Water-Savvy Plants
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Water-savvy plants at the olling down Route 66 in Cars Land in Disney California Adventure® park, you’re whisked away to the American Southwest thanks to a variety of cacti. Mosey on over to Frontierland Rin Disneyland® park and you’re transported to the wild wild West with a variety of lush, green plants and vibrant pops of pink and orange. These foliage masterpieces are all designed by our Horticulture team to match the story of each area. Several displays are artfully crafted to be water savvy – which adds up to huge water savings here in Southern California. Next time you’re visiting the Disneyland® Resort, be on the lookout for these plants. Frontierland Entrance, Disneyland® park ancho del Zocalo Restaurante, at the base of Big Thunder Mountain, welcomes diners with the Rwarmth of a hacienda in Mexico. Water-savvy Echeveria and Russelia pop next to the terracotta tile, while the dark greens of the citrus trees provide striking contrast. Frontierland Plants Echeveria agavoides ‘Lipstick‘ - Lipstick Citrus spp. – So widely cultivated, Russelia equisetiformis - Firecracker Echeveria - Hybrid - Mexico the origin is debated Plant - Mexico Anigozanthos ‘Harmony’ - Yellow Kangaroo Paw - Hybrid - Australia Aeonium arboretum- Canary Islands Tomorrowland Entrance, Disneyland® park he Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage queue landscape creates the feeling of an ocean habitat Tusing water-savvy plants whose shapes resemble sea anemone, coral and kelp. Tomorrowland Plants Echium candicans - Pride of Madeira - Madeira Euphorbia candelabrum - Candelabra Spurge Crassula ovata- Jade- South Africa - North Eastern Africa Crassula ovata ‘Hobbit’ – Hobbit Jade - Hybrid; Phoenix reclinata - Senegal Date Palm - Agave ‘Blue Flame’- Blue Flame Century Plant - Originally South Africa Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar Hybrid - Originally Southern USA/Northern Mexic`o Downtown Disney District Bridge he garden theme of the Downtown Disney District landscape is brought to life through swaths Tof purple and orange foliage. Flowers flow into bright greens, yellows and blue-greens with playful contrast. Downtown Disney District Plants Phormium ‘Jester’ – New Zealand Flax- Hybrid Phormium ‘Allison Blackman’- New Zealand Agave ‘Quadricolor’- Quadricolor Century Plant- - New Zealand Flax - Hybrid - New Zealand Hybrid- Mexico Portulacaria afra ‘Aurea’- Elephant Bush- Agave gypsophila ‘Ivory Curls’- Variegated Euphorbia tirucalli ‘Sticks On Fire’- Hybrid- Southern Africa Gypsum Century Plant- Hybrid- Mexico Southern Africa Cars Land, Disney California Adventure® park hemed after the mostly desert habitat of the American Southwest, Cars Land is a natural Tcandidate for water-savvy landscaping. Natives like Carex pansa (Pacific Dune Sedge) and Encelia farinosa (Brittlebrush) are beautiful with aloes and cacti. Cars Land Plants Opuntia ‘Baby Rita’- Hybrid - Mexico Echinopsis spp. - South America Yucca recurvifolia - Southern USA South America Encelia farinose- Brittlebrush - North Mexico and Southern USA Four Tips to be Water Savvy at Home ave water in your garden with these tips from the Disneyland® Resort SHorticulture team. 1: Reduce the amount of turf throughout the yard. You’ll reduce the daily need to irrigate. 2: Water in the early morning to minimize immediate evaporation. 3: Decorate with garden art, rock or decomposed granite to eliminate the need for water in small areas. 4: Check your irrigation system for leaks. © Disney.