Gardens of the World, Fall 2015

Fall Maintenance To-Dos for a Vibrant Drought Tolerant Garden

Volunteers and learners from the La Canada community joined La Canada Valley Beautiful and FormLA Landscaping in October 2015. Here are highlights from the hands-on workshop.

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Deer Grass Flat Top

Volunteers gave 4-5 foot high Deer Grass it’s first haircut. Installed 8 years ago, the grass had turned gold. This deep trim will inspire it to generate new green in the spring.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Fescue and Sage Hold Steady

This blue-grey fescue and power pink Hummingbird sage simply received encouragement. We removed excessive oak tree litter to allow the sage space to propagate and for sunshine to reach the fescue.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Restructure Structural Blooms

The Mediterranean garden’s fan palm and Status have fantastic form. To ensure the Jerusalem Sage brings bountiful yellow blooms in spring, we left just enough grey-green foliage to compliment the surrounding greenery.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Aussie Easy

The Australian garden needed only the removal of Kangaroo Paw blooms. This architectural grass maintains it’s shape season upon season, year after year with no attention.