Landscaping with low-water use, drought-tolerant plants can conserve water. Drought-resistant and low-water plants (other than cactus) include: Black Eyed Susan, Lavender,Mount Atlas Daisy (groundcover), Lamb’s Ears, Oriental Poppy, Yarrow, PurpleConeflower (Echinacea), Dusty Miller, Indian Paintbrush (Celosia), Spirea, andColumbine.Weeds compete with other plants for water. You can conserve water by controllingweeds. Pruning strengthens plants and makes them less water-dependent.By composting garbage instead of using water with the garbage disposal, you can savewater and improve your soil quality. Installing a drip irrigation system can save you 60 percent of the water that you currentlyuse in the yard.Watering plants in the early morning or evening can maximize water penetration andminimize evaporation. If you water plants infrequently, but slowly and deeply each time,you will be helping to encourage roots to grow deep where the ground is moist for longerperiods of time. Doing this is more effective than watering lightly and frequently.If you group plants according to their water needs, you can avoid over watering an entirearea for the sake of one or a few plants. If you place higher-water demand plants at thebottom of a slope, and lower-water-demand plants at the top, you will be able to takeadvantage of water that trickles down.If you water container plants over tree roots, the tree will benefit from the containerrunoff. Also, by building basins around shrubs and trees to avoid runoff, you canconserve water.

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