Landscaping

They are native to Long Island super hardy one of the few no maintenance plants

Wow never would of guessed

Neighbor has had her cactus for at least twenty years in Matzohpizza. Hers in bloom now too.

Not sure if it's still there, but a house on Rocky Point Landing Road had a huge prickly pear garden in the front yard. I was amazed how neat the flowers were...

As the Season Progresses:

Nice Wader !!

As Season Progresses - Part 2

I had this half dead fugly lookin' Gardenia Bush in the backyard when I moved in here 7 years go. I've plotted to have it removed at least a 1/2 dozen times but just never got there.....

For whatever reason it began responding this year. Growing larger & greener.

And now - it's sporting flowers. Very, Very Fragrant Flowers. I can smell them all over yard. Being tobacco free for 2.6 years helps with that I'm sure.

Instead of plotting to get rid of it - it seems to have now taken a permanent spot in the yard providing it keeps going.

Part 3

Some of you gardeners maybe familiar with a plant called Lantana. Down here it grows as a perennial. Completely gone during the winter it is dead from the ground up. In the spring it begins to regrow from the roots. i had planted 7 of them in little 4 inch pots 3 years ago against a post & rail fence along one side of the driveway. Not in the best soil.

It had been part of an asphalt basketball court that runs under a large section of my back yard. Whomever installed it didn't bother to remove it but instead covered it over with about 4 inches of soil & left it there. I had to jack hammer out a 3 X 20 section of it & create a raised garden bed. Ground below the bed pretty much consists of gravel, small stones, some soil.

The roots on these plants are incredible & grew right through all of that.
They are great in high sun areas & are very drought resilient attracting TONS of butterflies. They are in direct sun for at least 10 hours out of the day. I don't do anything for them once they were established - not even watering them. And they grow & grow eventually growing taller then the fence they are in front of (about 4 feet) )only to completely disappear each winter.

The original 7 plants are now at 11 through self propagation & I've given at least 2 of them away to neighbors every year. Great plants that flower all summer, require no care & are excellent for high sun, no care areas.

1st picture is about 4 weeks after they came through the ground this spring.

Part 3

Some of you gardeners maybe familiar with a plant called Lantana. Down here it grows as a perennial. Completely gone during the winter it is dead from the ground up. In the spring it begins to regrow from the roots. i had planted 7 of them in little 4 inch pots 3 years ago against a post & rail fence along one side of the driveway. Not in the best soil.

It had been part of an asphalt basketball court that runs under a large section of my back yard. Whomever installed it didn't bother to remove it but instead covered it over with about 4 inches of soil & left it there. I had to jack hammer out a 3 X 20 section of it & create a raised garden bed. Ground below the bed pretty much consists of gravel, small stones, some soil.

The roots on these plants are incredible & grew right through all of that.
They are great in high sun areas & are very drought resilient attracting TONS of butterflies. They are in direct sun for at least 10 hours out of the day. I don't do anything for them once they were established - not even watering them. And they grow & grow eventually growing taller then the fence they are in front of (about 4 feet) )only to completely disappear each winter.

The original 7 plants are now at 11 through self propagation & I've given at least 2 of them away to neighbors every year. Great plants that flower all summer, require no care & are excellent for high sun, no care areas.

1st picture is about 4 weeks after they came through the ground this spring.

gotta get me some

gotta get me some

don't know that they'll survive up there - Sister-in-law took some back to LI last year - didn't come back - although at the rate they grow that's probably not an issue - 4'' pots down here are like $7

internet search says that besides being quite toxic, they are only annuals in northern states.

any good deer repellents to stop them critters from eating flowers and stuff???

little confused by this article - specifically the fact that it spreads - I've had them on two properties for at least the last 20 years I've never seen them multiply

Has anyone else?

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Not me. I planted milkweed for the first time this April, seeds from my buddy. Only around two feet tall, no flowers yet, but from what I have read my mums, black eyed susans and other flowers attract the monarchs just as well, and they will lay eggs on the milkweed, flowers on them or not.

Not really landscaping but hardscaping no need for another threadNot really landscaping but hardscaping no reason to start a new thread

any good deer repellents to stop them critters from eating flowers and stuff???

Get the concentrate, works GREAT, but smells really bad...

Can you apply for a nuisance permit? venison, healthier than any cow meat.

Not really landscaping but hardscaping no need for another threadNot really landscaping but hardscaping no reason to start a new thread

looking good Mike

little confused by this article - specifically the fact that it spreads - I've had them on two properties for at least the last 20 years I've never seen them multiply

Has anyone else?

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They don’t spread. They grow larger. Typical article Yahoo would post.

They don’t spread. They grow larger. Typical article Yahoo would post.

funny thing - I mentioned this to two of brothers & they both said that yes - they've have them propagate

Ended up with extra RCA , which I’ll spread on the side driveway. Started spreading the sand but dinner canceled any further work today I’m stuffed