TurfGrass &mdash; Native Front Yard https://native-front-yard.writeas.com/tag:TurfGrass The project of converting my front yard from turf grass with Asian shrubs to all native plants. Sat, 16 May 2026 11:37:05 +0000 wildflower update https://native-front-yard.writeas.com/wildflower-update?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Floodwaters moved my log borders, which my plant markers were attached to. I don't remember what I planted where, so reidentifying as they grow. And most of them are indeed growing. The blanket flower is even blooming a little. A many-petaled flower with a red center, orangey yellow around the edges. !--more-- A house with a tree trunk in the front yard; some areas have log borders and a strip along the street has plants. The grass came back hard the past couple of weeks, despite the thorough killing I gave it last year. It looks like a different breed of turf grass than the St. Augustine. It came back especially thick around the tree trunk and in the library circle. I mowed it hard and weed eated and it looks tons better. I haven't gotten to the flower bed under the windows yet. That whole area is going to get gravel for a firebreak and drainage area. Anyway, back to the wildflowers. Various plants; the one on the extreme left has a single blossom of yellow and red; logs lying in the background, and a house beyond. The ones on the left are blanket flowers and the ones on the right are ironweed. Somewhere in the middle is lanceleaf coreopsis. I don't remember where I put the wild bergamot, and I don't know whether it came back or not. I think it's behind the ironweed and that it didn't, but not 100% sure. #BlanketFlower #IronWeed #LanceLeafCoreopsis #WildBergamot #TurfGrass]]> Floodwaters moved my log borders, which my plant markers were attached to. I don't remember what I planted where, so reidentifying as they grow. And most of them are indeed growing.

The blanket flower is even blooming a little.

A many-petaled flower with a red center, orangey yellow around the edges.

A house with a tree trunk in the front yard; some areas have log borders and a strip along the street has plants.

The grass came back hard the past couple of weeks, despite the thorough killing I gave it last year. It looks like a different breed of turf grass than the St. Augustine. It came back especially thick around the tree trunk and in the library circle. I mowed it hard and weed eated and it looks tons better.

I haven't gotten to the flower bed under the windows yet. That whole area is going to get gravel for a firebreak and drainage area.

Anyway, back to the wildflowers.

Various plants; the one on the extreme left has a single blossom of yellow and red; logs lying in the background, and a house beyond.

The ones on the left are blanket flowers and the ones on the right are ironweed. Somewhere in the middle is lanceleaf coreopsis. I don't remember where I put the wild bergamot, and I don't know whether it came back or not. I think it's behind the ironweed and that it didn't, but not 100% sure.

#BlanketFlower #IronWeed #LanceLeafCoreopsis #WildBergamot #TurfGrass

]]> https://native-front-yard.writeas.com/wildflower-update Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:40:26 +0000 false spring https://native-front-yard.writeas.com/the-falsee-spring-continues-and-may-turn-out-to-be-a-real-spring-after-all?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[The false spring continues and may turn out to be a real spring after all. Been holding off on gardening because I expect one last freeze. The American beautyberrys have not budded out so I think they agree. Nonetheless, the non-native weeds and some of the prolific native ground covers have taken all the rain and turned it into explosive growth. Sigh. I have to weed eat today. I yearn for that future date when my lawn has become a garden. So much work still to get there. #spring #AmericanBeautyBerry #TurfGrass]]> The false spring continues and may turn out to be a real spring after all. Been holding off on gardening because I expect one last freeze. The American beautyberrys have not budded out so I think they agree. Nonetheless, the non-native weeds and some of the prolific native ground covers have taken all the rain and turned it into explosive growth.

Sigh. I have to weed eat today.

I yearn for that future date when my lawn has become a garden. So much work still to get there.

#spring #AmericanBeautyBerry #TurfGrass

]]> https://native-front-yard.writeas.com/the-falsee-spring-continues-and-may-turn-out-to-be-a-real-spring-after-all Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:30:44 +0000 maybe not st. augustine https://native-front-yard.writeas.com/maybe-not-st?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[On second thought, the grass that's springing up again in the native section is most noticeably not sprouting in the border areas that are dedicated exclusively to St. Augustine, so maybe that's not what it is. It grew quite confidently in the cold until last week's very hard freeze. Now it is severely wilted. Whereas the St. Augustine is simply brown. When it next comes back strong, I'll have to make a proper ID. #TurfGrass #StAugustine]]> On second thought, the grass that's springing up again in the native section is most noticeably not sprouting in the border areas that are dedicated exclusively to St. Augustine, so maybe that's not what it is. It grew quite confidently in the cold until last week's very hard freeze. Now it is severely wilted. Whereas the St. Augustine is simply brown.

When it next comes back strong, I'll have to make a proper ID.

#TurfGrass #StAugustine

]]> https://native-front-yard.writeas.com/maybe-not-st Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:28:18 +0000