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Here's how it started, but over the years I converted to a
more nave plant pallet with a big yucca replacing those
hidden ginger lilies. And tropical sage and blue curls
replacing the zinnias. |
We lost a sweet gum tree in one of the 2004 hurricanes. There were 4 big storms that year--it was our welcome to Florida because we'd moved here in June of that year. But instead of grinding out the stump as recommended by the tree guy so we could convert that area to lawn, we covered it with pond muck and compost and build a butterfly garden there in the middle of our back yard.
Read my post from back then,
From Stump to Butterfly Haven.
Moving the blueberries
Back in 2009, I planted 3 blueberry bushes that were bred for Florida. I wrote about this adventure in
Florida's Blueberries. The bushes were small when I planted them 3 feet from the back of the detached garage.
