How to Use xeriscape in a Sentence

xeriscape

noun

• Tomatoes are not xeriscape plants, so keep them well watered.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 19 Mar. 2020
• The park offers a xeriscape garden, part of a 12-mile greenbelt through Scottsdale.
  — Connie Cone Sexton, azcentral, 30 July 2014
• It is often used as a key part of xeriscape plantings in San Antonio.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 28 Nov. 2019
• About a third of an acre is devoted to water-saving xeriscape landscaping.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 31 May 2018
• The event features a plant exchange, free xeriscape plants from SAWS and many gardening exhibits and presentations.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 25 May 2018
• Like Boules, Manzanilla also has a La Contra wine shop in its xeriscape courtyard, albeit a miniature version, no larger than a tool shed.
  — Peter Cheng, Los Angeles Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018
• Salvia farinacea appears in most deer-proof landscape plans, almost all butterfly and hummingbird garden plans and xeriscape plans for full sun.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 6 Aug. 2020
• Our extensive succulent and xeriscape area never needs watering, but flowers through the year.
  — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Jan. 2018
• Designing your own xeriscape from scratch can be complicated.
  — Caroleine James, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
• In the xeriscape yard, a saltwater swimming pool and outdoor shower ensure the best of desert living, while the property’s southern site offers panoramic mountain views.
  — Lauren Ro, Curbed, 12 Apr. 2018
• Since the greatest majority of water use is outdoors and there are hardly any grass lawns in the Town of Cave Creek, promoting xeriscape and drip irrigation is likely the best approach.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2022
• In addition to being a blooming machine, the Gold Star esperanza is a top xeriscape selection and is not eaten by deer in most situations.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 7 June 2019
• Figs require generous amounts of water for maximum production but can survive in a xeriscape landscape.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2018
• New communities generally use drought-tolerant landscaping, and lawns are giving way to low-water-use xeriscapes.
  — Pat Setter, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 July 2017
• For instance, grants went to property owners to replace lawns with artificial grass or drought-tolerant xeriscape, which already had been growing in popularity.
  — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2021
• My request that these negligent owners be required to either reinstall turf or use alternate materials such as gravel or wood chips (requiring no water) or xeriscape has been rejected.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2017
• The xeriscape demonstration garden adjacent to Cuyamaca College displays drought tolerant landscaping and offers water saving ideas.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 June 2017
• Note the median’s plantings: environmentally sustainable xeriscape.
  — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024