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RyManUtah Posted May 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, RyManUtah said: Turf be gone ! - always been more into plants that benefit wildlife pollinators over just greenery, so here’s my start. Water will be fully installed at some point... before July . cheers 2019 : 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 3 hours ago, RyManUtah said: 2019 : Looking real good! Professional. I love ornamentals as much as the next guy, but for every palm I’ve planted this year I planted either a milkweed or a mountain mint for the pollinators. Got to at least try to support the bees and butterflies if we can. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester B Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 I'm not a big fan of grass. I keep some in the front for the Halloween graveyard, and some in the back for the dogs. Are you putting stone or river rock down as mulch? Or do you leave it bare? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted May 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Chester B said: I'm not a big fan of grass. I keep some in the front for the Halloween graveyard, and some in the back for the dogs. Are you putting stone or river rock down as mulch? Or do you leave it bare? I agree. Most grass makes me itch like Crazy unless wearing long sleeved clothing if I use it anyway - which isn’t ideal in my climate. I am putting down stone. I haven’t placed all my dirt yet, so it is bare for now. It will have washes that double as walkways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted May 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 2 hours ago, teddytn said: Looking real good! Professional. I love ornamentals as much as the next guy, but for every palm I’ve planted this year I planted either a milkweed or a mountain mint for the pollinators. Got to at least try to support the bees and butterflies if we can. Thank you for the compliment! Completely agree. I’ve put a lot of things for hummingbirds as well. We have some that overwinter in our area, so winter bloomers are important. We have a few wildflowers that will stay bloomed year round of watered monthly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted May 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 Now, rocks.. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwitt Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 5/15/2021 at 3:16 PM, RyManUtah said: Now, rocks.. A thing about rocks in the SW. In NM There is a town called Algodones(Spanish for cotton) . It sits in the world's largest contigious cottonwood Forest. Many believe this is where the name comes from. Until you discover Coronado(conquistador) wintered here in the 1500's and the local natives were growing cotton in a climate of about 160 day growing season in a zone 6b. They accomplished this using rocks! Choose your rocks wisely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 56 minutes ago, jwitt said: A thing about rocks in the SW. In NM There is a town called Algodones(Spanish for cotton) . It sits in the world's largest contigious cottonwood Forest. Many believe this is where the name comes from. Until you discover Coronado(conquistador) wintered here in the 1500's and the local natives were growing cotton in a climate of about 160 day growing season in a zone 6b. They accomplished this using rocks! Choose your rocks wisely! I’ve heard grape vineyards will line the rows of vines with rocks to help regulate the soil temperature. Enough rocks in the landscape may hold enough heat to keep sensitive plants from freezing. Kinda what you’re referring to? Always interested in anything to extend growing seasons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmatierMeg Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Beautiful landscaping! Grass is highly overrated and wasteful. We have a few patches in front to keep Cape Coral Code Enforcement away from the door. 4 Meg Palms of Victory I shall wear Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise) Florida Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal Elevation: 15 feetI'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwitt Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 9 hours ago, teddytn said: I’ve heard grape vineyards will line the rows of vines with rocks to help regulate the soil temperature. Enough rocks in the landscape may hold enough heat to keep sensitive plants from freezing. Kinda what you’re referring to? Always interested in anything to extend growing seasons... Here in Corrales, NM, they buried the vines under 5' of dirt in earlier times. Same locale has some filifera that survived back to back nights of -11f. No rocks involved tho. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted September 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 March 2020 August 2021 Slowly getting my desert scape back after removing the grass planted by others. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted September 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Because Mule March 2020 this morning spruge is on its way out, but makes a decent moisture retention 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Mule is looking kinda fat! 1 2 YouTube (TN Tropics) 60+ In-ground 7A palms - (Sabal) minor(7 large + 27 seedling size, 3 dwarf), brazoria(1) , birmingham(4), etonia (1) louisiana(5), palmetto (1), riverside (1), (Trachycarpus) fortunei(7), wagnerianus(1), Rhapidophyllum hystrix(7), 15' Mule-Butia x Syagrus(1), Blue Butia capitata(1) +Tons of tropical plants. Recent Yearly Lows -1F, 12F, 11F, 18F, 16F, 3F, 3F, 6F, 3F, 1F, 16F, 17F, 6F, 8F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted September 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Allen said: Mule is looking kinda fat! You can’t tell from the photo, but I removed the plastic ring around it because they were basically the same size under the mulch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregVirginia7 Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 5 hours ago, RyManUtah said: Because Mule March 2020 this morning spruge is on its way out, but makes a decent moisture retention In a desert landscape, do you have to put down a seed inhibitor to keep the weeds at bay? I’d imagine stone “mulch” would help a lot but weed seeds, of course, dominate any landscape, from pavement, to concrete cracks...they always find a way...would like to do away with grass altogether but understand that weeds anyway, could care less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted September 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 49 minutes ago, GregVirginia7 said: In a desert landscape, do you have to put down a seed inhibitor to keep the weeds at bay? I’d imagine stone “mulch” would help a lot but weed seeds, of course, dominate any landscape, from pavement, to concrete cracks...they always find a way...would like to do away with grass altogether but understand that weeds anyway, could care less. I don’t use any. Many people put down fabric, but that’s not my thing. Rocks collect dust, and things can grow - roots tear up the fabric and basically render it useless. I haven’t weeded in several months, and I don’t have any rocks down in this area. Spurge is my only weed that is terrible, because it seeds so young. They are thornless and don’t bother me much. The doves spread them around a bit - however they tend to mostly hangout dust bathing in sandy areas, where I have all the spurge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregVirginia7 Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 2 hours ago, RyManUtah said: I don’t use any. Many people put down fabric, but that’s not my thing. Rocks collect dust, and things can grow - roots tear up the fabric and basically render it useless. I haven’t weeded in several months, and I don’t have any rocks down in this area. Spurge is my only weed that is terrible, because it seeds so young. They are thornless and don’t bother me much. The doves spread them around a bit - however they tend to mostly hangout dust bathing in sandy areas, where I have all the spurge. Got it...I have a type of spurge here that remains a ground hugging weed and would not be that big of a deal alone, but here, anyway, we have dozens of different types of weeds that grow at various heights...in any event, the palms you have growing in your yard certainly transform any grass free plot into a beautiful landscape...spurge or not, though I agree, the coverage of the spurge has to conserve moisture in the soil, at least while it lasts...anyway, your palms look great! