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Comments (26)Love the picture cyn222 sent in. You definitely need a side walk extend to connect to the other one. Gardening is my favorite hobby also. Other great plants are perenials such as daylilies. They are my favorite. They are drought resistant and grow in just about any soil and they give you blooms and smiles year after year. Some will rebloom throughout the year also. I have several that are reblooming now. They come in lots of pretty colors also and are fragrant. Liriope is another great, great perennial. It's a type of grass that used in border gardening and it has a small purple flower also. Forever roses are nice also. They flower from spring till frost. Evergreen Euonymous plant come in variegated plants (yellow and green leaves and green and white leaves) and are low growing (under 5ft). They will provide lots of nice color all year round. I also have Rosemary plants. They are great as a small fragrant evergreen plant (mine is about 3ft tall. Lovely plant also. You can't go wrong with daylilies for sure! They are the one plant that you can depend on year after year and they have never let me down.. I just bought a few plants at a time, year after year....See MoreWeed infested large, steep slope - wish to plant natives, xerics
Comments (4)Exactly as W states, mow and then cover with black plastic. Then I would think that the soil would have to be rototilled and large stems, deep roots, etc. removed. If they aren't removed then it seems to me that most of the hardier (deep rooted) weeds will just return. We just landscaped a bunch of our yard with xeric plants and we had to remove the tenacious plants like alfalfa (with roots from Colorado to China). We planted native prairie grasses in large swathes. Then in more controlled areas, planted big blocks of correopsis, jupiter's beard (valerian) and other hardy (mostly) native plants. You might check with a site like this for additional native plants in your area, although I can see that you are aware of some of them already: https://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=MA As the link shows (I picked MA), there's dozens of native plants, wildflowers and such that may work. Might be fun to have Eastern Redbud, Holly, or Serviceberry or a few larger shrubs as a foundation and then have the smaller perennials fill in? In this way you could show the students how to mix shade and sun-loving plants? Good luck!...See MoreJust harvested some morning glory and zinnia seeds --
Comments (12)Well you should come to our house to see the st.johns wart ...I put in three tiny plants when we built our summer home ...3 1/2 acres ....in the mountains in Northern California....we now have them covering the whole slope behind our house...don’t know how they got back there ...and a big solid patch at the end of the steps leading to the steps to our driveway about 60 feet away from where we planted the first three...which we pulled out...about about 2-3years after we planted them...........at the same time we had a home in the Bay Area where the three level apartment building was covered in morning glory so thick that you could not tell the color of the building...it also began covering the fence ...there was no land or garden there...so no watering or encouragement....they told me they were morning glories and they looked like morning glories...and lots of other people in the neighborhood complained about morning glories...but I acknowledge we could all be wrong...these are stories that make me feel a warning is necessary...See Morehouse color
Comments (686)Irvingia gabonensis is a species of African trees in the genus Irvingia, sometimes known by the common names wild mango, African mango, or bush mango. They bear edible mango-like fruits, and are especially valued for their fat- and protein-rich nuts...See MoreJunkGypsyMt
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