I want my Toyon to be shrub-like, but I'm having trouble finding a video that illustrates how it's done. I'm still a newbie at gardening and need detailed instructions. Can anyone point me to a good source? Thanks much!
Hello! I've placed this under shade because it's getting too hot due to heatwave zone 10a, southern CA. Any reason why?
Hello everyone. I know this is maybe an impossible ask but please be kind and give me your takes for best case ideas?
My back yard has a large slope that we just had cleared a couple weeks back because the brush had gotten dry and was becoming a fire hazard. My original plan was to plant natives there (coyote brush / creeping sage) in the fall when it’s less hot. However, last minute my brother has asked to have his wedding in our backyard! It will be in about a month.
Anything I can plant there now that will make the hill look slightly less sad and naked? Any native plants known for growing really really fast- like in 2-4 weeks fast 😅
Any advice or creative thinking highly appreciated.
I've been looking for ground cover and came across Scleranthus biflorus, seems to check all the boxes I'm looking for, but for the life of me I can not find it being sold anywhere in the United States. Does anyone have a reputable source or willing to sell me some themselves? Thank you in advance
Do I deadhead these? Leave them alone? It’s a new plant and I can’t fit a good care guide online. It’s a Eriophyllum lanatum ‘siskiyou’
Every time I see this precious I filled with gratitude for handfuls of reasons as it always takes a decent sized drive and hike into Alpine. This is an Ericaceae (blueberry, Madrone, manzanita, Rhododendron relation) and expresses that very clearly with its more open urn-bell shaped pendant flowers. It likes being up a little from stream edges where it can benefit from passive subterranean water flow from snowmelt. Very precious lil plant, seen in Nevada County Castle Peak area.
My naked buckwheat from Seedhunt finally is in full bloom! The description didn’t lie when they said the inflorescence would be looooooong. This area doesn’t get blasting blasting sun, so maybe that’s why the flowers are starting to flop over but it’s still a gorgeous willowy look :3
Also peep the Eriogonum grande var. rubescens I got from them that are blooming as well! Crazy to see that I started all of the buckwheat here from seed last fall :0
I have reached week one of my California natives yard transformation and as I went to use the drip for the first time… there was a huge leak / the tubing popped off 🫠 maybe hand watering the yard won’t be so bad after all lol
Also a lot of my plants seem a little “scorched” already, could that be from the body of water reflecting the light/heat onto my plants? Maybe it’s just because they’re on a south facing slope so they are getting some pretty strong sunlight.. I hope they are able to adjust.
Watering my Opuntias, I noticed a Coultier's Snapdragon growing inside one of my Common Deerweed, first time I have spotted on my yard. Might place some of these seeds on Etsy, and save some for me to experiment with.
