Originally Posted By crazycroc I love those little clover things they have instead of grass at different places in Disneyland. They are right by the bathroom at the restaurant right before tomorrowland. They used to be all over the Pooh Queue, but that was replaced with grass on our last trip, last month. Anyone know what those clovers are scientifically, offically called? {And, uh clovers, is not an acceptable answer} An email for Disneyland landscaping dept. would be cool.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Do you know about that "Gardens of Disneyland" book? I know the plants you mean, but I don't know their name. Go to a bookstore, find "The Western Garden Book" and you can probably find it.
Originally Posted By crazycroc Yes, I do know about that book. Thank you. I looked it over the last time I was at the park, but it didn't have anything in it about the "clovers". I'll check out the Western Garden Book at a library.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I think this is the same type... <a href="http://landscaping.about.com/cs/lawns/a/clover_lawns_3.htm" target="_blank">http://landscaping.about.com/c...ns_3.htm</a>
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove gottaluv, you can probably find out in a day or two or three...try to find out when you're there and then you can report your findings to croc.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 Next time you go to DL and you see a unique plant, do what I do - take a photo of it and go to the nursery. They can usually identify it right away!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Excellent idea...(say that in a Ricardo Montalban accent; it sounds really cool, like fine Corinthian leather)
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes You can try this, but I didn't look for what your after, so I don't know if it's there. Still a great website to check out. <a href="http://www.plantsofdisneyland.com/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.plantsofdisneyland....ndex.cfm</a>
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Oh, Schmitty...that's a treasure! Thanks for sharing! I looked around Tomorrowland, but I don't think I found clover (which makes sense because I just re-read where croc says it is). Is that "hidden Mickey" plant really real? It looks like a doctored cherry!
Originally Posted By crazycroc Okay, here is what I am talking about: <a href="http://www.plantsofdisneyland.com/plant-description.cfm?recordID=21110391&plantpic=21110391.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.plantsofdisneyland....0391.jpg</a> Not the flowers, but all the beautiful green around it.
Originally Posted By MerryMouseWife I am pretty sure it is dichondra in that area. Lovesly, broad, round-leafed grass. <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sbea/images/plants/dichondra_repens.jpg&imgrefurl=http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sbea/html/plants/vegbyspecies.html&h=480&w=640&sz=227&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=hfic37o6BKemuM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddichondra%2Bgrass%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GZHZ_enUS229US229%26sa%3DN" target="_blank">http://images.google.com/imgre...26sa%3DN</a>
Originally Posted By MerryMouseWife Crazycroc, it groes in AZ, rather well actually, so it probably will grow in NM. It requires a little more attention than Bermuda, but at the same time, it requires less mowing.
Originally Posted By LuLu I'm looking in the Sunset book and it grows in limited areas in NM, mostly in the S and E (zone 10 per Sunset). Check with a good local nursery. My friends in West LA planted this as a lawn years ago and it was devastated by flea beetles. Sunset book confirms this problem and says it's best now used in limited areas. I don't think I've seen this sold in flats any more. But your area could be totally different. Good luck!!
Originally Posted By fkurucz When I was kid in the 1960's in Orange County, dichondra was a popular ground cover. Our lawn was completely covered with dichondra, with no turf at all.
Originally Posted By Hound I have some dichondra mixed in with my lawn in the front of the house. I had some in the back as well, but I recently eliminated it. The front is next.
Originally Posted By rockcow1 fkurucz....My grandfathers "lawn" was also dichondra, he lived in Whittier. I always thought it was so cool. crazycroc...where in NM?
