Southwest landscaping

Landscaping in a desert-like terrain could be a challenge and would require more effort and money, but these inexpensive desert landscaping ideas will help you achieve the same result.

Discover innovative desert landscape ideas perfect for creating low maintenance yet high style gardens. Explore sustainable designs, chic outdoor living solutions, and effortless elegance with desert plants. Transform your outdoor space into a stunning, water-wise oasis that embodies the beauty and resilience of the desert.

In the southwest andn Rocky Mountain areas, water wise landscape designs come in all colors and shapes and incorporate a wide range of both nativespecies as well as appropriate adapted plants, ranging from succulents and cacti to endemic penstemons and traditional perennials. Charles Mann's garden in Santa Fe features pensetemons, feather grass and other drought tolerant plants.

Think the desert garden is destined to be brown and blah? Not true! Here are 8 Colorful Plants for the Desert Garden with beautiful colors.

Even if you love yard work, no one enjoys redoing work they’ve already done. So, when designing your yard, do your homework first.

Joe and Tod, homeowners in the Vintage Hills area of Temecula, undertook this yard transformation themselves. Their goal was to replace a lawned portion of the right side of their front yard with drought-tolerant plants and rock complementing the existing landscaping.

Discover desert landscaping ideas on HGTV.com to transform your yard, including tips on choosing cacti, creating shade and adding garden lights for evening drama.

The Red Yucca, or Hesperaloe Parviflora is easily cultivated in drought-tolerant rock garden and landscaping. Learn how to care for Red Yuccas in your yard.