re: honest question…why do so many of you soak your yard with chemicals?

This is the best case scenario. And those flowers tend to not last more than a few months in bloom at most.

Close to where I grew up, there were efforts to restore the cajun prairie. I applaud the effort and my mom was a big native plant advocate starting in the 80s. I grew up being drug to Bill Fontenot's native plant nursery outside of Carencro. (He authored several books on the subject)

My mom filled our yard with native plants and we had people tagging rare hummingbirds in our yard several times. Our yard also looked largely abandoned. Admittedly in some part because she planted more than she could tend. I would venture that I had to use more roundup growing up in that environment than I use now in my yard. I love walking neighborhoods in cities with condusive climates and native flowers, seeing those native yards.

I don't think it's possible to get a result most people would accept as beautiful in Louisiana. Especially not in a neighborhood.

Cajun Prairie