Ungh. Weeds.
Only good tip I have is to salt the cracks.
Otherwise, every sunny day is Dandelion Season, and they always shoot up outta the very middle of the foliage I wanna keep.
My Bird of Paradise exploded with blooms, this year, though.
Reminds me of my grandmother; she had a huge one outside her house in Orange; just a little to the left of the gate to the entry.
Spent many wonderful hours in and around the grounds of this gorgeous Spanish Mediterranean.
https://goo.gl/maps/8KHznhGMHG1UXL467
Very attractive place!
We had a couple of rabbits in the back yard around sundown. They didn’t seem to like one another: one would lunge a little toward the other, who would leap straight up in the air. Eventually, they got too interested in the gardens, and I walked out and shooed them out the gate.
They weren’t very afraid of me, but I was determined.