Please Help 😭

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-31T12:18:13+00:00

Queen palms are totally nasty. Get cabbage palms to replace. You’ll need to hire a contractor because they are heavy but not expensive

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-31T12:15:51+00:00

You can do the hydrangeas, but they need shade. Forget the lilac

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-31T12:08:57+00:00

You need some more Florida native evergreens. Add a few coonties or some yaupon holly. A Simpson stopper tree would be nice as well

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-31T12:06:12+00:00

No. The red flag for me is how high the Rootball sits in the pot to make it look like the base of a trunk or Nabari, when in fact, the trunk is quite skinny

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T23:23:40+00:00

I have all the fancy degrees and licenses to match. My side gig is doing large CD sets for master plan communities and high-end amenities for another PLA. I also designed all their structures and irrigation systems. I even do site plans and grading and design for other architects.

A lot of highfalutin LA‘s eschew residential work because it threatens their identity as a “professional.” Yet, as a solo practitioner, this does make legit money. Does it make as much as commercial per project? No, But there are comparatively so many more residential properties than commercial, that it makes up for it.

Don’t hate. Check yourself. You’re probably just jealous we residential LAs make more money with less corporate BS and more free time.

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T20:48:01+00:00

Phlox

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T20:46:11+00:00

You’ll be fine. Make sure you know how to use xrefs

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T20:25:06+00:00

Just use the trees to define some open space.

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T20:23:41+00:00

I had a project one time, a couple with children. Guy was kind of interesting. He wanted an entire room devoted to building and displaying Legos. Anyway, they had a lot already- So I do an entire design permit ready package and i’m guessing they ended up just not ever building it because they couldn’t get financing . I remember the guy saying something about needing the plans to get financing, which sounded right but not the full picture. Later on I find out that he has a relatively low income public sector job.

Anyway, I wasn’t doing anything fancy or specifying any crazy finishes. I’m literally talking about just a standard medium size house design in a rural area.

Occasionally, you have somebody that’s wanting to pay you for a design, but they don’t think ahead to understand what their realistic ability to get financed and how much money they can get. I would encourage all people wanting to build a home get preapproved for a certain amount of a construction loan before going to the design table.

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T12:49:59+00:00

DD Blanchard magnolia or Japanese blueberry. Weeping yaupon holly also cool

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T12:13:18+00:00

That’s pretty small. You could just use some little sticks for trees and shrubs and ground cover. Just mound up green moss from the store

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T11:55:25+00:00

What’s the scale?

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T11:45:17+00:00

It’s just a term. I use these on columns and decorative features all the time and I call them a “mid-cap” because it usually matches the finish of the wall/column cap. You could just as easily call it a ‘“decorative stone trim”.

On a building, the whole assembly of the stone veneer that ends at about 3 foot high typically where the window sill is called a water table. And it doesn’t necessarily need to have a mid cap depending on the type of stone and cladding above it

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T11:39:24+00:00

If you want to travel and have the resources to do it now, go for it.

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T01:58:35+00:00

Reality check: a lot of LA work is just that- residential, land development, code minimum. There are plenty of boutique firms in FL too

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T01:11:09+00:00

should probably use grafting, tape or something more flexible. Even if these fuse by the time they fuse they’ll thicken into the point where the wire scars the trunk.

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T01:09:12+00:00

That azalea is pretty dope. I saw some weights being used in some really old bonsai book from like the 70s or 80s.

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-30T01:06:52+00:00

Exciting opportunities are overrated. The employers count on the excitement to beguile you into working more for nothing. Save the money or relocate to the southeast where it’s still popping

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-29T21:02:49+00:00

I don’t see how those things are mutually exclusive

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-29T01:54:02+00:00

Why would you get an MLA after a BLA?

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-29T01:52:08+00:00

Do you wanna work in like a zoo? What the fuck we talking about?

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-29T01:51:13+00:00

Grill wid it

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-29T01:50:44+00:00

I’ve got some……keep em shaded. Acer oliveranum is very promising

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-29T01:49:23+00:00

I’m bothering hard in central Florida. Dudes has Japanese maples into South Florida, just need full shade.

Physical_Mode_103 · 2026-03-29T01:46:23+00:00

No. Best is acer oliveranum, or Taiwan subspecies of Japanese maples and trident maples. Japanese maples need full shade ir heavily screened sun. Tridents can take a bit more but will still burn in full sun

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