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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
2 Comments
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
27 Comments
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...
Interesting "weed"
Posted by gregbradley(Upland, CA USDA 9b Sunset 19)
3 Comments
aquilachrysaetosUpdated Those wild sunflowers are great bird magnets. I always let a few of them grow in my garden. I take them out when they start looking tatty. They attract house finches and goldfinches.
"It's getting hot up in here"
Posted by nanelle_gw (usda 9/Sunset 14)(9/Sunset 14)
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nanelle_gw (usda 9/Sunset 14)(9/Sunset 14)Updated Wind has been scary this afternoon. i'm thinking trees are coming down.
Why are my seedlings stunted?
Posted by elvie
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benjaminjparkinUpdated Hi, I grew some seedlings which were filled with potting mix in the small black tube containers. The ones which I kept in boxes with poor drainage did not grow very high (only a few centimetres after six months). The two seedlings...
What's happening to my grape plant?
Posted by llilibel03
7 Comments
llilibel03Updated Love the little Sammy icon. I found this article where they did a lab analysis of coffee grounds- slightly acidic. http://www.sunset.com/garden/earth-friendly/starbucks-coffee-compost-test I will try some bark mulch. Thanks.
Pruning my Anna apple tree
Posted by ecky_bay(z10 CA)
25 Comments
Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated Too many to eat fresh! These are great for pie and apple sauce!
Solarization to remove lawn
Posted by Hector Perez
21 Comments
fireballsocalUpdated http://www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us/water/residents/rebate_information.asp This link will take you to our water department rebate page where you will see there is a rebate for replacing grass with mulch or gravel, another for plant...
Garden Pest Eating our Pepper Plant
Posted by joegarden3
4 Comments
laura_al (zone 10; sunset 24) Santa BarbUpdated I had holes like this on my okra and I think it was flea beetles. I put diatomaceous earth around them, and protected them with little collars made from bottomless plastic pots. the plants really grew after giving them some prot...
What is eating my bean plants in L.A.?
Posted by jimmalex
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Here it is Bugs. Earwigs, perhaps? Wasps are carnivores and do not eat vegetation.
Hidden peanuts
Posted by sf_rhino
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catspa_NoCA_Z9_Sunset14Updated sf_rhino, as a kid, I grew them one year in the garden, for fun. It was a nice green plant, more or less a foot tall, and it did produce peanuts by the end of the summer (this was in Santa Rosa, CA). They do require 1.5 to 2 inc...
Is my Princess Azaela dead? (And other questions)
Posted by archedjumpshot
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BarbJP CA 15-16/9BUpdated I've given up on azaleas in the ground here. The soil is too heavy, the water too alkaline, the air too dry, no rain in the summer. They really want to be someplace like Japan or the US Southeast, acidic water, rain in the summe...
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