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
• 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: 25 Aug 2024