Native landscapes are easier to maintain, use less water and thrive without chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Native Florida Plants describes every type of regional flora—-from seaside foliage and wildflowers to grassy meadows, shrubs, vines, and aquatic gardens—-in 301 profiles and accompanying...
Maintenance: Low Suggested Use: Rain gardens, borders, rock gardens, native plant gardens, cottage gardens, open woodland areas Special Attributes: Showy flowers, excellent golden fall foliage, attracts butterflies, deer resistant Discovered in the heart of the Ouachita Mountains, Amsonia hubrichtii is...
Another great way to have a low-maintenance backyard while still maintaining a beautiful landscape is to choosenative plants. Why? Native plants have adapted over centuries to grow all on their own in your climate. You might think native plants would look like scraggly weeds, but they come in...
You may be familiar with the aromatic mint plant for its ability to repel mosquitoes and make good mojitos. But the easy maintenance this plant requires to boot is as much a blessing as it is a curse: Peppermint plants' invasive roots grow so quickly that they can overtake your garden. K...
Turning your perfectly unnatural lawn into an imperfectly wild piece of land requires a little time and energy at first. And then...a lot less mowing.
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Native Florida Plants: Low Maintenance Landscaping and Gardening. Taylor Trade Publishing, Lanham. MD. 360 pp.Haehle, R. G., Brookwell, J. 2004. Native Florida Plants, Low-Maintenance Landscaping and Gardening. Taylor Trade Publishing, Lanham, New York...
Similarly, 'Florida Landscapes' are public landscaped areas that follow FYN principles. We have developed a list of over 350 native and non-native drought-tolerant, low maintenance plant species in the following categories: ' perennials; annuals and bedding plants; shrubs; flowering and shade ...
You may be familiar with the aromatic mint plant for its ability to repel mosquitoes and make good mojitos. But the easy maintenance this plant requires to boot is as much a blessing as it is a curse: Peppermint plants' invasive roots grow so quickly that they can overtake your garden. ...
Maintenance of ditch banks often entails regular mowing or herbicide application and infrequently uprooting of woody vegetation and re-sloping of ditch banks. Channel dredging, performed on an as-needed basis may remove large areas of channel vegetation along with accreted sediments. For the resulting...