Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
2021-02-02

Calliandra replaces Encelia

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 I replaced a perfectly good Encelia farinosa (Brittlebush, Incienso) that had never flowered as prolifically as I wanted with Calliandra er...

Purchases at Theodore Payne

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 On 11/12/2020 I purchased the following native plants at Theodore Payne Aquilegia formosa 4" - three @ $12.75 that are now share space...
2020-02-03

wild Gladiolus? No.

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When we asked we were told this beautiful plant was a "wild Gladiolus". Perhaps they have naturalized in Sissinghurst, which is w...
2020-01-22

Malva propagation

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I waited for the easy time of year to make cuttings, soak, coat in Root Tone (use your preferred brand of rooting hormone) and place in smal...
2020-01-12

Earthside Nature Center in Pasadena

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I was combing through cobwebs of the internet and came across this blog post celebrating an Earthside Nature Center that had never heard of ...
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2020-01-10

Pillared rose using a timber post

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In England we saw a number of ways of trellising roses that aren't commonly seen in S. California.  There's this drift of rambling r...
2020-01-09

2019 Western Redbuds were outstanding

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2019 was the year that Western Redbuds along my driveway really were impressive.  They were planted in early 2012.   In previous years I was...
2020-01-08

Erigeron glaucus in a pot

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Here's an idea I could implement at home. The photo is from Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens and doesn't look all that imposing.  Howe...
2020-01-02

Timber Posts

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It's true - they do exist at specialty providers like C&E Lumber .  I wrote about an impending visit earlier. More photos below ...
2019-12-06

Timber post supplier

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I've had a hard time finding poles or landscape timbers longer than 8'.  I can easily get dimensional lumber that is more than 8...
2019-08-22

TPF 2/16/19

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In years past, this is the sort of thing that a gardener would tape into their garden notebook. I'll just leave it here. For late...
2019-08-20

The plant sales start early

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Made the following purchase at Annie's Annuals at sale prices.  While this is clear-out-the old type of sale, the bring-in-the-new type ...
2018-04-08

Purchases from Matilija Nursery

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Back in mid december I made the following purchases from Matilija Nursery.  I hadn't been before, and I had a good time talking with the...
2017-12-25

Moving along in the garden

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Moving along in the garden with purchase of five iris 'Wilder than ever' for the front.  For the back, mostly seeds right now except...
2017-12-20

Forgotten garden TO DO list that I just stumbled across

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All of these have been done already, or are overcome by events (OBE). Go TO DO list, go!! ~Clematis ligusticifolia (Virgin's Bower or ...
2017-09-29

A tree’s genetics picks its fungus

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From Ars Technica, an interesting study about the Pinyon pine and its fungal associations. ... Researchers took seeds from drought-toler...
2017-09-22

Pima Country Public Library circulates seeds too

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"In addition to books and DVDs, in 2012 the Pima Country Public Library system became one of the first in the nation to circulate seed...
2017-01-20

Broken hoe

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I like the design of this hoe.  I had a memory that it might be called a skiffle hoe, but I probably made that up.  "Scuffle hoe" ...
2017-01-05

Definition of gardening

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Gardening - The slowest of the performing arts. Source: Garden Design Magazine
2016-11-27

Last harvest this year

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Sent from my iPhone at great expense