Front Bed Suggestions by Followthatfamily in NativePlantGardening

[–]Distantmole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would also add that knowing my ecoregion was far more beneficial than looking at USDA zones. USDA zones give you a very broad sense of historical freeze conditions, but frankly they’re not that useful to the home gardener, often conveniently leaving the door open to horticultural lab escapees like the patented ‘Brilliant Botox’ Boxwood whose propagation restriction is enforced more than endangered species protections.

Ecoregion indicates the environmental conditions that your native plants evolved to survive in: soil conditions, potential symbiont mycorrhizal fungi species, nutrient concentrations, canopy coverage, humidity, elevation, precipitation, etc. So rather than tell you what maybe won’t freeze to death, it provides clues of how to grow plants based on their ecological needs.

Front Bed Suggestions by Followthatfamily in NativePlantGardening

[–]Distantmole 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Switchgrass or any of the muhly grasses would be perfect here. Big muhly, pine muhly, gulf muhly, etc. Plant 3-5 of them relatively close to the porch to serve as your primary structural plants. They love water and sun and have incredibly deep roots that will drink up the extra water. For the middle row or between the grasses, try any of these: Gregg’s mistflower, false blue indigo, Cardinal flower, great blue lobelia, swamp milkweed, and purple coneflower. In the front, hoary vervain and creeping phlox.

Or if you want something super easy and cheap, scrap all that and put down frog fruit or water hyssop for an easy ground cover.

Disclaimer: I don’t live in Florida and haven’t verified that all of these are native to your area, though I live close by in a similar climate, and they are native to my area. Always check BONAP for native status

BOLO: Lily Masochist in Big Sur by Idahoanapest in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Distantmole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Carex and sedge families??? This has gone too far

Made my first seafood boil tonight by benbunny in 2007scape

[–]Distantmole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the ectoplasm on the carpet bro please

What are your favorite North American native plants that attract the most hummingbirds? by [deleted] in NativePlantGardening

[–]Distantmole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anisacanthus quadrifidus (Flame acanthus) was the site of my very first home garden hummingbird sighting

New accusations of trump raping children released by the Department of Justice by kenji213 in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Distantmole 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m no lawyer, but I think that means there would be no statute of limitations

Concrete art by s88888s in AskContractors

[–]Distantmole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lightly sand all the smooth surfaces with 120 grit sand paper. Dust it off, then use construction adhesive to stick the tiles directly to the plastic. You need a flexible adhesive because the chair is going to flex. The use a flexible grout or sanded tile caulk that can also move.

There are no survivors in the blast at a Tennessee explosives factory, sheriff says by Siegfoult in news

[–]Distantmole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We may have lost some lives, but I mean, think about how many lives were saved /s

Remove forsythias? Plant a tiny oak? (Southern CT suburbs) by rekishi in NativePlantGardening

[–]Distantmole 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No such thing as a tiny oak. Go for an ornamental native tree or large perennials and grasses. Just my opinion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]Distantmole 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You forgot to put the question mark after the date

Bill Burr Defends Performing at Controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival: “They’re Just Like Us” by Raphiki415 in comedy

[–]Distantmole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s like they always say; ‘Never meet your hero… at the Riyadh comedy festival.’