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Which Erythrina is this?
Posted by chezron
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chezronUpdated Palm Bob, You might change your mind if you saw a close-up of the flowers. Many were unopened and appeared to be E. x bidwillii.
Looking for drought tolerant trees with small mature size
Posted by Chris
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Min3 South S.F. Bay CA(Zone 9)Updated Check out the High Country Gardens catalog, or others, for Forestiera neomexicana. It's a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree with ornamental white bark and yellow fall foliage. To 12 feet. Deciduous. Low water needs once establishe...
Looking for Soil Testing Company Recommendations
Posted by hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA(10b Sunset 23)
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Richard EmeryUpdated Wallace labs in Los Angeles, does soil composition testing and fertilizer recommendations but no pathogens. Plant and Soil laboratories (could be soil and Plant Laboratories) in Santa Ana (area????) does soil comp and pathogens ...
Help Identifying Pest or Disease on Ficus
Posted by Jewel Box Gardens
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Richard EmeryUpdated Ficus galling wasp in Josephiella family. Been in Los Angeles areas for many years and the only remedy is to keep trimmed to lower foliage mass and remove cut foliage and dropped leafs from ground to lower re-infestation rates. Ho...
Safe to plant avocado tree near retaining wall?
Posted by phonon71
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lgteacher(SCal zone 9b)Updated No need to let your tree grow to 40 feet tall. Even orchards are keeping their trees shorter now so they can eliminate ladders for picking. For the home gardener who is not trying to make money from the tree, this makes a lot of...
Shrub / small tree recommendation for privacy in SF yard?
Posted by rmb_sf
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irisgal_z9Updated Andromeda shrubs (Pieris japonica)
Darkest Purple Bougainvillea Cultivar?
Posted by hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA(10b Sunset 23)
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kbhesaniaUpdated Patty S. did you ever find a dark purple bougainvillea? I am looking for one too- not pink and not neon purple, more plum but I can't find anything anywhere, any luck? Royal purple is pretty but I wouldn't call it dark. Kim (San ...
Master Gardeners Tomato Plant Sale at Humpty Dumpty House
Posted by Sow_what? Southern California Inland
Sow_what? Southern California InlandTomatoes anyone? Humpty Dumpty House in Loma Linda, California is hosting the Master Gardeners tomato and bell pepper plant sale this Sunday April 19. Noon 'till 2pm. Lots of varieties including Paul Robeson, Cherokee Chocolate, Sungold,...
Need suggestions for drought tolerant shade loving plants
Posted by ssg7741
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ssg7741Updated Thanks so much for all the suggestions. Will add them to my list.
rules for trading plants out of state
Posted by apoppyfield(8-9)
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apoppyfield(8-9)Updated good idea
Silver Buttonwood as Espalier
Posted by Alyce USVI(9 to 11)
Alyce USVI(9 to 11)Has an adventurous gardener tried this as espalier? Can this tree common name Silver Buttonwood" also Conocarpus Erectus var. sericeus be used successfully as an espalier against a solid wall? What is the best distance for spacing...
Will this become a Pomagranate?
Posted by Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9b
15 Comments
Wild Haired Mavens(Zone 10)Updated Looks like your going to have some yummy fruit soon.
Agapanthus are blooming!
Posted by Dar(musaboru, Inland Calif.)
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Modjadje(Sunset Zone 7)Updated Tulbaghia violacea is a South African native plant and the Zulu people uses it in medicines. It was named after a governor at the Cape of Good Hope, in the early 1700s. According to my book (rather old) Wild Flowers of South Afric...
Preventing Mildew on Pole Beans (Menlo Park)
Posted by Mahonia [Sunset Zone 15, USDA 8B]
7 Comments
Mahonia [Sunset Zone 15, USDA 8B]Updated Well, as noted in the original posting, I'd been growing this variety for many, many years & never had a problem until last year. The watering is by drip on a timer, so very consistent & I rotate which vegetable goes in w...
Looking for drought tolerant trees with small mature size
Posted by Chris
14 Comments
vp_78Updated I can't tell you what to plant, but I can tell you something to avoid in case you ever find it among your searches -- the carrotwood tree. We have one and I hate it. Messy, messy messy!!! Both the falling leaves and the berries. J...
Hayward Papaya.
Posted by stanofh
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Wild Haired Mavens(Zone 10)Updated I need this in my garden
Low heads on year 1 grapes from 15g plants.
Posted by Aaron Davidsson
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated I forgot to mention that you should stake them with a sturdy stake so they will grow thick straight sturdy trunks.
FREE: 'Minuet' Clematis
Posted by auntiejen
2 Comments
auntiejenUpdated Thank you! I'll contact them.
using unions on sprinkler valves and filters?
Posted by kentc
6 Comments
ChrisUpdated If this is a solvent weld PVC system then don't bother with unions. Simply cut the pipe the first tie you need to then put the union in at that time. If it is a metal pipe system then by all means use unions. You don't need t...
Looking for a drought resistant flowering plant for
Posted by vp_78
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vp_78Updated Thank you for these suggestions!
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