This is basically where all the dogs pee. I find it extremely annoying to mow. I'm looking for pee-friendly low-maintenance native suggestions. Zone 7b, Eastern US.
Thaaaanks!
by Lunchable
This is basically where all the dogs pee. I find it extremely annoying to mow. I'm looking for pee-friendly low-maintenance native suggestions. Zone 7b, Eastern US.
Thaaaanks!
by Lunchable
40 Comments
TBH its so small I’d just tear the grass and weeds out and put rocks or gravel there.
great spot for native perennials! you could do coneflowers or blackeyed susans. plant them once and they’ll keep coming back. Great for pollinators too.
Plant corn.
prairie dropseed or Pennsylvania sedge
Sedum sod. It’s pretty hearty and handles heat pretty well.
Aggressive spreaders are really great with defined areas
I personally think we need more trumpet vines everywhere because I love hummingbirds (but that’s the opposite of something you need to keep short)
plant some beans or any vine to go up on that pole
Thread leaf coreopsis. Long bloom period and interesting foliage. Northern sea oats would also likely do well.
If you prioritize, low maintenance and practicality, decompose granite could work. If the priority is a small green space, maybe bulbs and natives that bloom at different times of the year. But depending on what’s on top of that pole and how often it’s serviced, whatever you put there may get trampled. So then back to the DG option. Good luck😎
Something that climbs <33
Let it go
Thyme. No mowing, purple in spring.
Miniature miniature golf course, like really small.
A lot of folks are here suggesting tall plants and I’d like to point out that this looks like a corner of a street and planting anything tall will reduce visibility and cause issues for drivers.
It may be thin enough that it’s really not a big deal but just keep that in mind for anything you plant because you won’t want to rip it up if the city complains or cause an accident because someone couldn’t see a car or pedestrian coming around the corner.
If it is heavily dog peed I would leave whatever is there – because dry soil, heat, being right on the street, and doused in dog pee on the regular is just so hostile to most plants.
Otherwise liriope which is very difficult to kill and tolerates most it not all of the challenges of this spot. It flowers as well and does not need mowing or much of any maintenance.
Something native that LOVES nitrogen
Beans!
Pycnathemum muticum
Clematite de virginie or Matricaire odorante
Yes, native perennials, maybe bearded iris…all require no maintenance…like the idea of the trumpet vine!
Tulips or daffodils = spring
Marigolds or other annuals that can be planted over the bulbs
A very tiny public park
The city’s tiniest park
It might be something in the spurge family already, which is native and tends to cling to small cracks and gaps where virtually nothing else survives. Not especially attractive, but both native and beneficial to native insects. If you want to be sure, I’d clear it and seed with something like prostate spurge or spotted spurge
Sedges tend to do well in whatever kinds of soil and there are varieties that grow under 1’ tall. Just make sure to cut them back once you see new growth starting in the spring.
A cute perennial, plant perhaps.
If dogs pee there, then get something that thrives with a high nutrition level. Alternatively make a tiny rock garden.
Nothing. Leave it alone.
Put a little picket fence and make a mini native garden and folks will put some figurines in there.
Wild violets something that won’t die . Leaving it like it is would be best. What is at the top of the pole?
Perfect place for mint.
Is there such a thing as a mini miniature goat?
A nice native flowering vine up the pole and some ground cover to fill in the bare spots
Lavender.
Looks pretty, can grow in a small area, tall clusters of distinct flowers, and can do well with the acidity from regular peepee.
Someone is obviously cutting it, so probably something short. Butterfly pea, perhaps? It can do ok with regular cutting.
The Spurred Butterfly Pea (Centrosema virginianum)
Fairy garden
Probably not smart to be digging next to that “electric” stamp
Creeping Thyme.
Most well manicured 1sq’ plot of grass in history. ??
Violets