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Advice from Bay Area landscape experts: highway noise reduction
Posted by bishakha_b
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nil13(z21 L.A., CA (Mt. Washington))Updated or you can pester CalTrans to approve sound dampening asphalt as a road covering.
Brugmansia for Palm Springs?
Posted by toffee-el(Z8b Sunset Z13 Elev 4650ft)
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toffee-el(Z8b Sunset Z13 Elev 4650ft)Updated Good point hoobv, I know that brugs are toxin but overlook the fact roots might release toxin into the water. This aquaponic brug doesn't sound like a good idea afterall.
Verbena tapien/blue annual or perennial?
Posted by datura222
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated The Myoporum parvifolium 'Dwarf Pink form' is a great very low spreading ground cover, I use it a lot. I usually plant it at about a 12 to 18 inch spacing from flats or cell packs, as it is pretty fast growing, and after 2 or more...
Beaucarnea Recurvata after bloom?
Posted by hosenemesis
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hosenemesisUpdated Moving this down the list. Renee
How to plant ti-plant red sisters in Palm Springs area?
Posted by toffee-el(Z8b Sunset Z13 Elev 4650ft)
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catkim(San Diego 10/24)Updated It's good that you recognize your desert conditions will be a challenge for the Cordyline. But if you want to give them a shot... 1) Morning sun and beneath the semi-shady canopy and protection of taller plants/trees 2) Sandy soil...
Maintaining trees in pots
Posted by chezron
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catkim(San Diego 10/24)Updated The photo is fuzzy, but your last one suggests it might be possible to plant a taller, spreading tree in the ground, whether in the center hole in the deck, the planter where the cactus is, or off to the side toward the camera. Yo...
Which ornamental tree would you choose?
Posted by datura222
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datura222Updated Thank-you to everyone who answered, I really appreciate the help :) Well, I found a great deal on a large multi trunked arbutus marina! What a beautiful focal point it will make...our front lawn is barren so I can't wait to start ...
Overgrown Pokers
Posted by Min3 South S.F. Bay CA(Zone 9)
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Min3 South S.F. Bay CA(Zone 9)Updated THANKS Bahia for your advice to do the shearing and watering later; always happy to have a reason to procrastinate on big jobs when there is so much fun to be had in the autumn months. Of course in December I know I will wish it w...
Mom's yard infested with spider mites
Posted by jenn(SoCal 9/19)
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gobluedjm 9/18 CAUpdated Thanks Renee. I googled and found that also. It's always breezy here so I guess might not be the best for me. I think I'm gonna try nightguard sensors. I just need something to protect the little bit of grass I have from getting d...
That tropical look
Posted by bahia(SF Bay Area)
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catkim(San Diego 10/24)Updated Your garden is an intense experience, I can see that. My kind of garden! I greatly enjoy these small-scale, very personal gardens you create. This type of garden may not be for everyone, but perhaps that is exactly the point.
Did you feel it? (southern CA earthquake this morning)
Posted by jenn(SoCal 9/19)
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Lars(Z11a, Sunset 24)Updated We had a 3.8 earthquake in Westchester on July 25 at 3:18 AM, and I happened to be awake at the time. It wasn't much of a quake, although I felt it very sharply since I was so close to the epicenter, and it pushed our north wall o...
hot in california..
Posted by stanofh
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stanofhUpdated Wow,I think of Hayward as one of the warmer microclimates in the bay area..and I would guess the Mid May-now (October 12) ave was about 73..down from the not so bad 76-77. And when we have a blessed warm summer..80f seems to rule....
Rudbeckia Goldsturm
Posted by onederw
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onederwUpdated Indeed, jxbrown, indeed. We're in for it, but not till later this afternoon. (On the other hand, it just started thundering.) Hope it's a long gentle soak, but I'll be happy with whatever moisture we can get. Kay
Can anyone identify this tree (in the East Bay San Francisco area
Posted by hostarasta(z9)
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chezronUpdated Not a fan of this messy, invasive, non-native, common, boring tree.
Tree planting in Mountain Center,
Posted by toffee-el(Z8b Sunset Z13 Elev 4650ft)
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wcgypsy(10 / Sunset 23)Updated Thanks...
Color with succulents in the San Francisco Bay Area
Posted by bahia(SF Bay Area)
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated I love my 'Springfire's, looking forward to them getting as big as the one in your photos. The plantings look so fabulous, the house needs something to match it. The house needs some wider trim around the windows, or something, so...
Slope Planting, Front Yard Makeover
Posted by SeanPez(9)
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jxbrownUpdated Sorry, that was supposed to be Baccharis pilularis. Sometimes the browser is overly "helpful".
'Just add water'
Posted by jenn(SoCal 9/19)
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jenn(SoCal 9/19)Updated Thanks, Renee. I figure if they survived being inside a bag inside the hot house while we were on vacation this hot summer, they'll survive not being buried enough in this bowl for a short time.
What can I plant to cover this ugly 3 stories condo.
Posted by fortunecookies
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kittymoonbeamUpdated I love my Italian cypress. They do not scream I'm hiding an ugly thing. They say I'm a beautiful windbreak. This is not a fast growing solution. My neighbor has them all around the yard and then, yes, it looks like a fort. I would...
Succulents that are frost hardy?
Posted by datura222
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elvieUpdated Delospermas can take some frost. I am very impressed with Delopserum Nubigenum for its neat and tidy low habit, spreads reasonably fast, propagates easily and takes our wet winters. So impressed that I planted other delospermas, &...
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