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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.
What's wrong with our Manzanita 'Dr. Hurd'?
Posted by jenn(SoCal 9/19)
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paula82Updated We purchased a huge Dr. Hurd in a 40" pot. When we planted it in our front garden in languished. Then when the drought started, it has come into it's own, even blooming. I would say that it's the MOST drought tolerant plant i...
lilies
Posted by fitzgerald51
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catspa_NoCA_Z9_Sunset14Updated Likely bulbils. Tiger lilies produce little bulbs in the leaf axils (where leaf joins stem). These can be plucked off (I do it when they have gotten larger and have just started to push out a root, later in the season) and plant...
Does anyone in LA/OC have Panache Fig?
Posted by TheNewLandscape.com(10)
TheNewLandscape.com(10)That can share a cutting? that I can pick up locally? I have Black Mission Fig or Wax Apple cutting to trade if interested. This is a link to Panache Fig http://www.davewilson.com/product-information/product/panache-fig
Are avocado plants self-pollinating?
Posted by malibu_rose(z10CA)
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TheNewLandscape.com(10)Updated How exciting!! my mother's Hass has produced fruits the following year after she got it and planted it in ground. This is her 2nd year with fruits. I also just picked up my very first avo (Sharwil) and this type is supposedly se...
HAVE: Iceberg Rose - FREE
Posted by semiplenus
semiplenusDefoliated and resting in a nurturing bath of fish emulsion and waiting for a new home: Mature floribunda rose 'Iceberg'. Extremely prolific from early Spring to late Fall bearing lightly scented, pure white blooms. Free to a good...
Funnel web spiders (I think)
Posted by vp_78
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated Nothing to be concerned about.
Olive Blossom Question. Am I blooming?
Posted by Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9b
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated Well, I checked yesterday, and these are just new shoots with new leaves :-(. I was hoping for flowers, but maybe next year.
Question from Canada: do you guys get multiple harvests due to climat
Posted by Yuan Gong Hamilton ON CANADA 6b
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CA Kate z9Updated Most berries have one crop no matter where they're grown, but there is at least one raspberry that produces twice a year: September Red; it produces a small Fall crop on the new canes and a bigger one the following Spring. As to o...
Asian Pear Tree not Leafing Out
Posted by house_first_timer(9)
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macranthos(Z8B Portland OR)Updated Could you post a picture? Are the branch tips brittle (do they snap when bent) or pliable?
large slope behind pool in our backyard
Posted by blanchette
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Red BermUpdated Just tilt the computer screen to view :) If you are in socal and need a contractor let me know and I can give you a referral. Also the reason your previous project came out so much was probably with walls over 5' high I'm thinking...
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