Direction 01 - 1st critique

1st critique

Scope is too large.

Robust plants like lantana are preferred.

Xeriscape, no irrigation.

Only the lowest maintenance plants (robust)

My hydrangeas get mildew.

The trouble with spraying for fungus is that it's a preventative. Only leaves that are treated are protected. Leaves that already have mildew can't be saved. Therefore one must spray early and often, at least once a week, the whole plant. That is too much work. Replace the plant instead. 

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We will scale the project down to the front yard only and execute in small stages starting with the oval lawn. Mulching flower beds using the no till method. We hope to do this in June. By October it should be ready for seeds.

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Maybe a few trees and shrubs can go in this fall as well, budget permitting. 

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1.  Shade trees replaced with ornamental
1. Cherry tree
2. Chaste tree (vitex)
2. Pollinator shrubs
1. Sweet shrub
2. Abelia
3. Lantana miss huff
4. Hydrangea
5. Buddlia
6. Lavender
7. Nepeta
3. Flower beds must be minimum maintenance.
1. Oxye daisy (evergreen, cut once after bloom)
2. Salvia
3. Coneflowers
4. Nepeta
5. Bulbs
1. Spanish bluebells
2. Daffodil
3. Paperwhite