I'm curious as to why this broken trunk gets enough energy to seal itself, whereas a defoliated branch would just die and rot. Is it because it's connected directly to the roots?
I'm driving from Victoria to Cape Scott in a few weeks and I'd like to plan some stops along the highway that are known for hosting lots of native plants. I'm also really interested in native grasses because Victoria is so devoid of them, even our most prestigious nature reserves here are full of invasive eurasian grass that chokes out a lot of the native flowers and keeps them sparse.
If I could find a field full of goldenrod or fireweed, roemer's fescue or California oatgrass somewhere I think I'd die and go to heaven.
I'm installing an irrigation system for an existing client, one of the beds that requires irrigation is a rather narrow bed along the driveway. She already has a very nice drip irrigation system but she's old and doesn't believe that drip lines work despite my best efforts to convince her they do. I'm looking at rainbird and hunter systems. Is there a pop up sprinkler head option that I can use on the < 2' bed that won't overspray?
It's nice to see some native flowers that can survive getting mowed down for most of the year.
One day I will have replaced every public lawn that doesn't get mowed every week with roemer's fescue, yarrow, and violets.
I had to cut the left part back to dead wood because it was too long, I hope it gets some new shoots. Probably going to let it get some sunlight and eventually bring the foliage in closer to the trunk. Has anyone dug up a mature rosemary like this before? The root ball was tiny compared to the full size of the shrub.
As a landscaper I've noticed many clients panicking because their irrigation company is still out a few weeks on turning on their irrigation. It's the beginning of May. Lawns are still green. Weeds are shooting up out of the topsoil at Lightspeed. Most of the plants in your garden, especially your big shrubs, are capable of surviving a little while without rain or direct watering, and there's probably more water in your soil than you think. Occasional deep watering, or typical rain levels in mid spring is enough. I've worked on many properties with no irrigation at all and while some plants go dormant due to summer drought, most of it will come back, and again it's only May 4th. Unless you're growing stuff from the jungle you're probably all good.
When I feel like I'm about to throw up, I can prevent it with a 99% success rate by laying down and breathing rapidly. I'm not sure why I started doing this, if it's just a basic human instinct, but I'm curious to see if anyone else does this. I'll typically do this for about 2-5 minutes until the nausea passes. If I stop too early I vomit.