How does planting flowers help conserve water?
February 7, 2010 by admin
Filed under Planting Flowers
im doing a poster board about conserving water..My teacher says flowers help but i dont know how.. first one to give me the answer im looking for gets the best answer!!
There are some flowers and shrubs you can plant that are "drought-resistant" that require little or no water to continue living, and they all prevent runoff. When you plant these types of plants in lieu of regular plants, you save the water that would be required for watering normal plants or grass.
California poppies, Clarkias, Shirley poppies, moss rose, blanket flower and sweet alyssum are all flowers that can bloom with little or no water.
In some states, the government even provides incentives for those who plant these kinds of flowers or shrubs or those that xenoscape.
There are some flowers and shrubs you can plant that are "drought-resistant" that require little or no water to continue living, and they all prevent runoff. When you plant these types of plants in lieu of regular plants, you save the water that would be required for watering normal plants or grass.
California poppies, Clarkias, Shirley poppies, moss rose, blanket flower and sweet alyssum are all flowers that can bloom with little or no water.
In some states, the government even provides incentives for those who plant these kinds of flowers or shrubs or those that xenoscape.
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Lawn grass needs 1 inch of water per week. That means no matter how much area the lawn covers (1 sq inch to 1 acre) it need one inch worth of water per week.
Flowers on the other hand need about 2 inches of water per week. However the key is the fact that you do not plant flowers as a lawn. One flower plant can take up 6 sq inches, whereas the same amount of space can have 300 to 1000 grass plants (depending on density and species).
If you had an area 100 square feet (10 ft by 10 ft), if it were covered with lawn, you’d need 144,000 cubic inches of water (8.3 cubic feet [(144k) / (12*12*12)]. With flowers, you’d need about 1 cubic foot of water.
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