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Camellia sasanqua achieving tree form
Posted by tinan
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tinanUpdated Thanks peachymomo - I bet my local nursery could order me one... I do come up to Santa Rosa and wine country a few times a year so I could see about going there, too! I certainly won't be planting anything in this heat...
9' tall screen for summer sun, full winter shade in tub
Posted by elvie
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hosenemesisUpdated I had the same issue. I finally put up a little wooden slatted roof from the house to the fence and I grow a kentia palm in a pot under it. I have some nandinas on that side of the house too, but I don't know how they would do in ...
Please Help Identify - Weed or Other?
Posted by gynot(9b)
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hosenemesisUpdated Chickens love it.
Radish Flower
Posted by sluginator(10b)
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peachymomo(Ca 8)Updated Yes, I let my radishes bloom once and found out that they become quite hard and pithy at that point, no longer good for eating. This year I let some carrots go to seed and I'm very impressed with their flowers, I had no idea they ...
native clematis
Posted by tressa(SECA)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated Several years ago I tried the native Clematis. I believe it was native to the Oroville area. It grew but was never a comparable bloomer to the named varieties. I was in a cool area along the coast. Al
pomegranates
Posted by jjbjjbh
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jjbjjbhUpdated Thank you all. I got a trap but no success yet. Hopefully soon.
Heavenly Bamboo
Posted by flower_153(z9 Poway CA)
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hosenemesisUpdated I think it is best to move them when it cools down in the fall. Renee
Bird-Cherry tree in Northern California?
Posted by Wavebourn(9)
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Wavebourn(9)Updated Sure, I will let you know! Unfortunately I can't bring it from Siberia. :-)
Brugmansia sanguinea on a cloudy day.
Posted by stanofh
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stanofhUpdated Brug "Charles Grimaldi" is the largest and most fragrant that I know of. Easy to grow..just stick a cutting in the ground and water. Easy as that. The B.sanguinea is tricky to keep. ONE drying out and its done for. And o...
Leucaddendron yellowing leaves
Posted by manifest(USDA 11a, Sunset 24, CA)
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manifest(USDA 11a, Sunset 24, CA)Updated Whoops. What I meant to write is that we're by the beach and the soil is extremely sandy!
I need a web slinger ID
Posted by sluginator(10b)
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Shrubs can do with a hard spray of water every so often during summer. It will wash the dust off as well as the webs and the plant will look better and healthier. Should not take much water.
Can this extra-large Bougainvilla be transplanted?
Posted by kornfedinla
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated what stanofh said, you can cut it to the ground and it will all grow back. Getting a baby bougainvillea to establish is difficult, killing an established one is ten times as difficult.
Any idea what this bug is??
Posted by MarinaSB
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sluginator(10b)Updated Nah. They tasted like meat with a unique flavor. I bought them frozen. Insects are probably better when fresh.
Miniature Orchids, Begonias and More
Posted by epiphyte78(9)
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epiphyte78(9)Updated The presentation was quite excellent. I learned that vermiculite works well for rooting cuttings and that some, if not all, Sinningias can be grown from leaf cuttings. They really are amazing orchids...but the average highest bid ...
Tithonia - Mexican Sunflower
Posted by chezron
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gyr_falcon(Sunset 23 USDA 9)Updated I grew it in Mission Viejo. It would get 6-8' tall over a trellis; I would prune it back hard late in the year. It did freeze during the odd cold snaps, but came back and recovered quickly. At least in the more temperate regions o...
How to prune a Tabebuia Impetiginosa pink trumpet
Posted by almost_2008
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trose348(9b)Updated in regard to ur non-blooming tree. I found if u hit it w/ a super bloomer in April, then organics such as a bone meal etc. in spring only, u will get blooms. don't water tree, it likes neglect, don't hang plants on the limbs cause...
Need help with this 'disease'
Posted by hatrabbit
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Yes, looks like it is in kind of a shady spot. Lantana likes a decent amount of sun.
Flame Grape Pruning question - technical stuff
Posted by homey_bird
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CA Kate z9Updated We had several different varieties, one was Flame, growing on a fence... for 'looks' mostly. At first I carefully cut each kind according to the 'rules' and didn't get much crop. After DH took over the pruning they got cut back ev...
Invasive Weevil Scare
Posted by socal23(USDA10/Sunset23)
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socal23(USDA10/Sunset23)Updated Westelle, the middle image is the invader and it is highly polymorphic, the distinguishing feature in this case is the position of the antenna on the rostrum. Bear in mind that UCR (California's most important agricultural entomol...
Cercis occidentalis question
Posted by JoonB
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socal23(USDA10/Sunset23)Updated Because I have had exactly the experience that hoovb described too many times, I now routinely root-prune trees and shrubs before I plant them unless it's a plant that I know has a fragile root system. I also don't purchase dicots...
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