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Suggestions needed for evergreen everblooming/long blooming shrub
Posted by thahalibut(Z-9 CA, SSZ-9)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated The euryops can easily get big enough and do bloom over a long season. Choisya ternada have a main bloom in the spring with sporadic bloom through much of the year, and are very fragrant. Dendomecan harfordii get to about 6 feet a...
Germinating Madrone...
Posted by sequoia_stiffy(9)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated We have 6 acres of native woods with plenty of Madrone. They reseed themselves abundantly but are relatively short lived. Trunks are often hollowed and weak. When I find it necessary to cut one down to prevent it falling on a stru...
Composting in Industrial Oakland
Posted by lisascenic Urban Gardener, Oakland CA
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sequoia_stiffy(9)Updated I live in west oakland. Pee on that stuff. Keep it shaded. There's some good horseshit for free in tilden park that's well composted that you could add to it, as well. Grass clippings alone aren't enough. You need horseshit for th...
Transition between xeric zones
Posted by inkneedeep
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inkneedeepUpdated I love that phlomis (Jerusalem Sage) It is one that jumped in my cart when I was at Peppertree Nursery in Wildomar a couple of months ago. I planted it in one location, where it just didn't work...looked lonely and out of place, s...
Abutilons
Posted by paulaps
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kathi_mdgd(92058)Updated Armstrong nursery has them,so does Hoe depot,lowes,. Kathi
Oriental Poppy problem
Posted by hooferginger
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socal23(USDA10/Sunset23)Updated Mo, In this particular case, ignorance is bliss and more importantly a valid excuse. Welcome to the war on drugs. For those of you with no interest in growing the florist's poppy, common poppy, breadseed poppy, I recommend the art...
mulcher chipper shredder question
Posted by sumcool(Cen. Coast/s17)
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sumcool(Cen. Coast/s17)Updated Yes, I love my chipper, too - it does speed up the composting, and also makes for nice mulch. Just wish it could handle the small stuff. Will try mixing the ingredients and see if it works.
water fountain
Posted by maddigger(z6 NW Arkansas)
maddigger(z6 NW Arkansas)I am trying to find a dealer that has a water fountain which has a lady,standing by a water pump with two children. It was in a garden show in California. Thanks, Jim AKA The maddigger
Good Information for water conservation
Posted by inkneedeep
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated I wish pool covers were mandatory. More water evaporates from my neighbor's unused pools than I use in my entire yard.
Hail, snow, rain...what's next!
Posted by gobluedjm 9/18 CA
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angelcub(Sunset 3b)Updated We're getting the snow flakes up here now and then, but mostly rain, heavy at times. It's not unusual for us to get snow the first week of May but it is rare that we get it this late in the month. I'm not even going to go out to t...
Favorite tree of California
Posted by bahia(SF Bay Area)
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originaljiggyUpdated @bahia: there are over 20 species of real, honest to goodness trees native to San Francisco county. Aside from Oaks and Willows, there are Elder, Maple, Buckeye, Madrone, Walnut, Sycamore, Pines, Firs, etc. @everyone: The link bel...
Need gentle climber recommendation
Posted by lalkhaddam(9)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated I would also recommend a Clematis of a pruning type two or three which can be cut down to about a foot high at the end of the season. This allows the removal of all the old growth and keeps it from becoming an eventual nightmare t...
Any success with Delphinium or Lupine?
Posted by sachow(9a/ Sunset 14)
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lusty(USDA9)Updated I picked up some Lupinus albifrons var. collinus (a low-growing silver bush lupine) from Mostly Natives nursery in Tomales, and several of my plants are so far thriving and blooming in San Jose (near Los Gatos). One succumbed to t...
Favorite Crape Myrtle tree?
Posted by jenn(SoCal 9/19)
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jinxgirl82_aol_comUpdated I'm looking to put a Muskogee Crape Myrtle in my side yard in the next couple of weekends. I'm having trouble finding a place that sells them here in southern california. I found an online store but they ship out 2-3 weeks after y...
dieback in Carissa
Posted by gonzer_gw
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socal23(USDA10/Sunset23)Updated There is no cure for phytophthora, but there are cultural controls. If your soil already has adequate internal drainage then you need to look at the amount or frequency of irrigation. Without excess moisture in the root zone, root...
Pretty Flowers/Healthy Weeds!
Posted by calpat(zone9ab No.Ca.)
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ironorchidUpdated angelcub, off topic, but i browsed your beautiful garden link. if you ever want to swap your yellow and red hollyhock seeds later this year, i've got soft baby pink and almost white shades. Mo
Equisetum hyemale - does it have spores?
Posted by eldarwen(10/24)
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davissue_zone9(z9 Sunset 14)Updated Why take the chance of unleashing a monster in your garden?! Substitute a similar looking carex or restio instead, and don't take chances. I say this from the position of gardening for forty years and making this sort of mistake, ...
pics of your ornamental loop wire fence please!
Posted by lilafter
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akamaggieUpdated I just love the vintage style and old-fashioned look of my new crimped wire fence . . . installed last week . . . once the rains stop and the wood dries out the fence will be painted the light beige that matches the trim on the ho...
Lavendar lady lilac problem
Posted by rogerv_gw
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rogerv_gwUpdated I'll work on posting a picture...haven't done that before, but it would be very helpful, seems like. Thanks. -Roger
Dahlias in L.A. County
Posted by fat_kitty
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fat_kittyUpdated Terrific! Thanks for your help.
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