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neverspent) wrote2010-07-30 11:22 pm
neverspent) wrote2010-07-30 11:22 pm
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July 30: Thriving peppervine
The landscaping in the square by my teaching building is lovely, but it doesn't require much care because it's meant, I think, to evoke a forest. The tall upper story trees are already there, and the understory trees (mainly dogwoods) are well established. After that it's just ferns, which need nothing but mulch, and a few azaleas around the edges. I think that's why the plant beds right next to the building are completely neglected. Nobody even remembers that they're there. As a result, one of the beds is overgrown with pokeweed, poison ivy, and peppervine, which is climbing up the wall to the stairs of the second-story patio. I took a picture of it ten days ago.
Since then, the vines have gone completely over the wall, grown over the handrail, and are now drooping down all the way to the steps themselves. Pretty impressive! And speaking of peppervine, some of the berries have already ripened to black.
Since then, the vines have gone completely over the wall, grown over the handrail, and are now drooping down all the way to the steps themselves. Pretty impressive! And speaking of peppervine, some of the berries have already ripened to black.