Had a spot with a gnarly old stump growing against concrete steps right under a huge Garry oak tree that hates getting wet in the summer. The ground turns to powder if it’s not watered (PNW, Mediterranean climate, virtually no rain in summer), so needed something that could withstand 2-3 months of no water but would also stop the erosion that was happening here in the rainy season.
Native mosses and broad leaf stonecrop to the rescue. These moss species either grow on trees here, or on rocks in the baking sun. The sedum turns a lovely tangerine orange in the summer and just goes dormant. I should get a riotous display of canary yellow flowers held on pink stems next May.
The cyclamen aren’t native, but they also just tuck up and vanish in the summer-dry, so they can stay.
by augustinthegarden
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Thank you for sharing this. It’ll be a good inspiration.
**Beautiful!**
Excellent application of native pants in the urban landscape.
We need more examples like this to make it more palatable for those who have been conditioned by systems which have been grandfathered in over time in multiple industries.
that looks awesome!
This looks great!