Shrub in Los Angeles - Zone 10b
Indy August [Zone 10a]
4 years ago
Attempting to ID this shrub. Leaves range from 1.5" to 4" in width. Flowers are pale yellow and range from 1" across to 3". Looks like a mallow flower, but the leaves look like Patchouli. Please help! Thank you community!
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carol23_gw
4 years ago
JXBrown (Sunset 24, N San Diego County)
4 years agoRelated Discussions
WS in Zone 10b (Sunset Zone 23)?
Comments (11)Alex, there is an extremely talented gardener here in my area who has done some gardening similar to your zone - although I haven't seen her posting in the last few months. I attached a thread she responded to a while back about growing hydrangea in the Laguna area. 'Macs' - hydrangea macrophylla. But, be warned, if you are not seeing them at all in your own neighborhood, there may be a reason. The florist type hydrangeas you mention are varieties of hydrangea macrophylla. Sometimes they are perfectly acceptable planted in the garden in mild zones like my own 8b....after being acclimated to being outdoors, these are greenhouse grown plants. The problem with them is they have been bred and raised for the flower trade, and grown under a strict regime of fertilizers, hormones, lighting and temps so that they will bloom to coincide with particular dates, like Valentines Day, Mothers Day etc....often grown with no regard to long term plant health. Sometimes they recover from the treatment and do well, other times they do not. If you were to receive one as a gift, I'd say go for it and plant, but if you have a choice, choose regular nursery stock, not florists stock for your garden. Your seed choices look good with a couple of exceptions. Hellebores sown in Feb may take 15 - 18 months to germinate. They need to experience a period of warm moist, followed by a somewhat lengthy moist chill, then will germinate while conditions are still cool. If I sow them fresh by Aug/Sept, I will have germination approx March into April. If you were to ask around June, someone could probably send you fresh seed (like me) that you could sow - much more reliable than dried commercial seed. Alstroemeria can be similar, they self sow like crazy in my garden, can be stubborn or at least very slow (many months) from dried commercial seed. And do you know they go dormant around August, leaving a blank space in your garden? The hummingbirds love them while present, but they spread, become a little messy, disappear until Fall rains begin or the weather cools. Here is a link that might be useful: Hydrangea, California...See MoreZone 10b: Dog Friendly Ground Covering (Creeping Perennial)
Comments (11)(likely a creeping perennial) ==>>> key word in that.. or letter is ... A ... NEVER rely on one plant .. ever ... the only real way.. to find ONE plant .. is to plant a mess of different kinds... and find out.. which will thrive in your courted micro climate ... so take all the recommendations.. and wing it .. there is no definitive answer ... and you will probably end up enjoying the variation ... having owned a golden.. your biggest problem.. will probably be... getting them to not dig them up.. to find out what you put under them .. rather large golden squirrels .. lol ... so figure out.. how to protect them.. long enough to get going ... though once established.. you should be all set .... BTW ... many of the ground cover are aggressive flowerers ... which will attract bees ... which my old golden.. used to enjoy eating.. really.. what was that all about .... though usually.. the flower season is rather short.. a week or two ... but they can make it difficult to walk in your court yard.. for that period ... ken...See MoreWesterland In zone 10b
Comments (1)Hot and ARID, yes. Humid, no. It quickly outgrew a fifteen gallon can, hit the soil under it and took off running. It performed as a climber, producing very long, incredibly prickly wands which performed like a climber in that garden. We finally tied it into stakes driven into the ground and trained it like the climber it wanted to be. I can't suggest what the black spot resistance might be in the type of conditions you describe, but it had pretty good resistance in 10b Los Angeles....See MoreLos Angeles, planting zone 10b, coastal rooftop screen/vine ideas?
Comments (11)Anything in pots or planters is likely to need repotting at some point. So if you use climbing plants that get all through the fence you will have to cut them off in order to get them repotted. And as mentioned with climbing plants being used on an architectural feature like a fence there is a need for consistently undertaken pruning and training in order to get the plants to assume and retain the desired size and shape. In addition to the regular cleaning up, fertilizing and watering that any kind of live plants used in your situation would require. So I think instead you should continue in the general direction of the fake fig panels, wherein you identify and implement some kind of material or product other than living plants that will still make it so your fence is not see through. It doesn't have to be something that looks like plants, just something that will produce a screening effect. And look acceptable to you....See More
gyr_falcon
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agogyr_falcon
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agook it is 12:30 am, so I was trying to photograph my Pavonia's foliage using a flashlight, and of course the flowers are not open....but for comparison:
chloebud
4 years agoHmmm....agree it could be Abutilon. Do the flowers look like little hanging lanterns before opening...like this?
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
4 years agoIndy August [Zone 10a]
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoIndy August [Zone 10a]
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoNew photos attached! Apologies to all for not getting them the other day.
chloebud
4 years agoIndy August [Zone 10a]
4 years agogyr_falcon
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoEmbothrium
4 years agogyr_falcon
4 years agofloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
4 years ago
Sara Malone Zone 9b
4 years agoIndy August [Zone 10a]
4 years ago
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