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Thread: Xeriscaping in Florida

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    Xeriscaping in Florida

    The lawn in my backyard is dying and I'm interested in xeriscaping it to save water and money. Do you have any suggestions for drought-tolerant groundcover you can walk on?

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    I was curious about xeriscaping because this is the first time I heard about it. With the receding supply of water, it should be practiced everywhere. Here is a link for your ground cover. Xeriscaping: Ground Cover Plants

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    Hey, thanks for the link! Since it came from Colorado State, I'm not sure the plants are appropriate for Florida, but it gives me a good starting point for research.

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    I also live in Florida. We have mostly weeds instead of grass. And in the winter it all turns brown. I want to re-sod our yard but that`s expensive. I have never heard of what the original poster is talking about. I`ll have to check it out. I once thought about just using rocks like I see a lot of people here do. Or even use outdoor carpet for grass lol.

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    Xeriscaping is landscaping so you don't have to irrigate much or at all. Generally it involves using local, drought-tolerant plants in your yard, although I guess using rocks is an alternative way of doing it.

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    I also live in Florida, and have a question about Xeriscaping. Would this ground cover invite more snakes? We have an area where we used a low lying ground cover and it seems like there are many snake skins around this area.

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    Wow, it is amazing what you can learn by participating in a forum. I have never heard of xeriscaping before. It sounds very 'far out' actually. Thanks for my lesson of the day.

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