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So we can see what's being discussed:
Those shrubs are clearly very healthy..............so what's going on here?
1) This is clearly a place where people cross. Unless that is going to be obstructed, there is zero point to replanting the large bare area; it needs to be hardscaped with interlocking pavers.
2) The edge-line around the shrubs looks like a salt issue.................though I have to say, that is some crappy looking soil.......you're not going to have too many plants happy about that. Looks like sand/gravel and moderately compacted too.
Best to edge the shrubs with a healthy coating of woodchip mulch, and not even plant anything for 1 year, just let it dissolve into the soil; ideally rotor til first.
3) That's wide enough to support trees; they should put a row down the middle.
4) They should combat salt spray by raising the curb height. Ideally much higher, but I'd settle for 15cm
Below is the Bremner median just west of Spadina:
Note that here, you have moderately healthy trees (though these are not the originals)..........but now the shrubs look terrible. Hmmmm.....lets look closer...
The most barren spot is once again a place where pedestrians cross................
But .....wait....what's this.......that's landscape fabric everywhere......
Designed to supress weeds around what you plant, and make it look like you know how to garden...............Pfft.
It has a place......but here, its not biodegrading as it should, has no top coat of soil or mulch, and it looks to be choking the shrubs......
Lack of mulch can also increase susceptibility to drought, if the median isn't irrigated, which I suspect is the case.
Mulch can retain moisture from the wet season and release moisture as it degrades.
In my opinion............however humble (or not, LOL).....this is not how to do this properly.
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