Hell Strips

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Hell Strips
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Permaculture Hell Strip
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Durar Hard Fescue Festuca trachyphylla var. Durar
Hell Strips 101

• Plant drought-tolerant grass.
• Transition away from grass.
• Look to native inspiration.
• Construct native landscapes.
• Varieties
• Wildflower Mixes
• Varieties
• Native Grasses
• Varieties

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Arrowleaf BalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittata

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Small-flowered PenstemonPenstemon procerus
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Scarlet Paintbrush, Alberts Penstemon, Arrowleaf
Balsamroot Castilleja miniata, Penstemon
albertinus, Balsamorhiza sagitatta
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Indian PaintbrushCastilleja sp.Bistort
Bistortes americana
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Arrowleaf Balsamroot, Loose-flowered
LupineBalsamorhiza sagittata, Lupinus laxiforus
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Mules Ears, CamasWyethia helianthoides, Camassia
quamash
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Tetraneuris grandiflora
Alpine Sunflower Tetraneuris grandiflora
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Constructed Native Landscapes
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Florence Muldar Mackey
Turn Down Your Water and Turn Down Your
Problems.
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I think I made a mistake in this garden. I think
it was a mistake to use any water at all.
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Penstemon quickly became Florences favorite.
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Penstemon procerus, P. eatonii, P. cyaneus
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Penstemon albertinus, P. venustus, P. fruiticosus
Penstemon pinifolius
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Francis Board Naser
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Iceland Poppy, Penstemon, Johhny Jump UpsPapaver
nudicale, Penstemon spp., Viola cornuta
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Wild Aster, Aster occidentalis
Wild Western Delphinium Delphinium occidentale
Lewis Flax, Linum lewisii
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Silky Lupine, Lupinus sericeus
Loose-flowered Lupine, Lupinus laxiflorus
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Scarlet GiliaGilia aggregata
Silky PhaceliaPhacelia sericea
Sticky GeraniumGeranium viscossimum
Skull Cap, Scutellaria nana
Utah Sweet PeaLathyrus pauciflorus
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Fireweed, Epilobium angustifolium
Camas, Camassia quamash
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Aspen Daisy, Erigeron speciosus
Mules Ears, Wyethia helianthoides
Mules Ears, Wyethia amplexicaulis
Rocky Mt. Iris, Iris missouriensis
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Vipers BuglossEchium vulgare
Oriental PoppyPapaver orientale
Yellow Sweet CloverMelilotus officinalis
Rabbitbrush, Ericameria nauseosa
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Wildflower Mixes
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Heart of Idaho
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Mix flowers must work quickly, but not work too
well.
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Blazing Star, Mentzellia lindleyi
Desert Bluebells, Phacelia campanularia
African Daisy, Dimorphotheca sinuata
California Poppy,Eschscholzia californica aur.
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Farewell-to-springClarkia amoena
Bachelors ButtonsCentaurea cyanus
Scarlet FlaxLinum grandiflorum
Bishops FlowerAmmi majus
Mountain PhloxLinanthus grandiflorus
Mountain GarlandClarkia unguiculata
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Tidy TipsLayia platyglossa
CosmosCosmos bipinnatus
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Native Grass Alternative
Sheep Fescue, Festuca ovina
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Lettermans Needlegrass, Achnatherum lettermanii
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Covar Sheep Fescue, Festuca ovina var. Covar
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Idaho Fescue, Festuca ovina idahoensis
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Canadian BluegrassPoa compressa var. Rubens
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Blue FescueFestuca ovina glauca
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Great Basin WildryeLeymus cinerus
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Permaculture Design CourseApril 16 -29,
2006Bliss, IdahoA fully accredited course will
be taught in three 4-day segments by certified
permaculture facilitator/activist Larry
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The End
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