Yeah, it's much better now that I removed the sod. I thought of prickly
cactus, but one of the dumb kids would for sure have fallen into it as they go
willie nillie on their bikes everywhere, and for sure one of their dumb parents
would sue.

Liriope and Ophiopogon would work, but they look ratty if not watered. Dwarf
monkey is nice, but again needs some water.

I'm sure I will have a thousand Gaura next winter in rosette. I can always send
you a batch. They flower beautifully on no care what so ever and all I need do
is about every 4-6 weeks go out with a sequitur and hack down the spend bloom
stems. In two weeks they are in full bloom again. Native too.


On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 17:29:12 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12-" opined:

Those "street margins" are a royal pain in the ass.

Hardly worth the time and effort for hauling out the mower just to cut the
narrow strip.

I'm often tempted to pull out all the grass and replacing it with prickly
pear cactus!!!!

Maybe Liriope or Ophiopogon would be a better idea?

Other neighbors have just cemented it up.

We never got "street trees". All the better.


animaux wrote in message
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On 21 Aug 2003 13:46:35 GMT, c (TOM KAN PA) opined:

Paghat wrote in an earlier post, Today the city of Seattle put out an
announcement for everyone to water their street margins' trees
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Street margin? Is this the strip between the curb and the sidewalk? In
our
locale (Pittsburgh, Pa. metropolitan area) we call this the Devil Strip.
It
doesn't belong to you, but your responsible for it's upkeep and
maintenance.



None of my land belongs to me. It's all on loan. Either way, I removed
all the
grass from the "parkway" (what they call it in Texas) and planted it with
Gaura
lindheimeriii, 3 cedar elms, Muhlinburgia lindheimerii (sp?) and D.
inoxia.

No mow, no water, no nothing. They can have it whenever they want it.

V