Now that your landscape has been installed, it's time to assess your accomplishments. Make a tour of your yard and look at every detail. Remember to take pictures of your brand new landscape so you can chart its progress as it grows and matures. If you chose not to install all of your landscape at once, this is also a perfect time to begin planning for the next phase.

Just after installation, your new plantings probably will look very small and your yard may seem like a sea of decomposed granite. This is natural for a newly installed Xeriscape. If mature plant sizes were taken into account during the planning process, the landscape will be properly proportioned. It will take a few years to achieve the ultimate effect you visualized while preparing your landscape plan. Try to avoid the urge to purchase and install additional plants. Instead, consider seeding bare areas with seasonal wildflowers until your plants become large enough to hold their own.