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Trying to identify a tree
Posted by joey
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kentcUpdated It looks like a palo verde, parkinsonia.
Milkweeds (Butterfly Bush) seeding today - Save them and the Monarchs!
Posted by Baby G (Z10, Sunset 20, SoCal-LA, 150-550 Chl Hrs)(10)
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lgteacher(SCal zone 9b)Updated Measures taken to control the light brown apple moth (not grey moth) are no joke. They are a fairly new pest and agricultural inspectors want to keep them from spreading. Annie's Annuals is in the bay area where the moth was fou...
Experts in the Garden
Posted by Sow_what? Southern California Inland
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Sow_what? Southern California InlandUpdated Experts will be stationed in every garden except the Garden of Tears. Guests at the "Experts in the Garden" event will be the first to see the renovated Garden of Tears, which is not shown in the picture below. Join us t...
Fire Season Looms. What are you doing to Prevent Fire?
Posted by Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9b
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated I heard about it from my neighbor. Sucks! Drone boy should have to pay. Hope they can find him.
Looking for a Reliable Solar Fountain/Pond Pump
Posted by hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA(10b Sunset 23)
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Sow_what? Southern California InlandUpdated We have a number of solar pumps at Humpty Dumpty House powering fountains and pond filtration systems. We've used really cheap ones, and really high quality systems as well. My favorites are made by Oase, and if they're still avai...
Bouganvilea traumatized
Posted by Sabine Halfhill
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated I would add about 3 inches of compost over the roots.This would both help maintain the moisture and the air in the root zone, which is why the roots were so shallow. Al
SoCal Clay Soil: when to actually plant drought tolerant shrubs?
Posted by M. Minnie
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Josue DiazUpdated Some of those like the agave, cape honeysuckle and lantana you would be able to plant now and be just fine. Planting the ceanothus in the middle of summer, though, is like just putting them out to die. They won't respond well to s...
Sunset Magazine slowly being gutted
Posted by jakkom
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Charles McClure - Professional Site PlanningUpdated Yes it seems the young editors just love little blocks of concrete with planted joints, that serve fire features. Everybody drinks wine. That's it!! Usually about 30 references to drinking alcohol per thin issue.
Best low water turf for valley area of S. Cal
Posted by Sabine Halfhill
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lgteacher(SCal zone 9b)Updated Seashore paspallum is growing in Irvine, Ca., which gets pretty warm in the summer. It is used a lot in Florida for golf courses.
I've noticed that the plants in my neighborhood are all the same
Posted by parker25mv
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kittymoonbeamUpdated I would love some of those no CA redwoods ( not at all crap to me) but the few that are here are being killed by heat and drought. Last week I was having lunch under a young one next to Saint Joseph's Hospital in Orange and just ...
Iris growers? Gypsum for soil amendment?
Posted by phylis(z9 CA)
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melle_sacto(Z9/Sunset 14 CA)Updated I grow bearded iris right in the unamended clay soil. I tend to underwater the area, and we have decent drainage due to how our home is graded. It will probably vary from cultivar to cultivar, but I've found that most of what I'v...
Grass ID
Posted by nw_gardener(8 (WA/Kirkland))
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akarinzUpdated I took out my beautiful marathon last month and planted the UC Verde buffalo grass.
What's the deal with milkweed
Posted by sf_rhino
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macranthos(Z8B Portland OR)Updated We still have thousands of seeds of speciosa, fascicularis, and tuberosa up here if you want to start a bunch. Also incarnata but that's not native to you. They germinate pretty easily and grow nicely in one season. Email me at ma...
Avocados not ripening
Posted by Yorkknowlton
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mike (zone 9b San Francisco east bay)Updated Here in nor cal hass has to stay on the tree for 18 months. did you harvest in september of the same year it flowered? or was that the following year?
WANTED: Milkweed
Posted by arden_gw
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mike (zone 9b San Francisco east bay)Updated http://www.anniesannuals.com/ they have several varieties even the davis milkweed. they are located in richmond but i think they can ship as well
Coast Douglas-fir in Bay Area
Posted by grizzlysean_z9b
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grizzlysean_z9bUpdated calistoga_al, they are as well down here in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties--starting about halfway up between the populated valley area and the ridge. Above that elevation, redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) tend to dominate the...
(Fire Dragon) Shantung Maple
Posted by Pecci
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PecciUpdated I'll check that out too. I believe that is the variety that holds red thru the summer. I'm rather fortunate that I have space for a few moderately small shade trees. Thanks Richard!
Fernaldia Pandurata
Posted by Central_Cali369(Sunset Z9, Fresno, CA)
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tricia1145Updated I do grow this plant from seeds in Maryland, in the sprig i set it out and in the winter cut most of leaves, just leave around 1 foot and keeping inside a heating greenhouse, i got a lots of flowers, grow fast after i set it out.
Best time to remove Liquidambar trees?
Posted by andy_e(SF Bay CA Zone 9)
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nanelle_gw (usda 9/Sunset 14)(9/Sunset 14)Updated Good to know! We removed liquid ambers last fall, and redwoods last fall, the redwoods for a second time. And don't get me started on honey locusts, which come back each time like the brooms in Fantasia's Sorcerer's Apprentice.
When will grape clusters form?
Posted by wren95
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nanelle_gw (usda 9/Sunset 14)(9/Sunset 14)Updated But not a grape nor flower.
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