Where I live, in the Central Valley of California, the city is paying $1 per square foot for having your lawn removed. I am planning on removing about 400 square feet. I will replace about half of it with a dry river bed and the remaining I will replace with xeriscape. I have been seeing a lot more artificial lawns lately. They have gotten a lot better looking. You have to look closely to see that they aren't real.
The Denver Botanic Gardens did a drought tolerant turf test a long time ago. Blue Gramma and Buffalo grass were both good but I don't think that you can buy either by the bag. They may not grow fast enough to out compete the weeds.
|