"The local chapter of the California Native Plant Society (the Sequoia Chapter) has some flyers on using California native plants in the landscape. They are posted on our website (www.cnps-sequoia.org). Our state website also has a lot of good…"
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Drought tolerant lawn alternatives
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Started this discussion. Last reply by cnps-sequoia Sep 2, 2011.
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Casa Rosa Farms replied to Karen Mosher's discussion Drought tolerant lawn alternatives"Go check out InterMountain Nursery in Prather. They have a website but the best thing to do is make the trip. They are very knowledgeable about native plant species and they propagate not just CA natives but things that are specifically native to…"
Joshua D Trevino replied to Karen Mosher's discussion Drought tolerant lawn alternatives"Try Takao nursery, (they are local) they have developed a hybrid buffalo grass that is adapted to this area. http://www.takaonursery.com/"
Rachel Carpenter replied to Karen Mosher's discussion Drought tolerant lawn alternatives"There are some great articles online, depending on what type of look you are wanting for your yard, the type of traffic you'll get, how much time you want to invest and what type of irrigation you want to use or if you want to go completely…"
"Intermountain Nursery in Auberry might be a good start. http://www.intermountainnursery.com/"
Karen Mosher posted a discussionDrought tolerant lawn alternatives
Hello all! I am new to Green Fresno and I am very excited to learn all I can. I have just begun the process of removing my walter-gulping lawn and I am looking for suggestions/advice of others who have done so. What did you use instead? Did you see a difference in water usage? I lean toward using good drought-tolerant ground cover in some areas, but I am open to all suggestions, including artificial alternatives (though I have read that some can heat up to 168 degrees -clearly not an option for…See More
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