haydee
2022-09-05 11:34:00
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I think in a garden thread you can also talk about climate (change), that totally belongs here.
For example, the question of whether, in view of climate change, one could deviate from the rule of only planting native plants? Doesn’t it make sense to integrate, for example, Mediterranean plants into your garden planning, especially where some species are already establishing themselves as neophytes in nature...
That way, you wouldn’t have to water so much.
I ask myself that question too.
There are native wildflowers that probably were not satisfied even with less than 30 liters of rainfall in 3 months. At least they keep coming back on the former or new meadow. The new wildflower meadow is a sad sight. Flowers keep appearing but not a single blade of grass.
On my steep slope, cacti, succulents, and the like will probably move in partly, because plants like sedum or sage do not do well there.
Maybe it’s also enough to fall back on old cultivars. In the past, everything had to be watered with a watering can and the water was sometimes even manually fetched from the well. My grandmother pulled a wheelbarrow and watering cans from the well to the garden until the mid-80s. That wasn’t done daily and watering was done very sparingly. The plants had to be naturally robust.
Many plants considered typical cottage garden plants or usual vegetables are introduced. A typical cottage garden flower, the dahlia, originally comes from Mexico. Tomatoes and potatoes are all immigrant plants. Not every species of neophytes reproduces extremely quickly and displaces native plants.
You can partly find the requirements for nature-friendly gardens on the internet. For me, the regulations are too restrictive. I have set my own goals and I stick to them. Even if choosing the plants is not always easy.