Make your garden water wise by choosing plants that can survive cape town s long dry summers without much watering.
Water wise plants cape town.
Not all water wise plants are ugly and they attract our birds and bees.
Save water in your garden.
As a landscaper i feel we pay lip service to water conservation in the landscape industry.
Water wise gardening where are we.
The term incorporates home filter systems as well as much larger scale municipal or public water treatment plants.
We re a month in so let s get cracking.
Welcome to wise water ways.
These gardens are local hardy save water bring in the local birds bees and nature and will save you money on your water bill.
Choose water wise plants 2 5mb there are many beautiful plants which are naturally drought resistant and require little watering once established.
Despite the liberal use of the word water wise on plant labels at nurseries and during design presentations the fact is that many gardens and landscapes are watered at least twice a week and often three times.
In fact we love the idea of water wise.
Phylica pubescens a beautiful indigenous shrub with soft feathery like foliage that works well in a fynbos style garden.
Some of the adaptations are physical eg.
We ll begin with shrubs that embody a trifecta of valuable traits suitable for current gardening conditions.
Cacti in lower water areas have fleshy.
This hardy evergreen succulent has become popular in landscape architecture and is frequently used as a replacement for lawn on verges.
Spring is the optimal time to establish plants in the summer rainfall regions.
Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end use.
Last year we wrote a blog on our best water wise plants and selected several species in categories that make these plants resilient during periods of long term drought.
Water treatment cape town.
Water wise plant characteristics 4 7mb plants have adapted to the various climates and microclimates they occupy.
Saving water is currently priority however this shouldn t mean doing without a garden.
This year the focus at cape contours landscape solutions is squarely on incorporating water wise principles and plants into every garden we create and hence we have added to.
We at village gardens can source plants and plan a stunning water wise garden for you.
Easy to grow low maintenance and water wise they are perfect choices to help establish new gardens change form exotic to indigenous or anywhere you need rapid.
Plectranthus neochilus are hardy and water wise and care should be taken not to over water them which may result in the plants becoming leggy and losing their neat shape.
There are ways to establish a sustainable garden in drought conditions and one of them is choosing the right water wise plants.
The end use may be drinking industrial water supply.
