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- 2. Why Lawn? • Play area • Desirable design element • Cooling effect • Everybody else is doing it…
- 3. Why not Lawn? • High resource consumer • Water • Behavioral • Plant out of place • 30-50” • Nutrients • Pesticide • Time • Fuel
- 5. Alternative Lawns • Lawn growth timing • Cool season vsWarm season • Lawn growth habit • Spreading • Rhizomes, stolons • Bunch grasses • Other factors to consider • Rooting depth • Adaptations to climate
- 6. Water Conservative BluegrassVarieties • Not all bluegrass is equal • Know your source and look for reputable suppliers • Mixed seed is best • 5-10% less water • 10,000 - 110,000 gallons savings 28”
- 7. DwarfTall Fescue • Cool season grass • Clump forming • Wider leaf blade • Deeper root system • 20% less water • 30,000 - 130,000 gallons savings 24”
- 8. CrestedWheatgrass • Cool season grass • Clump forming • Native to Utah • Not well bred yet • 20% less water • 30,000 - 130,000 gallons savings 24”
- 9. Blue Grama • Warm season grass • Clump forming • Greens up late, goes dormant early • Late-May to early September • Has difficulty with cool season weeds • Not as resistant to foot traffic • 50% less water • 75,000 – 175,000 gallons savings 15”
- 10. Buffalograss • Warm season grass • Spreading - stolons • Greens up late, goes dormant early • Late-May to early September • Has difficulty with cool season weeds • Not as resistant to foot traffic • 50% less water • 90,000 – 190,000 gallons savings 12”
- 11. Others? • DogTuff • Xerilawn • RTF • Turtleturf • Avoid: • Bermudagrass • Zoysia • Creeping bentgrass
- 12. Alternatives to Lawn • Know your needs • Durability • Growth habit • Exposure needs • Height • Maintenance • Weed control • Deadheading
- 13. Blue Fescue Festuca glauca • Durability: High • Ankle twister • Growth Habit: Clump forming • Height: 6-10” • Exposure: Sun • Water Requirements: Low • Maintenance:Trim and rake through once a year
- 14. Cranesbill Geranium Geranium spp. • Durability: Low • Growth Habit: Clump forming • Height: 12-18” • Exposure: Sun to part shade • Water Requirement: Medium • Maintenance: Deadheading, cut back
- 15. CreepingThyme Thymus spp. • Many types • Woolly, Mother of, Creeping • Durability: Medium • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 3-5” • Exposure: Sun • Water Requirement: Medium to low • Maintenance: Low
- 16. Creeping Speedwell Veronica spp. • Types: • Thyme-leaf,Turkish, others • Durability: Medium • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 3-5” • Exposure: Sun to shade • Water Requirement: Medium to low • Maintenance: Low
- 17. Dwarf Periwinkle Vinca minor • Durability: Medium • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 3-6” • Exposure: Sun to full shade • Water Requirement: Medium • Maintenance: Low
- 18. Iceplant Delosperma spp. • Durability: Low • Don’t walk on • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 2-4” tall • Exposure: Sun • Water Requirement: Low • Maintenance: Low
- 19. Ornamental Strawberry Fragaria spp. • Durability: Medium • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 4-8” • Exposure: Sun to part shade • Water Requirement: Medium • Maintenance: Low
- 20. Plumbago Ceratostigma plumbaginoides • Durability: Low • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 8-12” • Exposure: Sun to shade • Water Requirement: Low • Maintenance: Cut back yearly
- 21. Pussytoes Antennaria dioica • Durability: Medium • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 2-6” • Exposure: Sun • Water Requirement: Low • Maintenance: Deadhead
- 22. Sedge Carex spp. • Durability: Medium • Growth Habit: Clump to spreading • Height: 12-18” tall • Exposure: Sun to shade • Water Requirement: Medium • Maintenance: May need to be cut back each year
- 23. Snow-in-summer Cerastium tomentosum • Durability: Medium • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 6-10” • Exposure: Sun • Water Requirement: Low • Maintenance: Cut back as needed
- 24. Soapwort Saponaria ocymoides • Durability: Medium • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 6-10” • Exposure: Sun • Water Requirement: Low • Maintenance: Low
- 25. Stonecrop Sedum spp. • Durability: Low • Growth Habit: Spreading to clump • Height: 4-18” • Exposure: Sun • Water Requirement: Low • Maintenance: Low
- 26. PrairieWinecups Callirhoe involucrata • Durability: Medium • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 8-10” • Exposure: Sun to shade • Water Requirement:Very low • Maintenance: Cut back each year
- 27. Yarrow Achillea spp. • Durability: High • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 18-20” unless mowed • Exposure: Sun • Water Requirement: Low • Maintenance: Mowing or cutting back
- 28. Fire Chalice Zauschneria (Epilobium) spp. • Durability: Low • Growth Habit: Spreading • Height: 8-10” • Exposure: Sun • Water Requirement:Very low • Maintenance: Cut back each year
- 29. Hardscapes • Water saving • Functional • Permeability • Heat