Bay Tree Pruning
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13 years ago
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Time to Prune in SF Bay Area?
Comments (2)I don't think that in our climate (I also live in the SF Bay area) any exact time/schedule matters very much. Of course, once bloomers should be pruned AFTER they bloom, but other kinds of roses never stop blooming here (never go dormant), so I don't get all exercised about the "right" time. Hybrid tea roses, if you treat them according to conventional wisdom, should be pruned by March at the latest, but I really don't think it matters whether you do it in Jan, Feb, or March. Old ever-blooming roses such as teas, chinas, noisettes, don't need much pruning at all in our climate, unless you are trying to keep them out of a driveway or off a path. So -relax and enjoy! We are so lucky, and our climate is so benign, that following the strict "rules" of when to prune, that might work on the East Coast or where they have very cold winters, is not necessary. I prune my roses when/if I get around to it. No matter what I do, they keep growing and blooming all year. Jackie...See Morebay trees or bay bushes
Comments (12)The redbay situation is so disturbing for us butterfly lovers! I've ordered and planted many other closely related members of the laurel family from various parts of Asia to see if palamedes swallowtails would lay eggs on any of them - so far they haven't. If the insect that spreads the disease makes it here - and so far it hasn't, knock on wood! - it would be nice if I knew of an alternate host that hopefully would be resistant. They might use sassafras, which would solve the problem, provided sassafras isn't susceptible to the same disease. I know palamedes caterpillars will eat sassafras leaves, because they've done just that when I raised spicebush and palamedes swallowtails together in the same cage. I've never found any cats on sassafras, though, so as far as I know, they don't lay eggs on it. My latest new laurel is bog spicebush, a rare shrub that is native to my immediate area. I'm hoping that spicebush swallowtails and/or palamedes swallowtails will use it - the greater the variety of host plants you have, the better. I got these bushes from Woodlander's in SC, Rhizo - I think you know the original owner. Sherry...See MoreWinter pruning in SFO's East Bay
Comments (7)No - it turns out that any instructions that start with the phrase "you must..." are completely bogus - no one I know removes leaves, or dormant sprays here. If you had some sort of infestation like scale, then I might dormant spray, but not otherwise. There are endless "rules" about how you must do certain things, and all of them (except providing adequate water, sun, and food) have been debunked in the last 10 years. I would just prune your HTs lightly, as you said, as they are babies. I feed my roses in Jan when I prune them with a time release fertilizer, because I am lazy. Others concoct all sorts of home made and/or expensive recipes - up to you. The only other thing I do which I do think is important is to mulch around the roses (making sure the mulch does not touch the base of the rose) 2-3 inches in the Spring, so that they can survive our hot & dry Summers. Relax - see what works - no one is grading your paper! Jackie...See Morewhat to do with baby bay trees at the root of my bay standard
Comments (3)Thanks, Heathan1, for your response. I'll just have to unearth one of them and find out which .... they're taller than I thought - maybe 2 feet. If they're suckers, can I just dab them in rooting hormone and put them in soil, or what?...See Moretropicalparadise
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