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Palo verde tree suitable for zone 24?
Posted by elbeardo
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated I'm willing to bet that all the healthy ones you would be seeing around San Pedro are the Mexican Palo Verde, Parkinsonia aculeata. They have the same green trunks, vivid yellow flowers in late spring into summer, and wispy foliag...
What to do with Manzanita seeds?
Posted by Central_Cali369(Sunset Z9, Fresno, CA)
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ccroulet(z9 CA Sunset 18)Updated You might take a look at Dara Emery's "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants." Manzanitas have a reputation for being hard to propagate. I know, you see all of those millions of plants, dominating huge areas, and ...
My boxwood: to clip or not to clip?
Posted by heftylefty58(ZONE 9)
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated Many varieties of English boxwood do tend to change color in summer, nothing wrong with the plant. Many varieties of Japanese boxwood tend to bronze up in winter. If you prefer a boxwood that stays deep green year round, you shoul...
Whiteflies on Hibiscus
Posted by debbysunshine(san diego)
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jim123(z9 or z10 CA)Updated When all else failed for eradicating them on one particular hibiscus plant, I sprayed it with a light oil spray with fixed copper. It worked, and to my surprise, did not damage any of the foliage. That was a year ago. They have re...
Going native with the lawn--your experience?
Posted by Lydia Lee
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated Carex tumulicola will reseed itself around when it finds conditions favorable, as in an irrigated garden or shady creek bed, but I suspect that this is already in your local watershed as it is virtually endemic throughout most of ...
What is this on my Lime bush?
Posted by Babka NorCal 9b
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hosenemesisUpdated Hi Babka, The leaf miners seem to be much worse on the fall flush of growth. I trim it off then use Spinosad. Renee
Composted Horse Manure as garden soil?
Posted by jimqpublic(Sunset 23)
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hosenemesisUpdated Hi Jim, I checked out your blog, and the yard looks just beautiful. I especially love the bench. I love your neighborhood. When I was in grad school I lived in Long Beach and I really enjoyed it. Renee
Identify please... and it proliferates
Posted by luweez(z9CA)
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated It is not edible, although it does have tuberous roots, and is called Four O'Clock/Mirabilis jalapa. You will need to get every last bit of the roots and tubers removed if you don't want this, as any broken piece will start a new ...
Summer slideshow - link here
Posted by jakkom
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jakkomUpdated surfcityhb, I just used the 'slideshow' option on PB. I checked into the Pro subscription, but decided it wasn't worth it for me. Glad you both enjoyed the show! The downside is my DH hasn't had to buy me flowers ever since we sta...
need I.D. for little blue flowered mystery vine
Posted by Min3 South S.F. Bay CA(Zone 9)
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Min3 South S.F. Bay CA(Zone 9)Updated thanks very much for the i.d. wanda. now the mystery is where it came from because i have never heard of it. probably it arrived in a pot with some other plant. min
Cats and Ants
Posted by dolphinfreek
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CA Kate z9Updated The only thing I've found that keeps the ants out of the vegetable garden is a vegetable safe pest dust, dusted liberally all over the ground around the plants -- I try to avoid the plants themselves because of the bees.
cucumber planting
Posted by tim45z10
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hosenemesisUpdated Hi Tim, I really love the Japanese cucumbers. You can buy the small plants at Lowe's or Home Depot, or you can grow them from seeds. My brother says the last Japanese cucumber that I gave to him tasted better than watermelon, it w...
Does Calylophus want to rest?
Posted by Bob_B(Sunset 14, Ca.)
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surfcityhb(10, Sunset 24)Updated Mine are all in a hot south-facing position, with many of them getting a lot of reflected heat from paved surfaces. I never water them, but occasionally they'll get a bit rangey. If they do, I just trim them a smidge. They are ver...
What tree is this?
Posted by loneleigh(9b)
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loneleigh(9b)Updated Thank you!
Similar zone to my place
Posted by alzubide(Jordan-Amman)
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batyabethUpdated alzubide - hello from your neighbor to the west. I live in Haifa, like Amman on a mountain. We have very nearly similar weather, except it rarely snows! When I look for plants, I look for the US zones 8,9,10 and sometimes 11. The ...
wasps/yellow jackets!!!
Posted by tressa(SECA)
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CA Kate z9Updated Last summer we had literally hundreds waiting in line for their turn at the Hummer feeder. I sucked them up with the shop-vac for days..... the more that were gone the more that arrived to take their place. I think the sugar water...
Getting rid of my lawn!
Posted by Central_Cali369(Sunset Z9, Fresno, CA)
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Central_Cali369(Sunset Z9, Fresno, CA)Updated Renee, fixing/finishing it has been in the back of my head since, but I haven't quite had the pushing will to do it. haha. I keep myself busy in too many other things! lol. About the pvc, i'm doing my best to keep from creating a ...
What plant is this? it was a gift.
Posted by zebrastripes(8)
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zebrastripes(8)Updated thanks for the info, both the plant and the forum name. I looked through the forum names and missed that one! :)
What is this critter?
Posted by socks
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debbysunshine(san diego)Updated That critter is a common slug without the shell. Take a plastic baggie with a bit of table salt toss the critter in and he'll bubble and be gone forever as long as you get the pesky snails and other slugs out of your garden in the...
Let's see some California garden pics!
Posted by angelcub(Sunset 3b)
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stanofhUpdated I like the reed orchids,I have the red-a great bloomer,and a purple,not as heavy a bloomer. Wouldnt mind a few more red.
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