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Great Plants for a Fire Safe Landscape

July 2, 2013 By Myreen Alcober

Great Plants for a Fire Safe Landscape

 

Protect your home from fire by planting a fire safe landscape!  Many homeowners have successfully saved their homes from destructive wildfires by employing fire safe landscaping techniques and installing fire resistant plants.  Here’s what you can do to help protect your home from a devastating wildfire.

Create a Fire Safe Landscape

There are some simple things that you can do to help safeguard your home in the event of a fire.

  • Clean up dead trees and shrubs from around your home.  Dead vegetation is fuel for fire, and removing dead leaves and plants reduces the threat of fire around your home.
  • Remove “ladder fuels”.  This is vegetation that provides an uninterrupted source of fuel for a fire, carrying it from plant to plant.  Create pockets of plants and remove plants that might provide fuel to a nearby tree.
  • Keep the area around your home well-pruned and watered.  Maintaining a green space around your home will help to protect it.
  • Trim trees between six and ten feet from the ground.
  • Contact your local fire department to learn about fire hazards in your neighborhood.
  • Keep firewood at least 30 feet from your home.  Store flammable materials in metal containers at least 30 feet from wooden fences and other structures.
  • Install smoke detectors and keep them in working order.

Choosing Plants for Your Fire Safe Landscape

The area surrounding your home can be divided into four zones.  Choosing the best plants for each zone will help protect your home from fire.  Here’s a look at each zone and the best plants to install.

Zone 1

This is the 30 feet around your home on all sides.  Plantings should be limited to allow room for fire fighters and fire-fighting equipment in case of an emergency.  Good plants for this area include:

  • Lily of the Nile
  • African Iris
  • Pineapple Guava
  • Daylily
  • Lilac Beauty Lilyturf
  • Star Jasmine
  • Sunny Skies Periwinkle

Zone 2

Plants in this area should be low growing.  Be sure to install an irrigation system in Zone 2.  Suitable plants include:

  • Compact Strawberry Bush
  • Dwarf Bottlebrush
  • Ground Morning Glory
  • African Iris
  • Red Yucca
  • Potato Vine
  • Silver Dragon Lilyturf

Zone 3

Zone 3 is for low-growing plants and well-spaced trees.  Keep volume low.  Good plants include:

  • Fern Leaf Yarrow
  • Purple Rock Rose
  • Dwarf Coreopsis
  • Bloody Cranesbille
  • French Lavender
  • Russian Sage
  • Mexican Bush Sage
  • Ivory Tower Yucca
  • Banana Split Soft Leaf Yucca

Zone 4

This is the furthest zone from your house and should be kept as natural as possible.  Be selective, and remove highly flammable vegetation.  Excellent plants for Zone 4 include:

  • Fern Leaf Yarrow
  • Carmel Creeper California Lilac
  • Victoria California Lilac
  • El Dorado Ceanothus

Fire Safe Planting Techniques

Keep these tips in mind when planting in each of the four zones:

  • Remove small trees and plants growing under trees.  They provide a fuel ladder into the tree crown.
  • Space trees 30 feet apart and prune to 8 to 10 feet tall.
  • Place shrubs 20 feet from house and prune regularly.
  • The first three feet next to your home should have the most drought-tolerant vegetation.
  • Provide at least ten feet between islands of shrubs and plant groups.
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Chris is outstanding! We recently bought a second home in Crested Butte and Chris did a great job throughout the whole process. He has a thorough understanding of the market and the benefits and drawbacks of various locations. He was very patient with us as our preferences evolved throughout the search. He gave us valuable information on which to negotiate the purchase. He had great follow-up during the inspection/closing process (when we were not in town) and made sure all of the commitments made by the seller were properly completed.
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Chris was quite helpful in showing us homes in the area we were interested in and contacted us when new listings were available. We not only consider him our realtor but also a friend.
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It was a great experience working with Chris, after showing me what I thought I wanted, he advised me of the pros and cons on the different condos and found one that I am thrilled with.
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