{"id":8898,"date":"2018-11-06T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/?p=8898"},"modified":"2019-02-26T02:16:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T10:16:04","slug":"dos-and-donts-for-dry-climate-landscaping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/dos-and-donts-for-dry-climate-landscaping\/","title":{"rendered":"Dos and Don\u2019ts for Dry Climate Landscaping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you live in the southwest US, you face some unique challenges to having a well-manicured yard. Here are a few dos and don\u2019ts to help you have an attractive landscape, even under drought conditions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t plant trees that need a lot of water.<\/strong> There are plenty of <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/trees-and-shrubs\/\">desert shrubs and grasses<\/a><\/span> that can handle drought conditions. There is also the ornamental California Fan Palm that both looks beautiful and is native to the US West Coast, so it is well equipped for the dryer weather.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do plan your landscaping based on the water needs of your plants.<\/strong> If there are some plants that require more water than others, keep them all together and plant them in the part of your yard that collects the most water when it rains.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t have the entire yard be stone.<\/strong> While you can\u2019t have a yard of grass that requires water, you also don\u2019t want 100% stones. They heat up in the sun and can make it difficult to enjoy sitting Shade trees and grasses that can handle hot, dry weather are a great way to add cool spots to your landscape for people to gather.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Do call West Coast Trees.<\/strong> Not only are we the world\u2019s number one supplier of <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/tree-sales\/\">California Fan Palm<\/a><\/span> trees, but we also offer <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/services\/\">landscape services<\/a><\/span>, contract growing, and many organically grown trees, shrubs, and grasses. Call us today at 619-518-9507 to speak with a tree expert. We look forward to helping you beautify your residential or commercial property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you live in the southwest US, you face some unique challenges to having a well-manicured yard. Here are a few dos and don\u2019ts to help you have an attractive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/dos-and-donts-for-dry-climate-landscaping\/\" class=\"more-link style2-button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,293,279,281],"tags":[275,119,297,181,282,273,121],"class_list":["post-8898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grow-tips","category-landscaping","category-planting-techniques","category-water-conservation","tag-california-tree-services","tag-grow-tips","tag-landscaping","tag-landscaping-consultation-service","tag-natural-landscaping","tag-water-conservation-tips","tag-west-coast-trees"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wctrees.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}