New lawn replacement available at Arboretum plant sale

Kurapia — a deep-rooted, low-water-use, low maintenance ground cover —  will be for sale at Saturday's Friends of the Arboretum Plant Sale. 

Besides being low-water and low-maintenance, kurapia’s extensive root system makes it beneficial for reducing soil erosion and water runoff. It also grows well in either low and high pH soils, or those containing high salt concentrations.

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SALINITY STUIDY done by UC Riverside

Kurapia was quick to establish when irrigatedwith 2 and 3 dS/m, and was also the best performer with irrigation water with an EC of 7 dS/m

7/21/2014

After a month and 3 weeks (52 days)

9/11/2014

UCR FIELD DAY 2014

Turfgrass & Landscape Research Field Day

Saline Irrigation Test Result

Kurapia was a fast establisher when irrigated with 2 and 3 dS/m (81% and 88% respectively), and also was the best performer when irrigated with water EC of 7 dS/m.

Local landscape shows how to reduce water use

One of the plants used in the Truscott landscape that is currently being tested is Kurapia (Lippa nodiflora Campagna Verde), a ground cover developed in Japan for use in drought conditions. Research done at UC Riverside found Kurapia to be one of three top-performing ground covers out of 19 chosen for a study on water efficiency, written by Anne Schellman via The Enterprise on June 10, 2014.

Picture taken on 1/17/14

After six (6) month