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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
7 Comments
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
6 Comments
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
4 Comments
vp_78Updated Thank you for these suggestions!
Need help identifying shrub with pink flowers
Posted by momcat77
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melle_sactoUpdated Yes, the foliage smells quite nice :-) I have the "Sunset gold" cultivars so they aren't so tall, but they are still 3 1/2 - 4 feet...time for a trim!
tall narrow tree for zone 10b, sunset 24?
Posted by llilibel03
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llilibel03Updated Thanks for the responses. I'm not a big fan of podacarpus. they use it a lot around here for privacy screening. We are trying to all edibles so the Anna Apple sounds like a good idea.
Where to buy "organic" compost around Los Angeles?
Posted by theukrainian
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pennypond USDA 10 Sunset 21 CAUpdated http://whittierfertilizer.com Try Whittier Fertilizer. They sell organic compost at $19 per cubic yard, and many other stuff. We buy from them either by filling a pickup truck or several large trash cans.
San Jose: Spring Garden Market! Saturday, April 11
Posted by phylis(z9 CA)
phylis(z9 CA)http://www.mastergardeners.org/spring-garden-market Looks like a fun event with lots of varieties of tomatoes, peppers, herbs and annuals seedlings sale.
Abelia Edward Goucher size
Posted by emmarene
3 Comments
emmareneUpdated Thank you Hoovb and Calistoga. The return of the fountain shape is part of the reason I want to let it go.
replacing grass with rocks and tall grasses
Posted by dhowell239
6 Comments
calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated Seems I always have left over concrete, have made stepping stones in the past, now I buy it where they will accept returning what I don't use. Al
trees wont grow
Posted by Carlos Hernandez
14 Comments
stanofhUpdated Piled soil will kill. Many native Oaks are killed in developments because they just level the soil and if that means 6' up against the tree... A extreme example. That very last photo the Myrtle could be too deep. Others,the sucker...
Sparrows
Posted by tim45z10
11 Comments
tim45z10Updated One more photo of the empty nest. Hard to believe there were five babies.
Coast live oak
Posted by jxbrown
1 Comment
calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated If you think it needs some water, I would give it without worrying about it being a problem. Here we are over run with seedling live oaks which the squirrels plant everywhere, some in summer watered areas as well as never watered...
What to do about tomato planting
Posted by monsoon99(9)
4 Comments
socalgal_gw Zone USDA 10b Sunset 24Updated You could do a soil test to see if you are deficient in any nutrients, Any chance you have root knot nematodes? They're pretty common in Southern California.
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