[Scott456]

Originally Posted by winter-rabbit

I would love all white rock of varying sizes. That's it!! No plants. Nothing. Nada.

white rocks are a lot more expensive than the lava rocks that everybody use in the valley.

[NLVgal]

Originally Posted by Scott456

white rocks are a lot more expensive than the lava rocks that everybody use in the valley.

They are also ugly. Back in the seventies ugly white rock was the thing that defined a ghetto NLV apartment.

[Everdeen]

I thought that there was a law passed that prevented HOA's from disallowing homeowners from removing grass. Of course you would have to replace it with something attractive.

SNWA gardens have some great ideas. You can have a lovely front or backyard with no grass.

[winter-rabbit]

LOL

White rocks with white sand is reminiscent of Cape Code beach homes back in Massachusetts.

Originally Posted by NLVgal

They are also ugly. Back in the seventies ugly white rock was the thing that defined a ghetto NLV apartment.

[Clarkcty]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

If you are asking if we get enough rain to keep drought tolerant plants alive without using a drip system, the answer is NO! They will die, and your HOA will make you replace them. You still have to water the plants. You probably already have drought tolerant plants, so keep watering them. Once a week in winter, three times a week in spring and fall, and every day in summer. LVVWD should have sent you a postcard showing your watering days and how often to water.

Then the landscaping is not drought tolerant if you have to water it everyday! Xeriscaping should at least let you cut down on watering even during the Summer.


I have been gardening for many decades, the most drought tolerant Xeriscape plants I can think of are the Red Yuccas or any Yucca plants it will not die even if you missed watering for a week. Granted when you landscape a yard, you will need to water regularly but after it is established it requires very little to extremely low water.

My side yard is thriving and it looks like a garden in the Springs Preserve!

[BBMW]

Just go with desert landscaping. You don't have to water and mow rocks and cactus.

[unf0rgiven6262]

I've got a museum palo verde about one and a half times the size of the one in the picture. It shades the house from the afternoon sun and I've never once taken the hose to it nor do the sprinklers directly water it. Fantastic yellow blossoms with bumble bees everywhere coming a little later this spring. I actually saw a few small ones being sold at the Home Depot on Pecos and Patrick yesterday.

[MediocreButArrogant]

Originally Posted by Everdeen

I thought that there was a law passed that prevented HOA's from disallowing homeowners from removing grass. Of course you would have to replace it with something attractive.

Was it possibly California and not Nevada that you heard about? Last year CA a law passed preventing HOAs from fining homeowners who allowed their lawns to turn brown during a declared drought. There is a proposed bill now to make it illegal for HOAs to prevent homeowners from removing turf and replacing it with a water efficient landscape.

Bill Text - AB-2104 Common interest developments: water-efficient landscapes.

Most people in CA are unfamiliar with HOAs, so they didn't understand the need for such a law, and blame them on the "nanny state".

[Bulldogdad]

Drive a few miles out of town. Look around. Those are the only plants that would survive without any irrigation. Dont think your HOA would approve that.

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by irishspy

Conversation of water is the key to LV having no water problems or huge water bills for the future for Southern Nevada we are years ahead of the other states doing this. I do not know how much sq ft you have but it would be neat to get paid to change it over

Sorry! Conservation of water/desert landscaping is not going to deter future water problems/huge water bills! That's a no-brainer!

Conservation will only lead to more and more homes built in the valley! As the housing developers laugh all the way to the bank!