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Not too soon to fertilize King palms?
Posted by stanofh
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borderbarbUpdated I did a google search and found a few links. http://www.kendallpalms.com/products/king_palm.htm Sounds like the KP grows best when not too cold or too hot. Is yours in a pot? /// Goodness! I think there is a special forum for ever...
In bloom in January in SoCal (pics)
Posted by hosenemesis
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Mikey(SoCal-Z10-22/23)Updated You used succulents well to bring interest to the garden during these chilly months.
Salinity management problem solver
Posted by californian
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gobluedjm 9/18 CAUpdated I think tropical expected it to be clickable which it is not but when copy/paste into browser it does work. To make it clickable if you know html put that around it, but even easier when typing a post as I am now look down a few l...
Like tulips?
Posted by gardenerme(z9/21 inland socal)
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chadinlg Zone 9b Los Gatos CAUpdated I can't answer for Zone 10, as I have never gardened there. By far the best species type tulip for me is the T. Bakeri "Lilac Wonder". The blooms are a reasonable size and show well from the side and above; though not ne...
gardenguru1950
Posted by gardenerme(z9/21 inland socal)
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gardenguru1950(SunsetZ16)Updated As far as I know, no one has these plants for sell in the U.S. There are at least two companies that sell peony seed, including a few of these. You can Google "peony seed". Also, the American Peony Society has an annual ...
Another Awaiting Spring Photo
Posted by hosenemesis
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Central_Cali369(Sunset Z9, Fresno, CA)Updated I really like the texture of your senecio. I just removed my lawn and planted a whole section with senecio. I'm in the same situation as Westelle, it seems like we might have an early spring this year. I was really surprised to fi...
hammer museum bamboo
Posted by riegersteve(Z9)
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gardenguru1950(SunsetZ16)Updated Gotta photo? Joe
Alkaline Soil, what to plant ? Please, soon !
Posted by camryn2
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dicotUpdated I'm not confident about giving specific plant names with that description, but you can never go wrong with looking around your neighborhood and noticing what plants are doing well already in that same situation. The more details y...
Last frost date - how to find out?
Posted by ashleysf(9 San Jose,CA)
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stanofhUpdated I entered for Hayward on the Daves Garden website-and they said "It appears frost isnt a problem for you in Hayward -lucky you " -lol. Well,almost isnt...
Question about Lecuadendrons
Posted by Central_Cali369(Sunset Z9, Fresno, CA)
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated Leucadendrons are not at their best in hot summer climates with potentially alkaline soil ph and water. Mounding is a good start, but they will also do better if they are planted in a location which is protected from the worst of ...
survival for uprooted plants,several days
Posted by dancerdeb(23)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated As Joe mentioned, "dig the biggest rootball you can manage" Romneya coulteri should never be bare rooted. To keep the soil with the roots be sure the soil has plenty of moisture, should be no problem now. Al
Hillside saturation
Posted by ltecato(9)
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ltecato(9)Updated Thanks for the insights, guys.
My NEW setup - suggestions pls!
Posted by earth_patio
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated The seedlings that have already come up are looking etiolated, so it is obvious that it isn't enough light, and as already stated, a household lamp's light is also the wrong spectrum. You'd do better with a south facing windowsill...
shallow root plants for cement wall, La Mesa, Ca
Posted by dfrly
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marie_louise(CA)Updated I don't know how tall your wall is, but in various places on my wall I have grown star jasmine, silvervein creeper, trailing rosemary, that asparagus fern that weeps, and cotaneaster. I've grown clumping bamboo successfully in the...
Anybody ever grown those tropical Avocados?
Posted by stanofh
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dicotUpdated The big Indonesian ones are great in gado-gado, not so much in those Alpokat smoothies.
Mulcher Rental
Posted by mbmpa8
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mbmpa8Updated thank you! i will check out these options!
Any books about vegetable gardening in San Francisco?
Posted by tropical_thought(San Francisco)
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tropical_thought(San Francisco)Updated I got golden gate gardening by pam pierce, and it's not a bad book for the microclimate information, but I don't need to buy it now. It has a lot of you cannot do this and you cannot do that. For example being that IÂm in the fog ...
Wildflower Season
Posted by gardenerme(z9/21 inland socal)
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huachumaUpdated When I lived in Tucson, the botanists in the area believed it was a combination of abundant autumn rains with steady spaced-out rain throughout the rest of the winter months that contributed to a great display... Didn't Anza Borre...
The dams broke , my compost and hillside being washed away
Posted by californian
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californianUpdated If anyone needs that silt fence Marie Louise was talking about and lives in Orange County there is a building supply going out of business on Imperial Highway between Harbor and Euclid that is selling that at 80% off, regular pric...
Suggestion on low mowing and watering law grass
Posted by drewelaine
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riegersteve(Z9)Updated didja look into clover ? the dutch white clover is a decent ground cover mow it about 2" for a few months and then it will start stopping at that height, otherwise its gets to about 6" though it can only handle moderate ...
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