Sheshe girl!
As long as we're talking weeds, I'm good! No problem!
Cause you might identify one I have yet to discover!
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THESE WEEDS FOR ME?
Linda, I bought Bonide Weed Beater Complete (bought it at Calloways). It's both a pre-emergent and a weed killer, and it is safe for St Augustine lawns. I just re-read your initial posting and must say do not, I repeat, DO NOT use Roundup near the St Aug. It will kill anything it comes in contact with. Good luck getting your St Aug to come back. I was in your shoes not too long ago. But once I got serious about weed control and organic fertilizer, my St Augustine took off and has been a delight ever since.
Carla
Thanks, Carla!
One more question for you. My front lawn has eroded from it's normal 5" or so to about 3" and on the edges, even more.
No problem with weeds on the front, but the St. Aug is looking pukey. Would you recommended a load of topsoil or a load of compost to rebuild that height? I know I need to add something for the new roots to grab on to, just not sure which.
Probably the compost would add much-needed nutrients.
LMK
Linda
Compost will feed the roots, but the roots still need something to dig into. Once the compost is gone, I'm afraid you would be left in the same situation. You might put down topsoil very carefully around the already present St Aug, and then add compost to that. The topsoil, for all intents and purposes, is dead soil. But the compost will leach into it and bring it to life. If you added topsoil in this manner, you should be able to get the soil height back to where you want it, and without harming your already present St Aug. It would be slow and tedious, but slow and steady always win the race, right? :-)
Carla
I hear yah, Carla! Thanks for explaining that with a perfect visual!
There's a really good grass fertilizer that I can't think of the name of. I'll have to check when I get home, but it's something like "Texas Tea". Works great to build up lawns.
Ok. I'll wait to hear from you.
Checked google and it is "Texas Tea". It's an organic grass fertilizer.
Look what I found while weeding around some overgrown and hideous bushes. This little gem was covered by crab grass and other weeds. I know its an anemone but which one? Is that tall structure a bud or a seed pod? Will it survive transplant...so many questions.
Cheryl
another view
Cheryl, that's the anemone Im bringing to Dennis at the RU. It's a native Anemone berlandieri, Ten Petal anemone. Im glad to know it will survive in your zone. It grows from a bulb and only blooms about now, then disappears until next year. I found the bulbs about 3" down. The center which stands up tall will produce seeds with little puffs on them to be carried by the wind. Here, most of the seeds, even if I plant them, will be washed away by the rain.
Cheryl, it is called Tenpetal Anemone, a Texas native, and yes they transplant well.
http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/ran/anemone_berlandieri.htm
Well thank you for the ID. I am thrilled it moved into my little corner of the world. Is it pretty easy to move? Also, how much sun can it stand? I have a damp, shady bed and then others with varying degrees of mostly full sun.
C
Cheryl, it only shows up in the Spring before the trees leaf out so I dont think it matters where you plant it. Mine are growing under the Esperanza but a vacant lot in my neighborhood has them all over with no shade. They will be done by the time the trees leaf out.
I think I will let it go to seed and try and collect some before I move it. I am a little worried about it being poisonous though. Keeping track of its local will be the real challenge then.
My yard is full of things that are poisonous if you eat them and for that matter so is all of the natural world. Most animals seem to know what to eat and what not. Only us humans have to rely on what we've been taught regarding what is safe to eat.
I had a puppy to die a mysterious death, within 24 hours of being let out of his cage one day. I have since learned that, to a dog, Sluggo Plus smells like dog food. I had just sprinkled it around the concrete pad I had my eBuckets sitting on. I noticed he kept trying to eat what looked like some grass, and I kept shooing him away.
Before the research, I could not figure out what killed that puppy. It was a horrific, laborious death.
Linda, I was referring to natural plants, not man made chemicals that animals have no history with.
I had not planned to eat them and yes many but not all plants are poisonous. Many are not really harmful. This anemone is, apparently even if you get the sap on you. I do have a small grandson and it is a chid that I am concerned for. Some plants are much more dangerous than most others are and should be planted with that in mind.
C
Why can't I get anything that nice to settle in my flower beds?? I only get WEEDS!
Oh I have plenty of those, this was an unusual suprise.
Hmm wow... We're doing a prairie rescue ahead of construction of a new school in our neighborhood. I dug barehanded like 200 of those Monday (not counting the ones I broke). No inflammation or blistering. I'm sure the wildflower center didn't make that part up, but possibly maybe it's not quite as dire as they sound.
Anyone in the area who wants to dig or trade, give me a holler. Plenty more windflower, a bunch of texas star, rosinweed, and undoubtedly all kinds of other stuff I won't be able to identify until it blooms or grows out of its basal stage. There's also an riparian area, not sure what's down there yet.
Sounds like great fun. I hope you find all sorts of interesting plants.
C
Ooooh, I wish I lived closer. Iove to dig!