Landscape

Water Efficiency

Plants & Gardening Resources

Following is a list of plants and gardening resources that may provide more information for your landscaping needs.

 

 

 

 

 

Water-Wise Gardening in the Gold Country Region

California Native Plant Link Exchange
www.cnplx.info/index.html

Listing of local nurseries and list of plants by County: Sacramento, Placer
and El Dorado come up on this listing:
www.cnplx.info/nplx/cprofile?cc=SAC

Native Plant Societies

Sacramento Valley Chapter (Sacramento County and part of Placer County)
www.sacvalleycnps.org/index.html

El Dorado Chapter (El Dorado County)
www.eldoradocnps.org/

Redbud Chapter (Placer and Nevada Counties)
www.redbud-cnps.org

District Landscape

For the greater Sacramento area, average rainfall is only about 17 inches per year. This low rainfall is characteristic of a semi-arid desert climate, with sunny, dry weather most of the year. Periodic droughts are a normal occurrence. Carmichael Water District in conjunction with the Regional Water Authority (RWA) believes gardens can be beautiful and water-wise, in keeping with our natural conditions. Water-wise gardening also helps conserve our precious water supplies.

Snapshot of Water Efficiency

CWD boasts drought-tolerant plants and landscaping at its office at 7837 Fair Oaks Boulevard. The next time you visit the district, take a moment to enjoy the beautiful examples of water efficiency.

To view District plant and landscaping examples now, see photos below.

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These common plants need very little water and can be grown almost anywhere in California. This is just a sampling of plants: there are many others that will thrive in the local area.

  • Ground Covers
    Perennials, Annuals, Bulbs
    Shrubs
    Trees
    Grasses
  • Yarrow
    Allium
    Manzanita
    Maidenhair Tree
    Tall Fescues
  • Manzanita
    Alyssum
    Strawberry Tree
    Golden Rain Tree
    Hybrid Bermudas
  • Snow in Summer
    Windflower
    Sandhill
    Crape Myrtle
    Saint Augustine
  • Chamomile
    Thrift (Sea Pink)
    Sage
    Locust
    Zoysia
  • Indian Strawberry
    Cosmos
    Dusty Miller
    Hackberry
  • Fleabane
    Foxglove
    Ceanothus
    Japanese Pagoda Tree
  • Sulfur Flower
    Blanket Flower
    Rock Rose
    Chinese Flame Tree
  • Coral Bells
    Daylily
    Sunrose
    Chinese Pistache
  • Spreading Juniper
    Iris
    Juniper
    Western Redbud
  • Evening Primrose
    Lily
    Mountain Mahogany
    Incense Cedar
  • Lavender Cotton
    Daffodil
    Smoke Tree
  • Santolina
    California Poppy
    Oregon Grape
  • Thyme
    Rose Moss
    Toyon-Christmas Berry
  • Lamb’s Ear
    Coffeeberry

See a sampling of the District Landscape water-saving plants below:

Click on the thumbnailed images below for a larger view