Beautification Committee

Shannon Huet

 

Beautification update

 

Thank You to the neighborhood volunteers Willson Edwards, Mary Barry, Ed Hotz, Robin Whitburn and Shannon Huet-for installing the summer annuals at the entrance and median tips. Nick Touchton for pressure cleaning our entrance sign.

Summer Irrigation: During the rainy season, adjust irrigation frequency based on rainfall received. Check your irrigation system for leaks. Check and clean filter if you have one. Consider installing a rain sensor to your sprinkler system to eliminate unnecessary use of reclaimed water. Mow your lawn HIGH to encourage a deeper, more drought and pest tolerant root system. A higher cut lawn shades out weeds. Consider applying a granular weed and feed like Bonus-S.

Common Crape myrtle [KRAPE-MUR-tul] is an excellent ornamental plant for residential yards and gardens. It can be treated as either a shrub or small tree. These trees boast handsome bark, lovely foliage and abundant colorful summer flowers. Deciduous, they lose their leaves in the fall.

Foliage: Crape myrtle leaves appear somewhat late in the spring, particularly on those plants that are new and young. Crape myrtle flowers appear in mid-summer and last until frost. Individual flowers measure about 1 1/2 inches across and develop in long upright clusters at the ends of each branch and twig of the current year's growth.