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Transitioning from grass to any other kind of plant is a process, but this Redditor’s neighbor seemed to expect immediate results.
In the new yard, dark mulch provided a backdrop that made a few well-chosen plants pop.
“I think it would be hard to go down a block and not see someone doing some kind of xeriscape — except in HOAs.”
Birch-leaf Spiraea (Spiraea betulifolia) — sometimes spelled Spirea — is a small, deciduous shrub native to the Northwestern U.S., east to include the Intermountain West and the Black Hills of South Dakota, as well as southern parts of Canada's western provinces. It is a common understory plant in dry open forests and on east- and south-facing rocky slopes where it enjoys full sun, rich soil and light to moderate moisture.
The Santa Margarita business was growing more than 200 native plant species by 1981.