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With waterwise plants, or drought-tolerant and xeric plants, your garden can do more than just survive dry conditions - it can thrive. You can turn to High Country Gardens for inspiration and ideas, helpful planning and planting guides, and learning how to choose beautiful waterwise plants for your sustainable yard transformation.
Shade & Partial Shade Plants For Waterwise Gardens
By David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens David Salman gardened in the high desert of New Mexico for more than 30 years. This article covers his best recommendations for...
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18 Water-Saving Gardening Tips For Drought
In this Sonoma, California garden, xeric plants and gravel mulch paths replace a traditional grass lawn. This zone 9 garden includes Gaura (Wand Flower)'Trader Joe's', Origanum (Ornamental Oregano)Â 'Amethyst Falls', Nepeta...
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Customer Garden: A Neighborhood Native Garden I...
In Denver, Colorado, our customer Jason B. killed his Kentucky Bluegrass lawn and replaced it with waterwise native plants to attract pollinators, inspired by rain gardens and moonlight gardens. We...
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Creating a Crevice Garden: The Newest Technique...
by High Country Gardens Images From The Denver Botanic Garden's Crevice Rock Gardens The Denver Botanic Garden's Crevice Rock Gardens in early April. Photo by Wendy Hatoum Rock gardening is...
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Top Deer Resistant Plants For Waterwise Gardens
By David Salman, High Country Gardens Founder & Chief HorticulturistUpdated 3/18/25 As deer populations have been exploding in many parts of the country, especially in the eastern US, the damage...
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How To Plant A Butterfly Garden: Plants, Water ...
By David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens. Banner photo by our customer, Steve T. A butterfly garden can be a wonderful part of your landscape, and will make a...
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Best Late Season Blooming Perennials, Grasses a...
by High Country Gardens Allium Millenium and Callirhoe involucrata brighten the landscape with Salvia pachyphylla as a neutral backdrop. So many gardens are planted with a predominance of spring blooming...
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Top 10 Waterwise Perennials
By David Salman, High Country Gardens Chief Horticulturalist I like lists. That's how I do my grocery shopping and organize the day's "To Do" items. Lists are a great way...
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Customer Garden: An English-Inspired Wildscape ...
An English garden with a Texas twist: Learn how our customer, Rajesh J., transformed his yard in the the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. He removed his water-intense Bermuda grass...
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Xeriscaping: 8 Steps To Plan and Care For a Low...
By David Salman, Founder of High Country Gardens At High Country Gardens, we pride ourselves on offering a wide selection of xeric perennials that can be used to create a...
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Rock Gardening: Creating a Miniature World of P...
by David Salman There are many styles of rock gardening. Europeans were the first to develop rock gardening as a way to mimic the Alps and other European mountain ranges...
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The Nectar Garden: The Importance of Planting a...
By David Salman, High Country Gardens Chief Horticulturist Pollinators are the pulse of the planet. To say pollination is an important process would be an understatement. Pollinators such as native...
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