Bringing the natural beauty of the Arizona desert into Arizona homeowners landscape design is a common objective to Arizona homeowners.  Municipalities have undertaken efforts to educate the public and promote xeriscape landscape designs.  Xeriscape landscapes use plants that require minimal or no water.

Low-water-usage plants have vibrant, colorful flowers, giving the Arizona homeowner numerous choices in color combinations to brighten up the landscape design.  The flame honeysuckle has beautiful orange-red flowers.  The pink fairy duster blooms in the spring with puffs of pink flowers.  Lantana and its relative trailing lantana are popular because of their rich green foliage and flowers of orange, yellow, gold, lavender or white.

Rock materials help create a natural desert look in an Arizona landscape design.  Flagstone, flat pieces of stone, is a good material  to build outdoor paths with.

Container plants dotting a yard can provide visual interest to a desert landscape without significantly increasing overall water usage.  They can be placed on patios or on the edges of walkways so that you have the beauty of a flower bed without having to prepare the soil to plant one.

Arizona’s plentiful sunshine and warm temperatures allow Arizona backyard gardeners to grow fruits and vegetables nearly year round.  On summer and early autumn afternoons that are still too warm to be comfortable, having shade in your yeard allows your family to spend more time outdoors.  Mesquite trees and Ironwood trees grow very well in Arizona backyard landscapes and are still considered low-water-usage varietyies.  Citrus trees need regular irrigation but provide sahde and a harvest of delicious fresh fruit that has long been a commercial crop in the state.

A small patch of lawn with some nearby shade trees, can provide your family a cool oasis to escape the Arizona heat.  Add a water feature and relax to the sounds of running water.  Or add river rock to create the illusion of a stream running through the yard, adding smooth stone textures to contrast with the sharper rock materials in the landscape.

At Arizona’s professional landscape company, Dream Retreats, offers Arizona homeowners high quality designs and construction.  We offer top-notch designs by a licensed landscape architect.  Our hands-on approach throughout the designing and construction of each job is evident in our customer testimonials!