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorBold Posted September 15, 2021 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 That mule is going to do well there... really going to stand out! Beautiful.. perfect choice.. I just noticed you shaved a trachy.. how'd that go?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted September 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 7 hours ago, SailorBold said: That mule is going to do well there... really going to stand out! Beautiful.. perfect choice.. I just noticed you shaved a trachy.. how'd that go?? I went fairly smoothly. Took me maybe an hour at most with a box cutter. I used to not like them like that. Initially I did it to visually eliminate a pests - but it’s grown on me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorBold Posted September 18, 2021 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 I'm assuming you left the sprinklers in place? Do you plan on still using the valve? I think I saw a neat product that you just screw on to the top of a sprinkler head that converts it to Drip emitters...and I've seen some caps too.. might be easier to run water instead of trenching.. if you add a main tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted September 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2021 22 hours ago, SailorBold said: I'm assuming you left the sprinklers in place? Do you plan on still using the valve? I think I saw a neat product that you just screw on to the top of a sprinkler head that converts it to Drip emitters...and I've seen some caps too.. might be easier to run water instead of trenching.. if you add a main tube. Sorry I missed this.. I left the size sprinkler zones. Two lines were removed or capped off. I am using emitter heads close to where water is needed. I reduced pressure with a regulator from 65 psi to 40 - a feat not entirely necessary but helpful. Many are simply capped off for the time being. the control box that was in place for the sprinklers has some very handy setting for drip. Currently on rain delay - but waters 3x a week on the palms every 21 days on the cacti. I just have that black micro tubing going from the emitters to drip plugs. I use a variety depending on plant , from 1/2gph up to 2gph - with as many as needed to wet the entire root zone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted November 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 Some autumn plantings… First up, Punica granatum ‘utahsweet’: Vitis vinifera 'RedFlame’: Agave montana: Trachycarpus fortunei: Some rose Bush something or other: Pink penstemon & Hymenoxys acaulis (wildflowers): 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DAVEinMB Posted November 21, 2021 Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 13 hours ago, RyManUtah said: November: Your landscaping is top notch and that view is incredible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted November 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 3 hours ago, DAVEinMB said: Your landscaping is top notch and that view is incredible Thank you sir - can’t wait for the “taking off” phase 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted November 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Some honorable mentions, that aren’t much to look at in photos at the moment: Crepe Myrtle Texas Mountain Laurel Sabal miamiensis on its 5th strap: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted November 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 Sabal palmetto 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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D Palm Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Beautiful desert landscape! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RyManUtah Posted December 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 Rock mulch & sneak peak of hardscape 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerarch Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 31 minutes ago, RyManUtah said: Rock mulch & sneak peak of hardscape Looking nice, how do those golden barrels do for you in St. George? I thought they were on the tender side? 2 Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked back to the stone age of zone 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted December 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Xerarch said: Looking nice, how do those golden barrels do for you in St. George? I thought they were on the tender side? They do great in full winter sun 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meangreen94z Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 16 hours ago, Xerarch said: Looking nice, how do those golden barrels do for you in St. George? I thought they were on the tender side? They will take mid teens. A few actually survived single digits randomly in central Texas. I saw a few survivors at John Fairey Garden as well. They must have gotten the right amount of initial snowpack to insulate them. That garden did no protecting at all from an ultimate low of 6°F 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Winter days are great for projects. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 11/21/2021 at 7:49 PM, RyManUtah said: Some honorable mentions, that aren’t much to look at in photos at the moment: Crepe Myrtle Texas Mountain Laurel Sabal miamiensis on its 5th strap: Have to keep us updated on that miamiensis, I’m super interested to see how that looks in a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted January 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 37 minutes ago, teddytn said: Have to keep us updated on that miamiensis, I’m super interested to see how that looks in a few years. For sure. I have three strap leafers planted out in different sun strengths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddytn Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 39 minutes ago, RyManUtah said: For sure. I have three strap leafers planted out in different sun strengths. I had the same thought with palmetto here, planted against the foundation one on the east side, 2 on the south side, and one on the west side. Experiments lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyManUtah Posted January 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 Defined a bit of porch space, and have been getting this section near completion. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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