7/18/2019: Yard of Maureen Labadie

Maureen Labadie hosted our July 18, 2019 walk in her yard in celebration of the 11th month anniversary of the installation of native plantings. She shared her successes and let us know what plants failed to thrive in her yard. Some of her native plants, but not all, are shown here.

Her substantially-sized patch of turkey tangle frogfuit (Pyla nodiflora), also known as capeweed, fogfruit, and matchstick, was a big hit …

FYI: This area is irrigated, so the frogfruit has formed a lush carpet.

Twinflower at the base of the bermed area in her front yard was another success.

Maureen shared that Tampa verbena (Glandularia tampensis) did not thrive in this area.

Silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) also graced her front yard …

Her backyard was fenced. The tree below is sweet acacia (Acacia farnesiana), also known as the Chanel #5 tree since once a fragrance from its flowers were included in the since this iconic perfume. You also can see some blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella) and muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris).

Necklace pod (Sophora tomentosa), not shown, and southern red cedar (Juniperus Silicicola) also were planted along the western fence.

On a chain link fence at the northern end of the property grew corky stem passionflower vine (Passiflora suberosa), not shown, and coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens).

Additional natives were planted to the north of the fence including firebush (Hammelia patens) on which lots of butterflies were nectaring (not shown) and crownbeard (Verbesina virginica) …