Talk:Xeriscaping

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NPOV? seems to be advertising the idea, rather than just describing it Vroman 05:19 11 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I agree with you. The initial author also admitted it. Could you add another view point perhaps ? User:anthere

Xeriscaping is not Zero-scaping

I'm removing the following:

Xeriscaping is not the same as natural landscaping or "zero-scaping" (in which the landscape consists mostly of concrete, stones or gravel, with perhaps a cactus or two thrown in), and can look quite lush and colorful.

since it is not true what says about natural landscaping (please read the article in wikipedia), and i couldn't find much information about what zero-scaping is, but what it is not (and it is not xeriscaping). also the quality of the writting is not proper for an enciclopedia. --Cacuija (my talk) 01:53, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Speaking of which, I clicked onto this discussion page specifically because I wanted to know why there was no mention of "zero"-scape. Xeriscape may officially come from "xeros," but it's obviously an overt double-entendre to "zero." I can't fathom any other explanation.--Mrcolj 19 May 2007

A quick check showed me that Xeriscaping probably is derived from the word Xeric: xe·ric/ˈzi(ə)rik/ Adjective:(of an environment or habitat) Containing little moisture; very dry. In fact the word "xeric" in an article on Adenium obesum links to this page but there is no information relating to the term on the page. Im new to wiki but i'll try and find some information to define what "an xeric watering scheme" (on the Adenium obesum page) actually *is* 218.186.99.13 (talk) 04:13, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Paradigm shift

The main perceived disadvantage of xeriscaping is the paradigm shift required to accept anti-landscaping as landscaping. Simply put, it's ugly to most people. Ignoring that in an article is like writing an article on tofu's perceived disadvantages and refusing to admit it's not really just as tasty as beef. My wife is from Phoenix, and is more or less positive about having an xeriscape yard. I'm from San Francisco, and still would rather waste water than have my kids playing ball in a rock garden... Another important "disadvantage" is that local plants attract local wild animals. --69.254.185.26 14:46, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Wild animals? That's terrible! No way should Man have to deal with nature, when they move into an area that used to be completely natural. Man should be allowed to waste as much water as he wants (even if it hurts everybody else) Peoplesunionpro (talk) 23:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Having an "Advantages" section but no "Disadvantages" section undermines this article's credibility. Another disadvantage is the heating effect of huge areas of rocks. 209.217.155.166 (talk) 13:03, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Huge areas of rocks aren't an aspect of xeriscape. Someone had mixed "zeroscaping" in here, which basically is (for example) using a lot of rock and no plants (hence the "zero" part -- zero to work with, it's just a way to cover the ground). There CAN be rocks in xeriscaping, eg rock gardens, but they have plants growing in them. Much xeriscaping doesn't use rocks at all. Don't use them if you don't want them. Wild animals also aren't a clear disadvantage, because many people want to attract them -- and xeriscape doesn't imply using native plants (though, as with rock gardens, they CAN be and are often used by choice in xeriscape). Plenty of non-native and animal resistant strains of plants work well in xeriscape gardens. Madamecp (talk) 14:08, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Sorry guys, but "huge areas of rocks" and "anti-landscaping" are not accurate characterizations of xeriscape -- those phrases describe what has been slangishly called "zero-scaping," the definition of which was foolishly removed from this article. Xeriscaping is anything but ugly, although it admittedly does not make a good baseball field. Paul (talk) 15:55, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Xeriscape Trademark?

Although there are multiple on-line references to "xeriscape" being a registered trademark of the Denver Water Board, it does not come up as a result in a search of registered trademarks (http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm). This article says that it is NOT a registered trademark but the USAToday article it cites (Elizabeth Caldwell (2007-07-15). "With xeriscaping, grass needn't always be greener". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2007-07-15-xeriscaping_N.htm.) says that it IS a registered trademark. The Denver Water Board website (http://www.denverwater.org/) says this: "The word "Xeriscape," was coined by the Denver Water Department in 1981 to help make water conserving landscaping an easily recognized concept." --Tajour (talk) 00:09, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Combined last 'Brambleclawx' and 'Ann100' edits. The "Denver 7" list sounds like advice in phrasing and use of "you" etc.- not wiki-encyclopedia tone yet, but good info by those editors.--Cheers----Look2See1 t a l k → 06:30, 28 July 2010 (UTC)