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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, &...
Pineapples in Bay Area (mid-peninsula)
Posted by homey_bird
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kerrican2001(z9b CA)Updated Bahia, how hot do they need to be? In Walnut Creek, where summers are among the hottest in the Bay Area, I imagine we'd have some luck? We have a great covered porch next to the house that is basically frost-free that might be wor...
Rose of Sharon in coastal CA?
Posted by mc510(9b)
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kerrican2001(z9b CA)Updated Yeah, I mean if you live in Berkeley, I'd just go with Chinese hibiscus and enjoy the fact that you can grow it there. I've seen some huge specimens there. I always think evergreen trumps deciduous.
Leucadendron success in Bay Area
Posted by Sara Malone Zone 9b
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Sara Malone Zone 9bUpdated I can't add any more than I've noted already...I am now treating these plants as short-lived, like lavender and such, and consider them accents in the garden (which is how they function anyway, given their dramatic coloring). So n...
Some of my eggplant fruits are mustardy yellow?
Posted by tuesdayschild
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sheloolieUpdated I'm very glad I came upon this conversation. Have three varieties of eggplant growing, and the Indian variety, which usually produces dark purple fruits, has one main branch on which all the fruit are this mustardy yellow color. T...
Grubs in Garage
Posted by Yosale
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated Definitely NOT Japanese beetle grubs. But as has been said, grub of the fig beetle, aka green fruit beetle.
Pomegranates for Jelly Making
Posted by ShannaS
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nanabelleUpdated Making Pomegranate Jelly brings back memories. I had a Wonderful Pomegranate Tree and made Jelly and also Syrup for a good number of years. It was a learning process. I ended up using a blender to separate the juice from the seeds...
Ideas for a stone path
Posted by hostarasta(z9)
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SeanPez(9)Updated Why don't you plant some shrubs that will grow 3-4ft tall, then you can have total separation and some privacy between the properties. :) Split the cost for the plants, or wait until bare-root rose season, go to the local home dep...
landscape design suggestions please :-)
Posted by 2princesses
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daveg(z9 CA)Updated You are right about one thing. Your entry is drab and uninvited. Perhaps you would consider some flowering trees and some pleasant shrubs. I would probably plant three flowering cherries. They have pink flowers in the spring, are ...
Landscape design suggestions please :-)
Posted by 2princesses
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated You are in an arid area, is there ANY reason for the lawn? Lawn is cheap--super cheap--to install, and very expensive to maintain in terms of mowing, watering, fertilizing, weeding. The developer put in the cheapest thing possible...
Two-stemmed Sprout with Four Semi-transluscent Red Leaves
Posted by clarkkon
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated it does sort of look like a nandina.
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