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A Timeless
Landscaping with
Trend Native Plants
If you’re lucky enough to have a little piece of Texas As a starting point, preserve a minimum of 30
for your new home-building site, consider preserving percent of your land after your home footprint is set.
as much of it as you can. The use of native plants in Even better, go a step further and design your home
your home landscape will help you save water, retain to maximize the native area. Then protect it during
the beauty and character of its surrounding, and will construction. If you have shade trees and good
always be on trend. understory, protect everything under the drip lines
Going native is the most logical choice when with temporary fencing. Soil in native areas must be
deciding on a landscape style. A Texas Hill Country undisturbed and not compacted by vehicles for long-
plant palette, for example, has adapted to its natural term survivability.
surroundings—limestone outcroppings with alkaline, Additionally, there is no need to install an irrigation
shallow soils. Native plants are most suitable for such system in native areas since established native trees
conditions and require the least amount of water and understory plants require no supplemental
and maintenance. Can you imagine the Texas Hill watering to thrive. That’s a good thing considering
Country looking like anywhere else? homes with irrigation systems use 51 percent more
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