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Welcome to Bloomin Rs & R those Weeds – Utah Gardening blog.
Bloomin Rs gardens near Salt Lake City, Utah with roses, penstemons and other native or drought tolerant plants. The R in the name Bloomin Rs could refer to roses, but really the name is a play on a quote from My Fair Lady. If you don’t know the quote you can watch a clip from the movie by clicking here.
R those weeds lives and gardens in Salt Lake City, Utah. The bulk of my gardening experience (or lack of) started with the “rehabilitation” of our yard (some later re-hab due to my own errors, oops). We moved into our house in 2006. The landscape was typical for most yards here. Lots of grass. And a weed ridden side yard that’s not so typical. We ripped ALL the grass within 2 years and haven’t looked back. I don’t enjoy watering and find I like to change things too much to make use of a drip system.Therefore, my plants have to be tough. I have used alot of natives, but not exclusively. There are many non-natives that are wonderful drought tolerant additions to any water-wise yard.
Thank you for visiting.
Reine des Violettes rose and Rocky Mountain penstemon
I’m glad to find your blog. You are very much on the same page as I, just further along. I will be checking in often, especially when you post on natives. I hope you will look me up too sometime.
–S. Sims “in the Pink Hat”