Nn-2023-autumn

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^ Cool Plants

Good plants noted in late 2023, some native xeric for pollinators and cold hardy . . .

Yosemite National Park wildflowers

Cold hardy cacti and succulents


^ Raised bed front northwest

Create rounded raised bed with medium retainer blocks, to provide space for yucca and agave plants.

(1) build retaining wall between front northwest yard rhododendron and agave ovatifolia

    Clean up:
    [ ] remove dead rhododendron stump
    [ ] attempt to move self air rooted rhododendron branch
    [x] remove copiced oak tree
    [x] weed
    Preparation:
    [ ] dig trench for gravel footing for wall
    [ ] set blocks
    [ ] backfill and cover with screen
    [ ] determine terracing steps north of new raised bed

    ^ Planting and Potting

    (2) pot up hardy hibiscus from 57th street

      [x] pot up four hibiscus planted atop ground and mounded in place [ ] pot or plant in ground n hibiscus from five gallon bucket


    (3) smaller planting jobs

      [ ] pot and label vine maple and Japanese maple one-gallon seed groups [ ] plant loose AB iris rhizomes [ ] plant BB Cranapple iris divisions [ ] plant AB Perry Dyer iris divisions, two sites [ ] locate and plant in ground agastache in white pots [ ] divide first and oldest red hot poker


    ^ Northeast Retaining Wall

    (4) complete first section northeast large block retaining wall