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Strawberries in winter in southern CA???
Posted by kelisk8s
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toyo2960Updated Here in Southern CA and Santa Barbara where we grow strawberries, the planting has begun, if not soon. The strawberries are always planted on top of a mound, (commercially, a mounded row). Usually a plastic "mulch" is pu...
A new state?
Posted by stanofh
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toyo2960Updated This secession movement has been around since nearly the state became a state. It's all ridiculous. Like Alaska wanting to secede. Commerce goes both ways through California. Los Angeles is the largest container shipping port in t...
Need Japanese Maple recommendation
Posted by thahalibut(Z-9 CA, SSZ-9)
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toyo2960Updated I lived in Chicago for decades and we had a nice Japanese Maple. I don't know the variety, but it did very well. And you know how winters get in the Midwest (and the hot summers too). I live by the beach here, and frankly, I haven...
Oh, just one more thing...
Posted by hosenemesis
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hosenemesisUpdated Oooh, thanks for the heads-up on Niobe. I don't want magenta. I'll go with the Ville de Lyon and the Julia Correvon.
Anyone grow Allium Giganteum?
Posted by hosenemesis
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hosenemesisUpdated I suspected as much, irisgal. And jll, yes, I grow green onions for ornamental purposes too (after I eat the tops). Mine have always been white, though, and not round like the ones in the bulb catalogs. I like the blue-green spear...
plant identification
Posted by queerbychoice(USDA 9a/Sunset 8 (CA))
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queerbychoice(USDA 9a/Sunset 8 (CA))Updated Wow, this is extremely helpful! Thank you so much.
Vegetables that like their stems buried
Posted by kjggames(z9/10, sunset16)
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CA Kate z9Updated Peanuts and Sweet Potatoes and Yams
Lonicera hispidula on a fence
Posted by susanwrites(9)
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susanwrites(9)Updated I don't know about how tough to find. They were in stock at Central Coast Wilds, one of our local native plant nurseries. I'm trying to picture what you described. I'd love to have it go along the top and cascade down! Thanks.
training a Ray Hartman or other bush as a standard?
Posted by susanwrites(9)
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susanwrites(9)Updated Thanks for the advice, everyone. I'll let them be for now and stake and trim in the future.
Rose seed pods
Posted by debbysunshine(san diego)
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Central_Cali369(Sunset Z9, Fresno, CA)Updated I let an "About Face" rose go to seed one time and i had about 10 seedlings come up the following year all by themselves. The flowers were inferior, but still beautiful. I'm not good with rose terminology, but the seedli...
Tropical Croton in Hayward?
Posted by stanofh
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stanofhUpdated I might have to give you this one. At least your not like some people who say it can't be done even after it's been done. This is in my warmest spot for winter for what it's worth.
Does your Senecio Confusus die back in winter?
Posted by sputnikfarm
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catkim(San Diego 10/24)Updated No, mine does not die back at all. To keep it neat, I cut off all the spent flowers and any dead stuff underneath, and within a couple of weeks it's flowering again. This is a flowering machine! I can't remember if it flowered all...
Saw The Most Eeriest Thing!
Posted by kat58(8)
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debbysunshine(san diego)Updated We have one of those heavy plastic owls to keep animals out of the yard and it sits up on the deck. One day I looked out the window and it had moved down into my yard so I thought hubby was playing a joke but he wasn't home. This ...
ironman furnishings
Posted by godsdog(z10 LA ss22)
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Mikey(SoCal-Z10-22/23)Updated I saw her iron products at the Green Scene in Fullerton the last two years. The prices were a bit higher though. The lady selling them looked very similar to the lady at IronMan and I finally approached her to find out if she was ...
Redwood Pegs for Landscaping
Posted by Babka NorCal 9b
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Mikey(SoCal-Z10-22/23)Updated Love the look of your landscaping. Great job. The redwood looks great.
plant id
Posted by johnnyplumeria
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wanda(Z9 CA)Updated I think so too. Here's a link with pics Here is a link that might be useful: bulbine
bay area rain!
Posted by stanofh
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated We got a couple of inches here. An amazing amount of needles washed out of the Douglas fir trees. The air smells so good like a new supply of oxygen has been added. Al
over flooding- help!
Posted by firefightrsflame
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ladyslppr(z6 PA)Updated The problem with overwatered clay soil is that clay soil has tiny pores between the soil grains. These can easily fill with water, preventing oxygen from diffusing into the soil. Plant roots need oxygen and most plants (except wet...
newbie - is it ok to plant peas in the same spot?
Posted by felixs_mom
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ladyslppr(z6 PA)Updated I think it is better to 'rotate' crops as joe says, but if you don't have a choice, go ahead and plant peas in the same spot as last year. You should be OK.
Source for dendromecon?
Posted by mlevie
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aquilachrysaetosUpdated That explains it: I had a fairly big dendromecon suddenly die on me last year. I think it was gophers. I have a larger one in the backyard that showed evidence of a lot of gopher digging around it. When the winds came half of it w...
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