Week 7: All-Star Resort

Monday morning Karina and I started out our morning by driving around music and looking for any debris from the weekend storm and pulling large weeds. Then, we went with Chic and planted some Princess Caroline Purple Fountain Grass. After that, we put down pine straw throughout the movies resort. To end off the day, we explored all of the resorts keeping an eye out for large weeds and branches that were hanging down.

Tuesday morning I went with Chic and we planted Ilex vomitoria 'Nana' Dwarf Yaupon Holly also known as schilling. We also dug out some sod that wasn't looking good and replaced it with fresh sod. Then, we got rid of some bad plants and old sod that were in the yard in preparation for the plants that are coming in this week. After that, we put down some fresh mulch to dress up the edges of the flowerbeds around the calypso pool in all-star music. After that, Chic used the chainsaw to cut out some saw palmetto's that were dead or dying while I cleaned up the debris. To end the day, we moved some barricades which are to be picked up by the place they were rented from in the next few days.

Wednesday morning Chic and I drove around looking for debris and watered. Then, we put mulch around the grasses and ended the day by putting down pine straw.

Thursday we drove around looking for debris and finished the day by putting down pine straw.

American Lotus

Class on Thursday was an adventure to wild florida to go on an airboat ride. While on the ride, we were able to see some invasive species. We also learned about how the temperature of incubation for the eggs of an alligator regulates whether it will be male or female. Temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit and below produce female alligators, 93 and above produce male alligators, and 86-93 produces both males and females. After the airboat, we had the opportunity to hold an alligator. I also learned that where you see a bald cypress forest you will probably see poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac. While on the boat we also had the opportunity to try seeds from the american lotus Nelumbo lutea. 

Friday morning I went out with Chic and we first drove around looking for palm boots and other debris. Then, we put in liriope in front of a sign to cover the open gap near the bottom by fantasia pool in movies. Then, we replaced some junipers over by country fair in music, put down mulch around the junipers and some of the other beds in music until the Toro was empty. After that, we cut down some allamanda near the fantasia pool. and pulled large weeds in the parking lot between movies and music.

Plant of the Week:
Ilex vomitoria 'Nana' Dwarf Yaupon Holly is the plant of the week. Its native habitat is Southern United States, Mexico, and Bermuda. The shrub grows to be 25 feet tall however within the landscape at Disney it is kept trimmed back much shorter than that. The shrub has gray-green twigs with bright red berries that are drupe-like and appear in clusters on the previous years growth. The foliage is alternate, dark green above, paler beneath, leathery, glossy, scalloped, unarmed very fine in texture. Flowers are inconspicuous. Maximum color is in the winter when fruit assumes full color. Information from Disney's Horticulture Plant Identification Manual given to all interns upon entering the program.