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Roses are almost done...is this the peak?
Posted by datura222
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datura222Updated Thank-you everyone for all of the great ideas!! So here's what I will get: Zauschneria, calindrinia (the flower color perfectly matches the mature bougainvillea I have!!! Thanks Bahia), more Johnsons aloe, more succulents (can nev...
Dwarf Bougs in ground as a shrub?
Posted by dziadzia(S 24)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated My son grew one in Santa Cruz that was easy, trouble free, and beautiful. I would have them here if they would survive the winter. Al
Need yr help finding a tree/shrub
Posted by ladybugsmom192(9)
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated Does it have to be in a container? Some shrubby/small trees that can be kept at about 8 to 10 feet tall and are dense enough to give some privacy might include Leptospermum scoparium Ruby Glow, Melaleuca incana, Metrosideros colli...
Where can i find king palms in the Bay Area?
Posted by Central_Cali369(Sunset Z9, Fresno, CA)
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elvieUpdated You can try Golden Gate Palms in Richmond.
Looking for 'Flower Girl' Tree Rose
Posted by hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA(10b Sunset 23)
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hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA(10b Sunset 23)Updated Thanks, publikman. I'll check this cultivar out. No one has 'Flower Girl' anywhere in the country, as a tree rose, sadly. I checked with Weeks Roses, and they said as much. I would literally have to find the "needle in the ha...
Avocado trees really thirsty?
Posted by absoluteblock
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absoluteblockUpdated Let me elaborate on why I asked about the amount of water. Our landscape architect was not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He put all of the backyard planters on the same automatic valve without inquiring what types of fruit tre...
Question about first fall frost date..?
Posted by BigN_187(9)
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socal23(USDA10/Sunset23)Updated Your first fall frost date could fall anywhere from mid-October to mid-November, but the average is probably around the first. As Al notes, because you are in a foothill region, the average first frost date for your specific site ...
ID this plant?
Posted by misslisamham
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hosenemesisUpdated Maybe a different kind of privet? I only grow Waxleaf, and the flowers are yellower and more densely packed together, and the leaves do not grow that way.
Amethyst Falls? Or...?
Posted by Mikal1(USDA10/Sunset24)
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hosenemesisUpdated Wisteria blooms don't last long. I'd go with the hardenbergia in a spot like that.
La Quinta
Posted by mickeyperreaud(z9AZ)
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated Mickey, Eisenhower is a big street! I rarely touch oleanders, unless I have gloves on. They are poisonous, you know. Do they grow from cuttings? I don't know. We avoid them because of the poison. They need heat, and you have it th...
Spring photo
Posted by hosenemesis
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ladybugsmom192(9)Updated Inspiring!
Gold Medallion Tree (Cassia leptophylla)
Posted by buddyben(z9 CA/Sunset 20)
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ashratnamUpdated The cassia is just a glorious tree!! I was wondering how yours did? I'm trying to get one I planted to grow. I'm not meeting with much success so I was wondering if you could take out the time to have a look at the link I'm provid...
Getting rid of Brazilian Pepper tree and Tree Tobacco
Posted by gardenweb88(9)
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wcgypsy(10 / Sunset 23)Updated Wonderful! I love hedges and want them all!
Can you identify the two plants in yellow pots?
Posted by hostarasta(z9)
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Yes Aeoniums. They are about to go dormant for the summer, so move them right away, or wait until fall to do something with them. The one that is blooming is still a viable plant even though the blooming part will die. You can cut...
Will My CHerry Tree Fall?
Posted by BWinSF
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated So it was like that when you moved in?
Aloe cameronii in bloom in May
Posted by bahia(SF Bay Area)
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated My mistake in identifying the Aloe in the pboto, this one is actually Aloe camperi, which has even more beautiful flowers, but the foliage stays green with lots of white spots. The Aloe cameronii up at UCBBG get virtually no water...
Can anyone identify this ice plant?
Posted by sooz
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated If you plant those pieces you showed, you will probably get them to root quickly.
Hard to kill & Productive Tomato varieties to grow in Central Val
Posted by sumith2008(9)
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sautesmomUpdated I don't know if any tomato is more "hard to kill" than others, but hot weather tomatoes is a frequent topic on the tomato foum, but of course most of those people live where their experience is heat = humidity, so their ...
Australian tree fern looks sick one week after planting
Posted by Pipdog
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kathi_mdgd(92058)Updated I had one also,loved that thing and decorated it every Christmas season with all red balls and ornies.Then several years ago we had the coldest winter that I can remember and the frost killed it.Never got another. And yes they wil...
Full sun vine
Posted by CA Kate z9
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Lars(Z11a, Sunset 24)Updated Solandra Grandiflora (Golden Chalice) takes full sun and makes beautiful flowers. I had a large vine when I lived in Venice, and I wish I had kept cuttings. For me, it bloomed all year, although somewhat less in winter. Passion vi...
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