When we moved in to our house we noticed that the flowering shrubs in the yard hadn't been trimmed in awhile if ever. We had the landscape guy/jack of all trades come over and trim them up. He had to cut the Bird of Paradise down to a stump because it wasn't doing well. After only 5 weeks it has come back with a vengeance. It is now over three feet tall and looking very healthy. Our lot is covered in pea gravel and the landscape guy treated it with a preemergent weed killer guaranteed for six months. If a weed shows up he will take care of it.
He was over the other day to look at fixing our shed that has some water damage and he noticed a weed. Looking at it more closely he said it was a new Bird of Paradise coming up that must have germinated on its own from our bush. It is in a good location so I said to leave it and we will see how well it grows.
We have been driving back and forth to Yuma. Our truck is being repaired in Yuma where our RV is still parked. We've been driving rental cars and using the time to move stuff out of the RV and put in the house. It is amazing how much stuff you can accumulate in a small space.
