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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
1 Comment
stanofhUpdated It might be getting ready to bloom.
Pomegranate -- frost hardy or not?
Posted by Bob_B(Sunset 14, Ca.)
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Nil13 usda:9a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)Updated The problem wasn't that the pom wasn't frost hardy but that the OP didn't realize they were deciduous.
stupid asian citrus psyllid
Posted by Nil13 usda:9a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
10 Comments
ilovegardening(10a San Gabriel Valley of L.A.)Updated Sorry to hear the news. :( A couple months ago the state was here asking if they could inspect my citrus trees, and of course I said yes. When they were done they left a form showing they'd found "symptoms" of HLB and I'...
Star Jasmine help needed!
Posted by D Byrne(SoCal USDA zone 10b)
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D Byrne(SoCal USDA zone 10b)Updated Thanks so much hoovb! You're the best. Will do just as you suggest.
Orange County Tree suggestions for front yard (criteria included)
Posted by roobix
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jxbrownUpdated The flowering cherry that I had in the city of Orange was gorgeous. It was a fast grower and bloomed heavily every year. It didn't seem to be bothered by either lack of chill or lack of water.
Northern California Roll Call!!!! 2.0
Posted by nanelle_gw (usda 9/Sunset 14)(9/Sunset 14)
39 Comments
wcgypsyUpdated A friend who has lived here forever and had a nursery business said that she knew the weather was changing when her kids could grow pumpkins and have a 5 acre pumpkin patch. I think we have both types of the berries here on the ve...
Shade Tree with Non Invasive Roots
Posted by Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9b
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated OK, you win! But, that Ginko is going to love it here! And I'll trade you a Silky Oak any day for A Ginkgo or a Raywood Ash. You don't know messy unless you have had a Silky Oak. It makes a mess in spring when it blooms cyanid...
Solar Decathlon this Thurs-Sun in Irvine
Posted by kittymoonbeam
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lgteacher(SCal zone 9b)Updated There are some nice rolling vegetable gardens that the students designed to be used in Buffalo, NY. They're on wheels so they can be rolled to a solarium when the temperature drops. The balloon is being repaired and is not in ser...
NORTHERN California Roll Call !!!!!
Posted by derby98
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wcgypsyUpdated Wow, Steve! I didn't think there WERE any other gardeners in Crescent City..... Well, I have to amend something I said a year ago. I was wrong and we DO have gophers in my yard...lol..it's an old familiar story with me so I'm ba...
Fruit labels
Posted by tim45z10
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tim45z10Updated I do mean store bought fruit. I did call an apple company long ago. They started putting non removable labels ,the kind with all the slits, on their apples. I said to him that fruit theft via label change is not a concern and ever...
Is anyone growing cinnamon trees outside?
Posted by snycal(z8CA)
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snycal(z8CA)Updated Darn, I am sick of trying to protect my fruit trees in winter I guess I'll pass. Thank you.. I wish I had a greenhouse :)
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