Question from Paul: The home is 1 mile from the Pacific coast just north of San Diego. I have a fully enclosed courtyard measuring 25′ by 30′ where I would like to plant a shade tree up to 25′ tall. The hole cut in the concrete is 4′ in diameter so I would like something […]
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Categories : Gardening Tip, Trees
Question from Darla: I just read you response to someone regarding their birch trees. I had planted yesterday, for the second time, three European White Birch-Clumps at the side of an apartment building in a coastal area of Southern California. Previously, I lost five trees on the East side of a two story building (two […]
Gardenias need acid soil, good drainage, ample water, full sun along coast, part shade inland, and regular fertilizing. If buds fall off it’s not from disease as often supposed, but because plants didn’t get 20 degrees difference between day and night temperatures during spring and early summer. Patios are often too warm at night. Insist […]
Cool-season flowers peak in April. Knowledgeable gardeners plant these in fall, and by now their gardens are overflowing with flowers. If you didn’t do this don’t try to play catch-up by planting spring flowers now; it’s too late. You’ll get another chance next fall. Instead, get out and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us. Go […]
Categories : Gardening Tip, Month by Month Gardening
The pattern of sun and shade in a garden is one of the most important things a gardener should study when first moving into a new house. It’s wise to study the exposures and which way one’s house faces whether north, south, east or west. Consider all sides of the house and the trees also […]
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Container-grown Cape Honeysuckle with Wet Feet
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
March
3rd,
2010
at 12:09 AM
Q: A couple years ago I bought a 5 foot staked cape cod honeysuckle, (orange trumpet clusters). It is in a 3 foot tall 18 inch wide plastic container on my balcony. I live in P.B. across from the bird sanctuary, southern exposure. It grew and developed into a lush fabulous dense plant, (about 15 […]
Categories : Gardening Tip, Patio Plants
All About Pelargoniums – (Common name: Geranium) WHAT IS A PELARGONIUM? Often called by the common name of geranium, the genus Pelargonium is a wide range of species, selections, and hybrids, which are wood-based perennials, some of them shrubby, and almost all of them originally from South Africa. We now have many hybrids and selections. […]
Categories : Gardening Tip, Planting
Choose bare root roses this month, especially the recent All America Award Winners. They’re easy to grow and more resistant to pests and diseases than many older roses. AARS winner ‘Fourth of July’ is a climber with a tough constitution and non-stop flowers. Easy shrub roses with loads of bloom include ‘Betty Boop’ (multi-color), ‘Carefree […]
Categories : Gardening Tip, Roses
An imagination dish garden makes a delightful gift for that special child on your list. Cover drainage holes in a flat container with pottery shards, fill with potting soil. Choose a theme such as a Western Ranch. Make bonsai trees out of dwarf junipers, a flat of Irish moss for “grass”. Cut through to make […]
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