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Pls. help identify this Alstroemeria
Posted by kristineca(z10 CA (Coast))
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kristineca(z10 CA (Coast))Updated I've decided that I must have Alstroemeria Inca Ice also called Koice. I'm pretty sure I bought it at Terra Sol in Santa Barbara and it was a San Marcos Growers plant. It's just taller than any others I've seen or heard about. Whe...
Sorry Santa Rosa plum tree
Posted by Bob_B(Sunset 14, Ca.)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated Your cold temperature is not a problem for your plum, but it is supposed to happen when the tree is dormant. It is only the tender new growth that is damaged at those temperatures, and if your tree was well established it will hav...
Kalanchoe beharensis 'Fang' Care in Stockton, CA
Posted by bellpepperguy
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Believe it or not, best success here with morning sun and afternoon shade--it holds more foliage that way. Neighbor has his in all day-dappled shade, and it looks better than mine. All day sun, most of the foliage falls off. Just ...
Anyone like purple foliage?
Posted by bahia(SF Bay Area)
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chadinlg Zone 9b Los Gatos CAUpdated I have several of these now and I just love the emerging foliage in the Spring. The flowers on Sparkling Burgundy are actually not as nice as say, those on autumnalis, since they tend to elongate and lose that small pineapple form...
Laburnum x watererei 'Vossii'
Posted by bahia(SF Bay Area)
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Propaganda Garden DesignUpdated I guess it is from higher elevations and doesn't like too much heat? I remember they had it planted in the student parking area at the NYBG and removed them because they just weren't happy or attractive. Not sure how they do in ot...
Stagnant Varigated Hebe in Stockton, CA
Posted by bellpepperguy
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated I'd suggest starting over with a new plant and plant it where it has a north exposure with just a bit of limited direct sun in early morning or late afternoon. As others have said, they don't really like heat or hot sun, and do be...
Groundcover Suggestions
Posted by grwleye(z9/Sunset 22/CA)
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated We don't get 90 and 100 degree summers here, or even rarely much above high 70'sF, so they are great perennials for nearly year round bloom. I was assuming that there must be some shade or morning sun for the azaleas and camellias...
Silk floss tree problem - need help
Posted by passatryde
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Or it was stuck in the pot too long before you bought it and the roots are wound around and around themselves. These trees are fairly fast growing. The easiest thing to do is maybe just plant a new one. (Check the root system of t...
Wigandia in bloom...
Posted by stanofh
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stanofhUpdated Funny-but I DO have the Himalayan blackberries too!..they dont fair well against the that front yard or my shade garden in back. They just get a toehold on the side yard well behind the Wigandia..but some heirloom rose I have and ...
Descano Gardens
Posted by marvelousmarvin(SoCal)
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Propaganda Garden DesignUpdated Descanso is nice but I would be hard pressed to call it one of the best botanical gardens in the world. I wouldn't even put it in my top 20. Maybe I would appreciate it more if I liked Camellias. Definitely worth a visit if you li...
Thrips on myoporum trees and shrubs
Posted by caview
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Lmandaleeka_yahoo_comUpdated I have the same problem my my shrubs, I heard spinosad would control , buts it's really bad for bees. I am thinking of replacing them with boxwood Again I have told that it just controls but does not erradicate
Anyone growing chayote?
Posted by baci(z10Ca)
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stanofhUpdated Since that last post I can add...your odds increase in the bay area hugely if you start fruits in gallon containers. Plant rightside up,cover to where only the bud is getting light. To do it like in soucal..just stick fruits from ...
We fought the blackberries and won, for now...
Posted by peachymomo(Ca 8)
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peachymomo(Ca 8)Updated Thank you Renee! I hate that shed and have wanted it gone from day one. Not only does it look bad and block the view of our trees, the floor is half rotted out and the whole thing reeks of gasoline. But my boyfriend is strangely r...
Get out your bee bait!
Posted by Phildeez(9b)
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peachymomo(Ca 8)Updated Borage is a big bee attractor in my garden, the honeybees really love it. The carpenter bees prefer the salvia, I'm really glad I have carpenter bees because without them I don't think my blueberries would have been pollinated at ...
Good flowering tree
Posted by chezron
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated Jenn my pruning complaint with Chitalpa, is the amount of yearly growth. Each shoot will grow about four feet per year, and if not pruned yearly the shape of the tree and the amount of bloom will be compromised. It also produces l...
May Flowers from Berkeley
Posted by bahia(SF Bay Area)
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hosenemesisUpdated Beautiful. I love the colors in your bouquet. The green flowers are really cool- kind of like a euphorbia flower. Very unique! Renee
We are not ALL bad
Posted by calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9
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tropical_thought(San Francisco)Updated The ones I like look like that but are cotton candy pink, but I afraid to have one, and I don't have space. I had a weed one, and I had to pay someone to dig it out. It would cut my arms when I tried to trim in and the cuts had po...
needle grass (nasella tenuissima) is good for
Posted by deep___roots(ca9/sunset15)
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Dan Staley (5b Sunset 2B AHS 7)Updated Ha ha. You stopped using the kitty or the needle grass? Yes, the needle grass seeds around but it is easy to edit out. Both! I have a buddy who used to have a house way up the hill in Hayward and I had a heck of a time eradicating...
An unclaimed asset
Posted by calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9
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wcgypsy(10 / Sunset 23)Updated It's also a very tough plant, very drought tolerant. Much to recommend it.
potato harvest: what lies beneath
Posted by deep___roots(ca9/sunset15)
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hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CAUpdated You're welcome :-) Potatoes are easy peasy to grow, and a very fun crop to grow with kids. They just love digging for the potatoes. And, for us in California, that do not DARE stick anything in the ground that might be considered ...
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