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Small evergreen?
Posted by crl_(z7 No. VA)
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crl_(z7 No. VA)Updated The dwarf kumquat and lime look like trees to me? They wouldn't screen the irrigation system hookups and they look to grow to six to eight feet? I have been considering lavender as I planted some in the bed across the entry sidewa...
short, hedges
Posted by BJB73
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hosenemesisUpdated There's a "dwarf" common myrtle, and I really love mine. I also grow the Euyonymous, and it has a nice dark green leaf and stays small. The boxwood seems to turn yellow here. Renee
planting under Magnolia
Posted by kristie_2007
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated a ground cover of Dwarf Mondo Grass. or Acorus gramineus Ogon, or Vinca minor or Carex tumulicola.
April was warmer then August..
Posted by stanofh
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peachymomo(Ca 8)Updated It's not just the grapes, my Pink Pearl apples were ready a couple weeks early too. They also had the darkest color I've ever gotten in the 6 years I've had the tree, I don't know why but I think it probably has something if not e...
tall, narrow trees for privacy along fenceline
Posted by flowergardens2(9)
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated Some narrow growing trees I'd recommend would include Tristania laurina, Hymenosporum flavum, Agonis flexuosa 'After Dark', Chamaedorea plumosa as a multi-trunk specimen, or Otatea acuminata aztectorum. Shrubs might include Pittos...
Privacy Screen : retaining wall
Posted by jmeena(9 Los Angeles, East SF Valley)
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greenwitch(Sz19 SoCal)Updated Brahea armata, while stunning, grows really slowly and not all that tall plus the bloom spikes might be too wide for the side. Toyon grows fast, has white blossoms and red berries birds love, can be limbed up, is native and is now...
Frogfruit
Posted by hosenemesis
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greenwitch(Sz19 SoCal)Updated It IS a native though not endemic - Theodore Payne and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden both sell it. There is a pink form too. I don't have any problem with mine but then it's hemmed in by gravel.
Weedy Zauschneria
Posted by Kim Ladin
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greenwitch(Sz19 SoCal)Updated It helps to pinch them periodically to encourage branching - most flower heavily and the flowers weigh down the branches. The different cultivars do flower at different times, Bart O'Brien wrote an excellent article on Epilobiums ...
Landscaping large areas
Posted by twangme(9)
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twangme(9)Updated Thanks for the great advice. OK no weed cloth, spray round up on every existing weed, mulch mulch mulch. Round up on a regular basis. I'm going the super easy route with the water-hose and sprinklers above ground and on a timer- n...
Dry Garden
Posted by Central_Cali369(Sunset Z9, Fresno, CA)
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melle_sacto(Z9/Sunset 14 CA)Updated Love your dry garden! I would adore to have a garden like that in our front yard. My attempt at a dry garden is not nearly as lovely, and it's not really a dry garden, either, as I have to water a couple times/month.
Hostas in Calif?
Posted by plantas(8bCA)
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melle_sacto(Z9/Sunset 14 CA)Updated Wow this is an old thread! My hostas didn't last more than a couple winters...but then I became a rather stingy summer water-er too, and through trial and error I learned that there is pretty much no spot in my yard that is TRUE f...
What to plant?
Posted by zkgardner
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated The oleander would provide a visual screen but do nothing to stop the traffic noise. We had a similar noise/ visual problem here with the road winding around us. The folks planted 150 oleanders along the road which stopped us from...
Almost ideal weather in So. CA
Posted by kittymoonbeam
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Min3 South S.F. Bay CAUpdated Bummer, Renee! how did you do that? Min
Understory tree.
Posted by aquilachrysaetos
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OregonGrapeUpdated Douglas' maple (Acer glabrum) will do nicely in sun and should do OK in part shade, after your sycamores mature. They require less water than Japanese and vine maple. Toyon should do well. Red elderberry (and Mexican elderberry, I...
Zucchini failure
Posted by barb.ingarden
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated Lack of pollination. Early every morning, you get to be the bee. Rub the yellow peg from the male onto the sticky yellow peg in one or two of the females.
Which bulbs to combine for longest bloom?
Posted by WiseThrush
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hosenemesisUpdated I would plant Asiatic lilies, in particular, the pixie varieties, in pots. The Oriental lilies are fussier. Tulips do not rebloom in Southern California, and they have to be pre-chilled. I second ranunculous, and if it's not too s...
Anyone familiar with Tecoma stans?
Posted by Purple-Sage
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hosenemesisUpdated Karin, your garden is beautiful. I love the way you have screened out the neighbors to create a little oasis there. Renee
Salvia chamaedryoides dieback
Posted by peachymomo(Ca 8)
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peachymomo(Ca 8)Updated They are three years old, so I was experimenting with their first year of minimal watering. Another possible cause came to me, I have lost a lavender plant out there to repeated dog-pee attacks. It's possible the dogs who walk by ...
Snail rescue society
Posted by ruby138(9/10)
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Min3 South S.F. Bay CAUpdated Because: I think moles are critters that you could just relocate instead of killing since they only tunnel after grubs and worms and don't hurt flowers and shrubs. Do you have a neighbor you don't particularly like who has a big d...
Podocarpus, pittosporum, or both?
Posted by zagyzebra
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated How about a native? Here's a good list: (Disclaimer: I don't work for this nursery and don't know anyone there, this is not an ad) Here is a link that might be useful: native hedges/screens
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