You guys need to be aware of my plan. I am ridding the tallow by slowly
strangling them with vines as the Water Oaks, Dahoon Holly. Mexican Plum
and Redbay are coming up. The tallows are on the west side and 40 feet
tall. As the understory permanents come up and the tallows wane down. I
will have snag city for birds and insects. And the landscape goes
through a long-term conversion.
I have been to the Katy Prairie Conservancy to kill tallows with the
treatment developed by A&M. =
On the nandinas, yes, I am aware of how people feel about them. I have 4
and you can see from the pix, they have a nice contained hedgerow. They
and Tallow are NOT prescribed to my clients. =
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animaux wrote:
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If I were you I'd rip out that overused poop the Chinese tallow. It's =
clogging
our waterways and is an invasive spreader.
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I'm going to be taking out all the N.domestica in the next few weeks. =
I wil use
evergreen shrubs like yaupon holly, loripedelum (non-native, but adapte=
d non
invasive) and Texas sage. I like the contrast in colors.
=
On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 19:26:51 -0600, J Kolenovsky wr=
ote:
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Yes! Replace that overused, exotic poop with native plants like yaupon=
,
Dahoon holly, Possomhaw, Texas Mountain Laurel, Mexican Bush sage,
Autumn sage (salvia greggii) and a host of others, to mention a few.
I have over 116 links at:http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden for browsing.
Here's a list of stuff I put in since last fall:
Plant inventory -
Perennials =B7 Asclepias tuberosa, Butterflyweed =B7 Teucrium
Germander =B7 Salvia
greggii, Autumn or Cherry Sage =B7 Salvia coccinea, Tropical o=
r
Red Salvia =B7 Salvia
regla, Mountain Sage =B7 Salvia roemeriana, Cedar sage =B7 Sal=
via
nemorosa =B7 Salvia
uligulosa, Bog Salvia =B7 Salvia microphylla =B7 Salvia
blepharophylla =B7 Salvia van houtii =B7
Salvia leucantha, Mexican Bush Sage =B7 Salvia texana =B7 Salv=
ia
elegans =B7 Salvia
sinaloensis =B7 Yarrow =B7 Verbena =B7 Echinacea purpurea, Pur=
ple
Coneflower =B7
Sophora tomentosa Yellow sophora, Gulf Coast Laurel =B7 Ruelli=
a =B7
Frogfruit =B7 Texas
Betony =B7 Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal flower =B7 Canna, Dwar=
f
canna =B7 Copper
Canyon Daisy =B7 Blue Tuscan Rosemary =B7 Aster =B7 Phlox
Marsh plants =B7 Umbrella Palm =B7 Pennywort =B7 Bacopa =B7 Ca=
ttail =B7
Longwood Canna =B7
Wedelia hispida, Zexmania =B7 Louisiana Iris =B7 Wood violet =B7=
Chameleon Plant =B7
Japanese Iris
Trees =B7 Quercus nigra ,Water Oak =B7 Sapium ,Chinese Tallow =
=B7
Cercis canadensis,
Texas Redbud =B7 Persea borbonia, Redbay =B7 Sophora secundifl=
ora,
Texas Mountain
Laurel =B7 Prunus mexicana, Mexican Plum =B7 Aesculus pavia, T=
exas
Buckeye =B7
Parkinsonia aculeata, Retama =B7 Sassafras albidum
Shrubs =B7 Malphigia glabra, Barbados Cherry =B7 Callicarpa
americana, Beautyberry
=B7 Malvaviscus arboretum var. drummondii, Turk's Cap =B7 Lant=
ana
camera, West
Indian lantana =B7 Lantana horrida, Texas lantana =B7 Ilex Bur=
ford
Holly =B7 Pittosporum
tobra =B7 Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon =B7 Nandina domestica, Heaven=
ly
Bamboo =B7 Ilex
cassine, Dahoon Holly =B7 Ilex decidua, Possumhaw Holly =B7
Leucophyllum, Texas
Sage, Cenizo =B7 Leucophyllum, Texas Sage variety, Green Cloud=
=B7
Hesperaloe
parviflora, Red Yucca =B7 Cassia alata, Candlestick Plant =B7
Hamelia patens,
Hummingbird bush =B7 Chilopsis linearis, Desert Willow =B7
Anisacanthus quadrifidus,
var. wrightii, Flame Acanthus =B7 Azalea, Azalea "George L. Ta=
bor"
Vines =B7 Crossvine =B7 Pink Jasmine =B7 White Grape =B7 Arist=
olochia,
Pipevine =B7
Bougainvillea =B7 Passiflora coriacea, Batwing passionflower =B7=
Passiflora coccinea,
Red passionflower =B7 Passiflora, Jeanette passionflower
Groundcover =B7 Shenandoah Switch Grass =B7 Penisteum? Red Dwa=
rf
Bunnny Tail
Fountain Grass =B7 Penisteum? Black Fountain Grass =B7 Weeping=
Love
Grass =B7 Rubus
trivialis Southern dewberry, Bramble =B7 Stipa, Mexican
feathergrass =B7 Bouteloua
curtipendula, Sideoats grama =B7 Muhlenbergia capillaris, Gulf=
muhly =B7 Carex
Texnesis, Texas sedge =B7 Carex Glaucua, Blue sedge
Gary Harper wrote:
I have some Red Tipped Phenias in my yard that are about 5 or 6 feet=
tall.
They are too big for my taste and I want to replace them with some t=
ype of
short shrubs that I can keep at 2 to 3 feet tall.
When is a good time for planting shrubs?
Thanks,
Gary
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