The City of Nanaimo’s new floral emblem may be in danger.
This week council announced the Lotus Pinnatus would become the city’s official flower, but just days later we’re learning the area where the flower thrives could be developed.
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I have a crazy flower bed, it has been here since we bought the house and more than likely years before that. I want to have only grass in the yard and keep the existing shrubs and trees only. Do I need to pull the flowers and lay weed cloth, then put soil on top and then seed or sod grass? Or, do I just cut the flowers down and put the cloth over and so forth? What is the best way to do this? I also have some areas where there use to be cement blocks (under a shed) and I need grass there too…
Thanks!
If the bed is lower than the surrounding grass, you could clip off the plants, sod the area, and just mow anything that pokes through. If you want to seed the area, you’ll need to work harder. You may well have plants, like oriental poppies, that will grow back if you chop them off, and grow back 10x worse if you try to pull them out. This might be a case for RoundUp (which I really hate to use).
You could also walk around the neighborhood, and find someone who has a nice flower bed. Offer them everything you’ve got, they just have to dig it up themselves in the next week.
Under the blocks, expect to turn the soil to loosen things up before putting in grass. Compacted soil does not grow anything well.
You might also do a soil test, see what you should add while you’re doing work.
Laying down a cloth (dark) and burning out the plants works better the hotter your weather. Took at least 6 weeks in MA, would probably only take 2 weeks in TX in August.
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