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Xeriscape · Back yard

High-desert contemporary, xeriscape

Behind a sandstone-and-steel high-desert house, a water-wise garden in place of lawn: a steel-edged gravel path winding between drifts of blue fescue, lavender, catmint and yellow yarrow, with boulders, a cobble dry creek and a small blue spruce, and the terrace left open to the mountain view.

YardRemake Studio

USDA Zone 7
High-desert contemporary, xeriscape — the original photo
High-desert contemporary, xeriscape — the finished design

Showing the finished design

How this design was made

The before is an AI-generated stand-in, not a customer’s yard. The after is our engine’s unedited Xeriscape design for zone 7. Every pin comes from our plant-identification pass, never placed by hand, and passes a second, independent check. The close-ups re-imagine what the main view doesn’t show, so a path, a step or a pot can differ.

The planting list

Named at the level the design was identified at; the species we stock link to their care pages.

Rocky Mountain juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
Three-leaf sumac
Rhus trilobata
Hens and Chicks
Hens and Chicks
Sempervivum tectorum
Zone 3-8
Care details
Blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Yarrow
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Zone 3-9
Care details
Catmint
Nepeta faassenii
Little Bluestem
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Zone 3-9
Care details
Mugo pine
Pinus mugo
Agastache
Russian Sage
Russian Sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Zone 5-9
Care details
Penstemon
Ice Plant
Ice Plant
Delosperma cooperi
Zone 6-10
Care details

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