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dark purple lavender
Posted by bettyn_gardener(9 Sunset 14)
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davissue_zone9(z9 Sunset 14)Updated We're lucky to live a half an hour away from a very large herb farm that has more than a 30 lavender varieties in stock, use the link below for directions. Sue Here is a link that might be useful: morningsun herb farm
Hopes for normal rainfall this year dashed
Posted by californian
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californianUpdated Well we were supposed to get a quarter to a half an inch of rain today in Orange County. Instead we got about a sixteenth of an inch that has already evaporated due to the strong winds. Sunny and dry predicted for next week. My fr...
Mystery coastal tree
Posted by chezron
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chezronUpdated Thanks for all of your help. It is indeed Psoralea pinnata.
Garden Compass Radio ???
Posted by andrea_san_diego(z10 So Cal)
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gardenguru1950(SunsetZ16)Updated They have a website and it gives the stations. Joe Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Compass Radio stations
When do you give up and replant?
Posted by whiskey
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated It's not really the air temperature but the soil temperature that matters. The roots want warm warm soil. They do nothing if the soil is cold. I've got one that has finally gotten going after nine years of being a little ratty twi...
Warmest bay area weather since January...
Posted by stanofh
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stanofhUpdated Lol,I see your point. Sort of like the coldest days in San Francisco are in June...
Doesn't take much to entertain me!
Posted by calpat(zone9ab No.Ca.)
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CA Kate z9Updated When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too. I passed around the corner, and someone saw my grin. When he smiled I realized, I'd passed it to him. I thought about that smile, then I realized its worth. A single smile ju...
Really cheap source of seed starting lights
Posted by californian
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated I agree you were able to buy fixtures subsidized by the utility at a good price. If I needed them I would have done the same. I am only responding to get your post moving after three weeks. Al
Planting bulbs in Southern Ca.
Posted by debbysunshine(san diego)
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gardenguru1950(SunsetZ16)Updated I'm with hosenemesis. At 99 cents, buy and plant a bunch of them. If they're halfway decent quality, they'll give you some flowers. If they're "true lilies" (Lilium; single stalk/stem, leaves off the stalk/stem), they'll...
Daffodils
Posted by lavoix48(9)
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xanthoria(9)Updated Good to know Joe and aptosca - I'll just leave them alone and hope for the best!
Triteleia?
Posted by queerbychoice(USDA 9a/Sunset 8 (CA))
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melle_sacto(Z9/Sunset 14 CA)Updated A friend of mine is battling Ipheion in her yard. It sounds very invasive. She says it crowds out the other plants very quickly.
pruning a tibouchina (Princess flower) - help me make the cut(s)!
Posted by xanthoria(9)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated Your diagnosis that the branch is dead I assume is because the rest of the shrub has leafed out. At this time I would wait before doing anything other than seeing to its nourishment as suggested by bahia. I have at times been temp...
nutsedge
Posted by ccodd(sacramento, ca)
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queerbychoice(USDA 9a/Sunset 8 (CA))Updated I sprayed my nutsedge with ordinary Roundup a couple of times last summer, and haven't seen any sign of it since. So I'd recommend using that.
Last frost date?
Posted by oldenglishroses(8/Northern Cali)
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brettayUpdated Look at the link below for chance of last frost dates in your area... Here is a link that might be useful: 50% and 90% last frost dates
Moving mature fruit trees in San Jose
Posted by frink
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californianUpdated It can cost as much as $80,000 to move a large mature tree. Your trees probably are a lot smaller so would probably be a lot less. You would probably have to move a rootball that would weigh over a ton, so you would have to have r...
ants in houseplants
Posted by pickledseeds(7A)
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tim45z10Updated How about submerging the whole thing in a bucket of water?
orange tree critter
Posted by tim45z10
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wanda(Z9 CA)Updated I've been seeing box elder bugs around, they are orange and black. Here's another beetle that could be a possibility Here is a link that might be useful: black and orange bug
Tree size for peach and apricot??
Posted by sanda(Uz10/Sz23 SoCal)
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ckayki_yahoo_comUpdated This damage sounds like tree bores that attack soft fruit trees. There's spray and topical insecticides for them. I plant garlic around my trees and it seems to help.
Do you grow Ficus macrocarpa aka nitida 'Green Gem'
Posted by hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Thank you stanofh, it sounds like it would make a cool bonsai. Thank you bahia. That is what I needed to know. Looks like it will be ok for my neighbor's "problem area", but not for mine.
Sphinx Moth
Posted by CA Kate z9
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CA Kate z9Updated hoovb: with a very fast digital camera == and a very cooperative moth. Oops! misnamed -- they are Fiddlenecks aka Amsinckia intermedia. Sorry about that.
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