We are working on killing the grass under this area to put in a native plant garden. The stone edging is just to hold in the mulch during the process (as you can see we ran out of mulch, will be doing another delivery in the next few weeks.) The terrain is slightly uneven, with what I’m guessing is a small slope 5-8 inches deep (seen in the right side.) Do you think we need to try to even out the area with more soil before planting next fall? I’m in zone 7b in eastern Oklahoma which gets torrential rain throughout the year, so my concern is immature plants getting swept away if all the water is falling to one side. Any advice is appreciated, thank you all 🌻
by plantylibrarian
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Descriptive comment: image of an area of my backyard designated for native plant gardening. Covered in cardboard + mulch to kill grass underneath.
Plugs will be fine so no need to try evening it out. I have a huge 45° slope in my yard that has new plugs surviving no problem through many intense downpours
Very curious about the answer. I’d be more worried about areas that will puddle and then drown the plants. Plant varieties that have deep roots if you’re worried about anything being swept away. But it should have some slope (I would think) to avoid saturation