water conservation

this landscape concept supports a community-wide initiative

BIG SKY to promote water conservation and the sustainability of our
community and watershed for generations to come
CONSERVATION

native grass & wildflowers 6

very low water | native grass | wildflowers
Species:
6 Alpine Blue Grass, Mountain Bromegrass, Sheep Fescue, Tufted Hair Grass,
Streambank Wheatgrass, Blue Wild Rye, Siberian Wallflower, Lupine, Mountain
Gold Banner, Gallardia, Sweet William Pinks, Rocky Mountain Penstemon, Blue
Flax, Annual Baby's Breath, Cornflower, Purple Coneflower, California Poppy,
Requires little to no supplemental water after establishment

Corn Poppy, Shasta Daisy, Dwarf Columbine, White Yarrow

shrub planting
dryland planting 6 very low water | fall color | screening & foundation planting
Species: 7

very low water | seasonal color | plow resistant 7 Green Mound Currant, Native Chokecherry, Dwarf Sandcherry, Yellow

Species: Flowering Currant, White potentilla

5 Yarrow , Caradonna Salvia, Panchito Manzanita, Dwarf Blue Rabbitbrush,

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White potentilla, Kannah Creek Buckwheat, Valerie Finnis Sagewort, Dwarf
pussytoes, Leadplant , Kinnikinnik, Snowbird Hawthorn
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DRY ZONE

meadow planting
low water | hardy mass in front of window | late summer bloom
Species:
4 Prairie Dropseed
island planting
low water once established | shade tolerant | fall color
Purple Coneflower Species:
4 8
8 Quaking Aspen, Dwarf Fragrant Sumac
Requires infrequent water after establishment

4 8
TRANSITION ZONE

fringe planting
low water | hardy mass in front of window | late summer bloom
Species:
3 The Blues Little Bluestem, Autumn Joy Sedum, Daylily
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3

shade planting
low water once established | shade created microclimate | fall color
Species:
9 False Forget-me-not, False Indigo, Green Mound Currant, Bluebells-of-Scotland,
Snowberry, Emerald Mound Honeysuckle, Quaking Aspen

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2

interpretive signage
educational | custom designed by planting bed

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sculpture planting
low water | architectural form | long bloom time | plow resistant
Species:
1 Red Valarian, Garden Sage, Shenandoah Red Switch Grass, Miniature Mugo Pine,
Silver Mound Sage, Little Trudy Catmint, Sterntaler Tickseed, Prairie Winecups, Daylily,
Snow-in-summer, Hopflower oregano

2Western Hackberry, Big Ears Lamb's Ears, Husker Red Penstemon, Shenandoah
Red Switch Grass

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1
Requires occasional water after establishment
XERIC OASIS ZONE

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streetscape planting native corner planting
low water | hardy street tree | fall color low water | plow resistant | low planting | varied bloom time
Species: Species:
10 Fringed Sage, Rocky Mountain Penstemon, Prairie Coneflower, Native Lupine, Prairie
Calypso White Ash
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10 Smoke, Common Gaillardia, Pasque Flower, Native Gayfeather, Miniature Mugo Pine
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scale

0 10 20 XERIC DEMONSTRATION CONCEPT

(406) 219-2012 LOT 1 BIG SKY
2017..07.25