Author: By Susan Flynn Colorado Master Gardener
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Year-round gardening: Alternatives to Kentucky bluegrass for Colorado lawns
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series about replacing a lawn with lower-water alternatives. So, you’ve removed part or all of your thirsty Kentucky bluegrass lawn and need to replace it with something else … but what? Maybe you’ve removed the turf on a slope or grass in a parking strip or…
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Year-round gardening: Replacing your lawn, Part 1
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series about replacing a lawn with lower- water alternatives. The amount of water needed to maintain a Kentucky bluegrass lawn in Colorado (and the associated cost) is enough to give any homeowner pause — and might cause many to reimagine their landscape with a smaller lawn,…