Don't mind the tree, or the plants to its right.
This is Summer and blooming has faded but they keep looking, and being, fine.
Look at the grass.
An almost semi-circle of "thirsty" grass has meanwhile appeared around the Jacaranda.
I have 2 sprinklers on either side of it, one on its right some 20 feet away and one on its left, another 20 or so feet away.
Grass is sprinkled daily, same has it has been for years.
And in February, it was well "fed" and needing a good mowing, same as all the other.
I installed GL's ring around the tree in early April.
In May, the grass looks (and was) "mowed", and looked same as the rest.
In June, to the tree's front a "dry patch" appears.
And In September, well ....see for yourselves.
Not just to its front, but also to its left (or background, as seen in the pic).
Now this September picture is curious because the shadow you see from the tree points almost exactly North, and it is very clear that the dry grass patches are almost identical in size to either side of it.
As I said, GL's ring around the tree is open ended, facing North.
Plants around the tree are fine. Grass, isn't.
That "zone" of grass surely needs a lot more water than it has been "drinking", which used to be enough .... but now clearly isn't !
Makes me wonder. And speculate.