Influence of the presence or absence of covenants, codes, and restrictions (CC&Rs) that control landscape activities on residential homeowner landscape perceptions, preferences, and activities in Phoenix, Arizona.
| Do homeowners hire a local landscape firm to maintain their landscapes? | ||
| Landscape maintenance | CC&R | No CC&R |
| Maintained by landscape firm | 35% | 25% |
| Self maintained | 65% | 75% |
| Overall, do homeowners have a preference for landscape appearance? | ||
| Landscape appearance | CC&R | No CC&R |
| Neat and formal | 34% | 37% |
| Natural and informal | 62% | 58% |
| Don’t care | 4% | 5% |
| Do homeowners perceive that their landscape was similar to their neighbors? | ||
| Landscape mimicry | CC&R | No CC&R |
| Very similar | 37% | 28% |
| Similar | 40% | 43% |
| Somewhat different | 15% | 13% |
| Completely different | 8% | 16% |