How to Choose your Xeriscape Plants

Landscaping in a Sustainable Way

Ghostprint's Landscaping department has decided to fully promote Xeriscaping because of these reasons

1. It helps homeowners to conserve water
2. It promotes biological diversity such as insects
3. It looks beautiful
4. Installing these new landscapes helps fund our Social enterprise

How to install a Xeriscape

The first step is to prep the area which consists of removing the existing debre. We at Ghostprint take this and turn it into Johnson Sue Bioreactors or feed it to our partners livestock. Side note that the manure then created goes into our Biodigesters.

How to install a Xeriscape

The next steps for installing a Xeriscape will be

• Plan the placement of all your plants- the rule of 3 in a munch helps the plants grow better and looks better
• Put down any weed fabric you choose, cardboard is a very sustainable option as long as it is burly brown and has all tape removed
• Dig your holes 1.5 to 2.5 times bigger than the pot your plants come in, make sure your plants stem is uncovered all the way to where it turns into roots
• Place the plant in the whole filling the remaining space with Compost
• Install drip irrigation to help the plants take root
• The last step to make everything look nice place about 2 inches of mulch around the entire Xeriscape except 1 inch around the base of your plants so there is no root rot.
• To order your plants check out https://www.highcountrygardens.com/pre-planned-gardens/jumbo-waterwise-pre-planned-garden?gclid=Cj0KCQjwla-hBhD7ARIsAM9tQKtsOso_rhfKU9NsmsfcuN3yZrJybzcel4I7S3tymySKyj6MtSctUhEaAisDEALw_wcB

More information on Planting and the tools

Here is a quick guide for planting trees and bushes around the Colorado area plus the tools you will need to do so the best! 

To start the older farmer saying of feed your soil and it will feed your plants is completely true especially in the southern Colorado area with high clay soils! 

Making it easy pick out a ideal plant for your area! Going to a local lawn and garden store is the best way to find local plants for you or hiring a landscape/ landscape design specialist like us if you are in the Denver Metro area feel free to reach out to Growingguru@ghostprint.org or text 720-439-9885

Once you have picked out a good spot for your plan you can get very technical with the type of fertilizer/compost/soil you put in the hole depending on the exact conditions the plant likes! https://amzn.to/3TJsBdo

 First a lot of people like to put down a weed barrier then cut an x or circle into it where you want to plant. https://amzn.to/42Iu5Zn 

 A common rule of thumb is to dig the hole 1.5 to 2.5 times bigger than the pot the plant comes in then fill the whole with some type of fertilizer/compost plant the plant and create a burm around the plant to hold in water! https://amzn.to/3z4H5v3 

The next step is to add drip irrigation which is highly recommended in the Colorado area because while the plant is getting used to its new home it will need to be watered at least 2 times a week finally add a small 1 inch ish layer of mulch over the soil or weed barrier if you put that down! 

“Waste not, want not” Ben Franklin

Citations

To read the full articals that this information was used from visit https://www.5280.com/the-beginners-guide-to-xeriscape-in-denver/

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