I chose a number of different sites around Grandma’s house for spreading gaillardia seed. I need to head back up to see if I see any seedlings. They’re supposed to get taproots that will help establish them for summer. Side yard and gallery Some ideas are they planned garden. 3 rows of sascaton grasses. In […]
Plants
3 peach blossoms
The silver maple comes down, well mostly
Who cries when a tree is cut down? Yep it’s me. Today I say goodbye to the silver maple. It is so hard to make a decision about cutting down a 40 year old tree. Its been ailing for a very long time. Every big wind some large limb comes down. And still, I have […]
Foxtail Barley instead of Mexican Feather Grass
I’m looking for a shorter grass that will create movement all summer. And nothing moves like Foxtail Barley. Imagine these shiny seed heads on a mound the sunlight hits in the late afternoon. Hordeum Jubatum is a grass used extensively at roadsides. The reason they are not used in landscapes is their great ability to […]
Herbs and Swallowtails
Converting todays vege garden to a butterfly’s haven. This will be something we can do cover type crops. Dill and curled parsley black swallowtails Monarda for food (Bergamot) Alfalfa and pea for regeneration There are many species across the front range and I want to focus on the generalists. Black Swallowtail Blue Butterflies in […]
Ideas for a native revival in a local meadows
https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SAAM2 The growth we want to keep to is plains plants. Some near water – others should survive fully in the sun. I would like to turn wayside gardens into a native treasure in our small area. Starting around the Wayside meadows sign small shrubs and herbacious perennials greet the neighbors. Near the drainage ditch, […]
Native Plant Conference 2019
February 16, 2019 8:30 4:30 Auraria Campus Tivolo Turnhalle Hall. There are things to be learned and great places to be. I will be attending the Colorado Native Plants conference next Saturday. This all day event features keynote speaker from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. One of my favorite references for pictures of natives and their […]
Exuberance to the point of annoyance. O Datura
The datura in my yard is the migrant of a desert plant from my old neighbor Lil. Her datura’s seeds made their way north along the rock border towards my yard and I took a spike of seeds for myself. Since then daturas have been part of the driest areas of my garden. Datura wrighti also […]
Garden 2019 native plants to convert the lawn
My lawn is no longer sustainable in its current form. Not because its not beautiful or healthy with the additional water. Its just that. water. Denver is not considering the concrete jungle its creating. Density is thirsty. Its replacement must be maintenance sustainable. The ease of lawn mowing is overstated. Unless you move to a […]
Western Wallflower
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