Xeriscaping—don’t call it ‘zero’scaping!

Building on last week’s column on The Knox County Safety Rest Area landscape, this week’s column continues with the theme of sensible water stewardship in a landscape using xerophytic plants.Xeriscaping, or xeric landscaping, is the practice of landscaping while minimizing supplemental irrigation.“Xeriscape” (ZERE-ih-skape) combines the Greek word ‘xeros...

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