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Possible Pest ID, Please
Posted by gregbradley(Upland, CA USDA 9b Sunset 19)
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gregbradley(Upland, CA USDA 9b Sunset 19)Updated Thanks for the info. Don't know why I was resisting that ID. Have misplaced my Loupe so really couldn't see them well. They aren't stuck so perhaps are already weak or dead. I had used Safari systemic on other potted plants in my ...
Butterflies enjoying the garden
Posted by tim45z10
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Lars(Z11a, Sunset 24)Updated I have cabbage butterflies too, but I'm afraid their caterpillars may have been eating some of my herbs.
What edibles to plant right now?
Posted by llilibel03
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kristincarolUpdated I had such good luck with parsnips planted in early spring that I planted the rest of the seed in the packet a few weeks ago and have some nice parsnip sprouts which appear not to mind the short days so far. Doubt you'd get a goo...
Gladiolus problems
Posted by wanda(Z9 CA)
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bferneeUpdated My glad dies are unhappy and drooping. Is it too hot for them in Adelaide. They are new bulbs and are having trouble standing up. They are tied, but still want to hang their heads.
Animal tracks
Posted by tim45z10
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated snails or slugs, maybe. Look for a silvery trail of slime.
Last call for Sunset Magazine garden tour
Posted by Oaktown
OaktownGardens close tomorrow afternoon October 30 as they prepare to move. http://www.sunset.com/garden/landscaping-design/sunset-garden-tour
Need help identifying this plant
Posted by lisayancy
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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)Updated Lemongrass is in fact a true grass (Cymbopogon) and doesn't produce flowers as such and certainly not as described. The plant looks and is described exactly as ID'd by irisgal as Dietes or African iris but I would hesitate to name...
Something leaving me holes in leaves
Posted by tim45z10
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tim45z10Updated The damage is minimal. I doubt I will do anything. If it starts getting worse I may cover it.
Too many Agave pups: Need birth control
Posted by Cornelia
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CorneliaUpdated hoov: thank you; that’s good advice that I should have heeded before I adopted them. Learned my lesson.
Begonia help
Posted by CA Kate z9
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irisgal_z9Updated Nice. Good luck.
Willow?
Posted by aquilachrysaetos
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated To me it looks like California Bay. Its easy to tell by crushing a leaf and releasing the very strong smell. Al
Why does no one plant Malay Apple?
Posted by parker25mv
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aquilachrysaetosUpdated Syzygium P, will make you toss your cookies if you eat too many of them. When I was growing up, we called them 'barf berries' for that reason.
Christmas cactus outside?
Posted by ilovegardening(10a San Gabriel Valley of L.A.)
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socksUpdated You would probably enjoy keeping it inside as described.
ID help
Posted by tim45z10
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jxbrownUpdated That is most certainly a scented geranium (pelargonium). There are lots of different leaf forms and scents. They are edible and used to make tea. They are as sensitive to frost as a zonal geranium (the ordinary red, pink and white...
My Search for a Specimen
Posted by emmarene
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Nil13 usda:9a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)Updated what do you consider a lot of pruning? Most of the people I know that have T. capensis just prune it once a year.
Rhubarb in Southern Calif?
Posted by sib5(socal9)
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laura_al (zone 10; sunset 24) Santa BarbUpdated i put in a Victoria last fall (about this time of year). I got about 1/1/2 gallons of rhubarb from it this summer. I know people in my area that have had a plant for years, but I too have read that the plant may not be perennial...
A bee friendly ground cover
Posted by tim45z10
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gyr_falcon(Sunset 23 USDA 9)Updated Usually called red apple (Aptenia cordifolia 'Red Apple') There is some disagreement about the proper name; some consider it a hybrid (Aptenia cordifolia x Platythyra haeckeliana). Most folks usually just say red apple ground cove...
Socal Plant swap anyone?
Posted by cyh527
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pedrolibertyUpdated I'm in rialto seeking santa rita cactus or peruvian torch cactus. Thanks.
WANTED: anyone out there in so cal????
Posted by leesgarden(z5 CO)
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pedrolibertyUpdated Rialto, san bernardino county. Have san pedro cactus to trade. Lots of it. Looking for other cactus or small palms. (Don't have a truck, so car-ride size palms. ) ;) peruvian torch or santa rita cacti maybe? Maybe some wild dagga ...
varigated Yucca Color Guard in Sacramento
Posted by jeannette10
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stanofhUpdated It might be getting ready to bloom.
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