My lawn is all sorts of dry after the PNW heat wave, but the weeds sprouted up like a forest.
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Oftentimes, the plants we consider “nice” garden plants get that reputation specifically because they are more difficult to grow. Anyone can let their lawn go to fast growing native and invasive plants like dandelions, clovers, etc. but only those who have the resources to maintain a garden and lawn of other plants are considered good gardeners/home owners. It’s a societal thing.
Even if you opt for a wildflower lawn (like I have) that takes fewer natural resources, if you want certain plants (like the poppies and bachelor’s buttons native to my area) you have to give them a chance to get established before being choked out by opportunistic “weeds” that use the strategies of being fast growing and spreading out wide to cover more ground. Once the native wildflowers become established however, these weeds that grow quick and dirty aren’t an issue anymore. It’s just the initial germination and growth from bare dirt.
My guess is that you are trying to grow non-native plants like lawn grasses and ornamental flowers, which are not adapted to your area and this take constant care or they will be outcompeted by other plants that have centuries or even millennia of evolution in the climate to help them.
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