Native Front Yard

I found out you can properly spell it crape or crepe, by the way.

This very summer I cut this back to just the trunks and now look at it. I had planned to plant a highly aggressive vine on it to help kill it. But I don't think it'll get the opportunity. If I get a moment today I'm going to chop it down fully and use stump killer on it.

I see why these are so popular with American humans. They flower prettily. And virtually impossible to kill.

I almost eradicated these today, because I took them for creeping charlie. But I had a doubt. So I looked them up and they turned out to be pony foot, a fall herb native to the southeast.

Mossy Oak Nativ Nurseries notified me by text American beautyberry is back in stock for the fall planting so I ordered FIVE! I've been really excited about them since I first heard about them.

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Where to put them? In the former nandina hedge in front of the bedroom windows? Or maybe around the perimeter of the library area?

The wood chipper produces some pretty fun mulch. It feels good to handle it. These little pieces are mostly cylindrical.

This is Japanese climbing fern. Pretty, yes, but doesn't belong here.

I found eight or nine of these Chinese tallow seedlings in the yard.

Pretty sure neither of these were meant to be here but they came with the nandinas and other Asian shrubs.

Apologies for no updates lately. First the extreme heat, preventing much work at all. And now I'm attending a litter of sick kittens. Besides which, the yard will be a flurry of activity in the autumn, when a great deal of the planting happens.

Meanwhile, enjoy this picture of mossy oak. The oak logs have quite a pleasant variety of moss on.