Choosing plants for a drought-resistant garden
Dina Rouleau, conservation director for the Columbia Basin Conservation District, shows how a heritage garden can save dramatically on water bills at a class Aug. 11.
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Columbia Basin Conservation District Heritage Garden Program Coordinator Yazmin Mejia discusses plants that grow well in heritage gardens in the Columbia Basin.
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Munro’s Globemallow is a large, showy plant that thrives almost anywhere and provides a habitat for many kinds of pollinators.
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Munro’s Globemallow is a large, showy plant that thrives almost anywhere and provides a habitat for many kinds of pollinators.
COURTESY PHOTO/UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
Lewis’ blue flax is not only decorative and water-thrifty, it can also be used to make fibers and even fabric.
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Evening primrose is a good flower to pant along pathways, and benefits hummingbirds and moths.
COURTESY PHOTO/WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
MOSES LAKE — Heritage gardens, with native, drought-resistant plants, aren’t just nice to look at, they’re economical, and they make a difference when the water bill rolls around, said Columbia Basin Conservation District Conservation Director Dinah Rouleau at a class hosted jointly by the CBCD and Habitat for Humanity Aug. 11.
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