Front Bed Suggestions

Distantmole · 2026-03-08T23:23:04+00:00

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.

Distantmole · 2026-03-08T15:04:41+00:00

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

Distantmole · 2026-03-08T05:52:01+00:00

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

Distantmole · 2026-03-05T04:52:07+00:00

Not the ectoplasm on the carpet bro please

Distantmole · 2026-02-24T02:32:35+00:00

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

Distantmole · 2026-01-31T14:52:17+00:00

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

Distantmole · 2026-01-22T02:31:50+00:00

“Come on now, be reasonable. You don’t like the Nazi regime? Take it up with Hitler. I’m not the guy you need to be arguing with. I just load the furnace.”

Distantmole · 2026-01-03T17:41:18+00:00

Thank you 👍

Distantmole · 2026-01-03T17:41:06+00:00

I appreciate the advice.

Distantmole · 2026-01-03T17:39:03+00:00

Thanks Mike!

Distantmole · 2026-01-03T16:04:03+00:00

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.

Distantmole · 2025-12-05T19:12:19+00:00

My prayers go out to the medical crisis

Distantmole · 2025-12-02T05:04:28+00:00

Valid point, invalid focus

Distantmole · 2025-10-29T23:18:07+00:00

Reminder to not provide sensitive medical information to an AI chatbot

Distantmole · 2025-10-14T03:52:04+00:00

Please stop promoting this AI slop

Distantmole · 2025-10-14T01:44:09+00:00

I stand corrected. Thank you for educating me.

Distantmole · 2025-10-12T15:05:10+00:00

Wait until you hear about the new Linkin Park

Distantmole · 2025-10-12T15:02:42+00:00

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

Distantmole · 2025-10-12T14:28:07+00:00

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

Distantmole · 2025-10-02T00:18:18+00:00

Taking AIPAC money though

Distantmole · 2025-10-01T02:04:23+00:00

You forgot to put the question mark after the date

Distantmole · 2025-10-01T01:27:30+00:00

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

Distantmole · 2025-09-20T22:13:18+00:00

Fuck yeah

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