BigSkyXeriscape .pdf

water conservation
this landscape concept supports a community-wide initiative
to promote water conservation and the sustainability of our
community and watershed for generations to come

BIG SKY

CONSERVATION

native grass & wildflowers

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Species:
6 Alpine Blue Grass, Mountain Bromegrass, Sheep Fescue, Tufted Hair Grass,
Streambank Wheatgrass, Blue Wild Rye, Siberian Wallflower, Lupine, Mountain
Gold Banner, Gallardia, Sweet William Pinks, Rocky Mountain Penstemon, Blue
Flax, Annual Baby's Breath, Cornflower, Purple Coneflower, California Poppy,
Corn Poppy, Shasta Daisy, Dwarf Columbine, White Yarrow

Requires little to no supplemental water after establishment

DRY ZONE

very low water | native grass | wildflowers

shrub planting
very low water | fall color | screening & foundation planting

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dryland planting

Species:
7 Green Mound Currant, Native Chokecherry, Dwarf Sandcherry, Yellow
Flowering Currant, White potentilla

very low water | seasonal color | plow resistant
Species:
5 Yarrow , Caradonna Salvia, Panchito Manzanita, Dwarf Blue Rabbitbrush,
White potentilla, Kannah Creek Buckwheat, Valerie Finnis Sagewort, Dwarf
pussytoes, Leadplant , Kinnikinnik, Snowbird Hawthorn

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meadow planting
island planting

Species:
4 Prairie Dropseed
Purple Coneflower

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Requires infrequent water after establishment

TRANSITION ZONE

low water | hardy mass in front of window | late summer bloom
low water once established | shade tolerant | fall color

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Species:
8 Quaking Aspen, Dwarf Fragrant Sumac

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fringe planting
low water | hardy mass in front of window | late summer bloom
Species:
3 The Blues Little Bluestem, Autumn Joy Sedum, Daylily

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shade planting
low water once established | shade created microclimate | fall color
Species:
9 False Forget-me-not, False Indigo, Green Mound Currant, Bluebells-of-Scotland,
Snowberry, Emerald Mound Honeysuckle, Quaking Aspen

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interpretive signage
educational | custom designed by planting bed

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sculpture planting
low water | architectural form | long bloom time | plow resistant
Species:
1 Red Valarian, Garden Sage, Shenandoah Red Switch Grass, Miniature Mugo Pine,
Silver Mound Sage, Little Trudy Catmint, Sterntaler Tickseed, Prairie Winecups, Daylily,
Snow-in-summer, Hopflower oregano
Western Hackberry, Big Ears Lamb's Ears, Husker Red Penstemon, Shenandoah
Red Switch Grass

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Requires occasional water after establishment

XERIC OASIS ZONE

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native corner planting

streetscape planting

low water | plow resistant | low planting | varied bloom time

low water | hardy street tree | fall color
Species:
Calypso White Ash
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Species:
10 Fringed Sage, Rocky Mountain Penstemon, Prairie Coneflower, Native Lupine, Prairie
Smoke, Common Gaillardia, Pasque Flower, Native Gayfeather, Miniature Mugo Pine

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scale
0’

(406) 219-2012

10’

20’

XERIC DEMONSTRATION CONCEPT
LOT 1 BIG SKY
2017..07.25