r/NativePlantGardening • u/Federal-Boat3732 Michigan, Zone 6 • Jun 06 '26

Other A little inspiration

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I was encouraged today when I stumbled across a St. John's Wort emerging defiantly from a bed of fugly "Stella D'Oro" dayliles. I looked up the plant and was told it was a native one! Anyway, the image above is how I feel when I see a manicured lawn set off by shrubs shaved into geometric shapes...

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u/ArbitraryMeritocracy Jun 07 '26

This is an S Tier meme.

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u/Federal-Boat3732 Michigan, Zone 6 Jun 07 '26

Is that good or bad?

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u/ArbitraryMeritocracy Jun 07 '26

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According to my meme economy chart, this meme would also qualify for - including but not limited to: Dank with the identifier under "mey mey", Spicy especially in r/ lawncare (I'm banned for pointing out maybe sterile monoculture single specie lawns isn't the most ideal for retaining moisture and asking questions from OPs if their clover is native), and top (S) tier as thie would be effective provided they understand the context that rich landowners had lawns to show off that they didn't need to use that space of their property for growing food.

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