California Gardening: Happy Fall y'all, 1 by suewylan

suewylan wrote:
It'll be fun to share Fall projects! Sharon, once on our old street in the suburbs, the tree guys came to 'prune the roots' of our strret trees, trying to stop the sidewalks from being damaged... What followed was a heavy rain and wind storm and most trees, having had their roots sliced on just one side, fell into the street! One van...smashed! Live and learn, I guess.

Here is the area I'm working on. It's bloody hot out there now, but it's in the shade in the afternoon. We have heat in the ninties again! Went to the nursery's 'Ugly Plant Sale' (half price) and picked up some salvias, agastaches, a cranesbill, and some pink muhly grass. I thought I'd plant groupings and leave the middle for wildflowers and grasses. That's the idea, anyway. Now I'm looking up everything in Plantfiles and when it's cooler, I'm out there again!

Oh, moved a bunch of stuff the other day...things that were in the wrong place or too close together. Gaura, an autumn sage and a pineapple sage sprout.

In the picture you can see the Sycamore at the back and the path in the foreground. I started to spread small gravel on the path going down the right side.