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The term XERISCAPE means: "water conservation through creative landscaping." Xeriscaping emphasizes the efficient use of the minimum amount of water required to sustain an attractive and functional landscape.
Water efficient gardening or "xeriscaping" - pronounced zair-i-scaping - makes use of the wide variety of low-water demand perennial and annual plants, grasses, vines, trees and shrubs, to create some of the most visually beautiful landscapes you will see. By definition, water efficient, or low water gardening is the planting of vegetation suitable to the various conditions that exist around your property.