Which Peach to grow in SF Bay Area?
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Do any of you grow fuchsias in the SF Bay area?
Comments (11)Before I got the rose bug I was all fuchsias all the time. The local growers here like 1/3 redwood compost, 1/3 potting soil and 1/3 aged manure+peat moss. Try to get horse manure. I turn mine into the ground and let it comopst for at least 6 months. Then I add 1/2 sand because my soil is heavy on the clay and that is what I use in the manure part of the recipe. If your potting mix does not have much perlite then add a few good handfulls if you are growing in a hanging moss lined basket or a redwood planter. I like clay planters for the ones that don't hang. My favorites are the tree ( standard) shaped ones. They are easy to make and take about 2 years to grow. In the ground, omit the perlite and add more sand plus the planting mix above. Put a sturdy pipe or post in to support tree shapes or large trellised plants. You don't want to break brittle wood later when the trellis starts wobbling. Some of the most beautiful fuchsias I ever saw were around SF and down near Newport Beach - Laguna. San Diego has some beauties too. It's a bit too warm here these days near Disneyl;and for great results with the fluffy ones. The smaller or long trumpet kinds take the hotter temps better. Fuchsias will collapse even when wet at temps above 95. Every year I lose approx 80 percent of the big fluffy ones. Dragging the pots into the garage with a swamp cooler helps but I can't always do it. In pots, try and keep the root mass larger than the top and in the ground, the bigger the better. To avoid a long stretched stem when you aren't making a tree shape, you just have to keep pruning and give as bright a light as the plant will handle without burning. If you have a stretched stem already, bury it in the mix recipe above and wait for it to root. Happy fuchsia paradise to you!...See MoreFast-growing Hedge in SF Bay Area
Comments (3)I grew P. tenuifolium in Watsonville and was happy with the speed and denseness of the foliage. I planted 5 gallon size plants 3 feet apart on the north side of the lot as a screen of the neighbors. I kept it at 10 feet for several years before selling the house. Al...See MoreVitex in SF Bay Area - East Bay
Comments (3)Vitex grows well enough here in the SF Bay Area, but has never been all that popular of a shrub on the bay side of the hills. It tends to be a lot more popular where one gets hot summers and cold winters. In fact, I would say it is probably more popularly seen in places like Palm Springs or Arizona than here. There are a few wholesale nurseries that do grow Vitex, but not the cultivars you mention. Mail order will probably be the best source. Just as an aside, not all natives are deer proof, and alot of the Ceanothus in particular are deer food. You might also consider some of the South African succulents; both drought tolerant and often deer proof. Cotyledon orbiculata in particular, and also many of the Aloes, although they will sometimes eat the flowers off Aloes. You might get good information on most deer resistant and drought tolerant natives to select from at the natives nursery at Tilden Park. This is close enough to you that the deer resistance of particular plants would be meaningful......See MoreGrowing Jasminum Sambac in the SF bay area
Comments (5)They grow. I had one for years.in a time when I hadn't really got organized,so it stayed in a pot too long,then I planted it where it was overtaken by a Bougainvillea. The cold of 2007 and cold rains finished it off. But I know it still had a few flowers,and if I tried again...full sun,more SUMMER water, and protect from freezing. It did seem a bit rangy..but not so fast you cant tip prune or tie up. Sunnyvale should be fine for it. Much better then the fog belt bay area. btw,I had Belle of New Orleans....See Moreletsski
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