Landscapers Adapt to Drought by Using Alternative Landscape Options

But landscapers say now is still a good time to put in plants and trees, they just may cost you a little more and look a little different.

Businesses and home owners have more options for landscaping than they probably realize.

Even though officials with Longo Landscaping say business is down with the drought, they're finding new ways to make yards come alive.

Landscape coordinator Micheal Hague says landscaping in the drought is about efficiency and planning for when we do get rain.

That's why his latest project has a desert theme.

It includes drought resistant plants and grass.

Doing things where you don't have to do big expansive areas of grass, doing just decorate gravel areas, you know there are so many things you can do with gravel these days as far as coloring and then boulders, there are things like that that give you color without having to plant stuff, says Hague.

Being adaptable has helped his company survive during the drought, despite having less business.

Our business is down about 60% from last year, it's been a struggle, but like i said it's gone from more stone laying than it has to landscaping, we're doing more hardscaping, says Hague.

And to keep what they do plant alive he installed two types of drip systems..one for the Bermuda grass and one for plants.

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Landscapers Adapt to Drought by Using Alternative Landscape Options