plants & peeps continued Blooms of alien, Ceropegia (Hoovb also showed a pic of this) Cool! Last of this batch/installment of plant pix (more when I'm able) Jeff & Mark Bill Bella & Joe Jordi, Bob, Regina, Chris Now, we got pix of Hoovb with hands in front of her face, plant box in front of face, with hubby, laughing, with & without glasses...but she will remain a mystery! LOL :D Was great to MEET everyone & see old friends as well!

I grew up with three 20-40ft tall avocado trees in my yard, as well as three 4ft diameter 60ft tall Pecan trees, a couple 12-20ft tangelo Trees, Half a dozen 12 ft tall Banana plants, Half a dozen 60ft tall oaks, three 6-12ft Naval orange trees And a myriad of no less than 3 dozen different flowering plants throughout The front and rear yard. our avocados typically produce every 2-3 years due to temperatures dropping to 12°F-32°F between November and march depending on hurricanes and rainfall here in Central Florida. When our Avocado trees bear fruit, it’s typically 12-30 avocados per tree throughout the producing months. However opposite those productive years are always low production or zero production years. Not certain of the tree‘s descent, but Our avocados are typically well over 2lbs each and very large.

Long day onions need long periods of daylight to form large bulbs. In principle, they won't get that in the south. They'll grow, but they won't mature properly. Nothing wrong with growing onions that don't mature properly. That's up to you, if that's really what you want. If you want storage onions, they are mostly long-day. Local nurseries in the south won't stock long-day onions, because they know they're the wrong kind. I'm curious where in Southern California the OP came up with Walla Wallas. Also, if you want sweet onions, there is a large selection of short-day varieties.

Generally, when a broadleaved evergreen shrub - like a ceanothus - loses all or 95% of its foliage, it is dead or dying. Signs of green on stems or under the bark are not always good indicators of viability as it can take some time for a dead or dying shrub or tree to lose all the internal moisture that produces the green tint, often a full growing season. Once established, west coast native ceanothus do not need and actively dislike any summer irrigation. In fact, one of the reasons they have a reputation for being short lived in a garden setting is because they tend to receive more irrigation than is required. A number of west coast native species have a similar dislike for a cultivated garden setting. Hardy, yes, but more than a little picky about growing conditions.