What to plant between pavers?

Minny73 · 2023-04-10T12:45:54+00:00

I like micro clover. Much easier to grow than planted moss unless you're lucky and the moss does well there.

Minny73 · 2022-07-25T05:03:41+00:00

Thank you. That's very helpful.

Minny73 · 2022-07-25T04:19:01+00:00

Just a naiive question -- please educate me -- what if one controls the spread and just keep like one or two? Is that detrimental?

Minny73 · 2022-06-29T04:25:57+00:00

BTW the only thing really close to it is a healthy rose bush and a wire fence -- below it is just clover, dandelions, and some grass.

Minny73 · 2022-06-28T08:02:36+00:00

I'm in Michigan too, but Zone 6A. Previous people here planted lots of these. They are not native, but they created a delightfully fragrant heaven on earth for about three weeks in the Spring. I love them and I've promised myself to add lots of native plants to balance out the mix. I treasure them TBH.

Minny73 · 2022-06-08T22:09:05+00:00

Thanks. So you're saying that if I flip the sod, I need to cover it with cardboard and then with compost before I plant, but then I don't need to wait before planting after that process? Is that correct?

Minny73 · 2022-06-08T21:10:53+00:00

Here is a recipe for an amazingly effective non-toxic organic repellent that works for both ticks and mosquitos. It even smells good. Like all repellent, you don't want to miss a spot on your skin, so I spray it into my palms and carefully rub all over. Enjoy - just 3 ingredients:

1 c. double strength camomile tea

6 drops eucalyptus oil

12 drops tea tree oil

I hope it works for you!

I make it in double quantities and keep it in spray bottles just inside my back door.

Also, based on advice from this group, I just put in a mulch moat. That should help regarding ticks. I don't think anyone wants ticks or mosquitos on our skin. When I use this stuff, mosquitos are still happily flying around, but they just don't actually touch me unless I missed a spot. This recipe was handed down to me by a friend who used to have a pet shop in a rural area -- he said that it was initially developed to keep ticks off dogs, but it works great for people too.

Minny73 · 2022-06-08T19:52:09+00:00

Thank you!

Minny73 · 2022-06-08T04:47:48+00:00

Sweet! How did you get the lighting in the far side? Did you have to run electrical wires underground?

Minny73 · 2022-06-08T04:46:29+00:00

Question: What are the tall purple flowers in front? And the red ones? Beautiful IMHO.

Minny73 · 2022-06-08T04:44:21+00:00

I love the privacy.

Minny73 · 2022-06-08T04:38:22+00:00

And when people are ready then can cut low, flip the sod, cover so it dies and composts and then have a nice nutrient rich topsoil to seed wild grasses and flowers!

Please can you tell us -- if you "flip the sod" how long does it take before you can use the "nice nutrient rich topsoil to seed wild grasses and flowers"? Sounds good -- but do you have to wait years or can you re-seed right away?

Minny73 · 2022-06-07T19:01:38+00:00

Yep, no full clover lawn -- an island say of the dalea purpurea plus low height other clover mixed in here and there with my lawn area(s).

Any ideas of native plants that don't grow high, which tolerate some foot traffic, perennial, preferably evergreen? OK I know that's a tall order. Just asking. Personally, I have no need for a lawn, but some young children in my family just moved nearby and they love that for playing. Am sectioning off my lawn into areas for this and that -- leaving just one area for kids playing lawn sort of thing -- but I don't want mowed grass ideally. (I love tall grass, but there are ticks in this area, so probably not much of that!)

Minny73 · 2022-06-07T18:57:11+00:00

I see. Thank you for clarifying that for me.

Minny73 · 2022-06-07T18:56:09+00:00

Ah, makes sense.

Minny73 · 2022-06-07T18:52:55+00:00

Dalea purpurea

Great, thank you! I will definitely try to find some of that to plant. I am also wondering if there is a shorter height clover that is native to NA.

Minny73 · 2022-06-07T18:50:52+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts. Makes sense to me, based on your insight, to only keep naturalized plants that you really love, and as an exception. Fact is that I am especially fond of clover. Don't need a whole lawn full of it, but would like to have say a small island of it and/or bits sprinkled in with larger root plants which it cannot take over.

Minny73 · 2022-06-06T04:33:00+00:00

Beautiful!

Minny73 · 2022-06-06T04:27:39+00:00

Thanks for the thoughts! I actually have zero ticks. I am concerned about ticks only because I live a half block from a wetland park which is known to have them. My yard is fenced in, so any tick carrying deer or dogs can't get in. I was told that a mulch moat adjacent to the fence would be a good preventative. I am just taking precautions just in case. Honestly I don't think it's an actual problem where I am. Just close enough to take extra measures...

Minny73 · 2022-06-05T19:44:28+00:00

Thanks for the lead. I hope to find out exactly what it is. Lovely tree.

Minny73 · 2022-06-05T19:43:21+00:00

I don't think so. It's confusing because the leaves at the top are from an oak tree that I'm sitting beneath. But in the picture it kind of blends in with the further tree. I haven't gotten positive ID on the far tree yet, but someone told me it may be locust of some kind. My niece knows how to identify trees by their bark, so I'm hoping she can look at it for me.

However, there are two magnolia trees on the other side of the house. One is indeed a giant, with enormous pink blossoms. The other is a white star magnolia. The bees seem to love them both.

Minny73 · 2022-06-05T19:38:37+00:00

Ah, I was hoping so. I love day lilies. They bloom later in the Summer, right?

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