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Option A <br />Option B <br />Pros <br />Pros <br />The aesthetics of a "garden" or plan with plant <br />Lower installation cost; some watering may be <br />groupings is generally accepted by the <br />needed during periods of drought and <br />community <br />establishment <br />Quicker establishment period: Plants bloom <br />Reduced maintenance: maintenance includes <br />usually within the first year <br />mowing 3x per year for 1s' 3 years, 1x per year <br />thereafter <br />Funding and native plant educational <br />Funding and native plant educational <br />opportunity, generally IF using native plant <br />opportunity <br />species <br />Cons <br />Cons <br />Higher installation cost, higher water demand <br />Longer establishment period: Seed and plugs <br />during periods of drought and establishment <br />take time to fill in and bloom <br />Higher maintenance: maintenance includes <br />Education may be necessary to gain community <br />hand weeding monthly during growing season <br />support and respond to initial perceptions of <br />(-8x) for 1s' 2-3 years, less often thereafter <br />"weediness" <br />Limited variety of native plant species in larger <br />plant stock sizes <br />