATEGIES THAT CONSERVE WATER

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XERISCAPING

• NO ADDITIONAL WATERING

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XERISCAPING

• DRIP IRRIGATION

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SOIL AMENDMENT

• EASTERN WASHINGTON LOSES MORE THAN

10 TONS OF SOIL PER ACRE PER YEAR

TO RAINFALL RUNOFF

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NATIVE PLANTS

• TOLERATE TEMPERATURE RANGE

• TOLERATE DROUGHT

• PREVENT EROSION

• SUPPORT NATURAL ECOSYSTEM

• ATTRACT POLLINATORS

• NEED LITTLE OR NO MAINTENANCE

• SUSTAINABLE

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TEMPERATURE RANGESeasonal Temperatures

Winter Spring Summer Fall

Minimum 18 41 73 43

Average 29 57 89 54

Maximum 40 72 105 65

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NATIVE PLANTS

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