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top 10 trees for southern california backyard
Comments (19)I will add: Camphor Tree, if you have enough space, the roots can be expansive. The leaves smell aromatic. This can be a big tree and should not be planted too close to the house or sidewalks. Pepper Tree Spanish Cork Oak, they are drought tolerant and don't get too big, and have amazing squishy bark, this is where cork stoppers on wine bottles come from. Pomegranate grows exceptionally well in this climate. Even if you don't like eating them the fruits can be very decorative hanging from the tree, and the tree also produces pretty fiery orange blossoms. Pomegranate usually grows more like a giant bush-tree though, not really the best for shade. A lot of people have never tried a truly fresh pomegranate right off the tree, they taste much much better when really fresh. And a lot of people do not know the proper technique for cutting open a pomegranate and removing the arils, so they wrongly think eating pomegranate is too much work and too messy. When it comes to Mulberry trees, Persian Black is by far the best tasting variety. However, if you're in climate zone 10 Pakistan Mulberry will grow better and is also a good tasting variety, with larger fruit size too. If you go with a fruitless male Mulberry (as some people do to avoid all the messy berries falling), there could be pollen allergy issues (if not you, someone else in the neighborhood). The Black varieties are the best tasting, but the black berries can make a mess on the ground and stain the sidewalk, or get tracked indoors on your shoes on the carpet, so that's something that should be considered. Another little fact, mulberry leaves are not poisonous and can be fed to pigs or goats, a favorite food of silkworms too. Mulberry trees have beautiful shade foliage. If you're looking for some more exotic choices you might also see this thread: Sacred trees in India...See MoreHoyas/Dischidias Outdoors in Southern California?
Comments (5)Thanks everybody for sharing your experiences! My conclusion is...you folks definitely need some more Hoyas/Dischidias! Therefore, I highly recommend going to visit Kartuz Greenhouses down in Vista. It's definitely worth the trip. His online catalog really does not adequately represent the great variety of tropical/interesting/unusual/rare plants that he grows. Plus, his prices are really reasonable so you can get a good collection going without having to pay an arm and a leg. If anybody is interested...I also posted this thread in the following places... Garden Web - Hoya Forum - Cold Tolerant Hoyas/Dischidias Growing on the Edge - Cold Tolerant Hoyas/Dischidias PalmTalk - Cold Tolerant Hoyas/Dischidias? Flickr - Epiphytes Group - Cold Tolerant Hoyas/Dischidias?...See MoreSouthern California growers, when do you start seeds for fall?
Comments (10)They're all coming along quite nicely and you have picked some real good ones. I've grown all that you have, except Goliath. Most, I'm sure as you know, have "late" DTM's. KB, Mexico, and GG were very late for me, 100+ days, so I hope your's come a bit earlier. The Brandywine's have been a challenge for me,and many other people, but are always in my garden each year. I grow BW Sudduth and BW Red (RL) and they produce well since I began shaking all my plants early in the AM during the hot months of Summer. It's made a huge difference over the last 3 years. Paul Robeson should be the first to ripen and CP and Carbon will follow. I would guess that you might see something in the mid to end of Sept. The bulk of them ripenng in Oct. and hopefully beyond. I've given seedlings to a gal that lives in Clairemont and works with my wife. She told me this morning that she hasn't had much luck growing tom's in the Fall, but DON"T let that discourage you with what you have going. I would suggest that you put your seedlings out as soon as possible, starting in a week or so. OUT of the wind and in the shade to start and slowly introduce them to the sun. There's plenty of info. here and elsewhere. I learned alot here: http://www.nctomatoman.topcities.com/nctomatomanWebPage.htm Drop me an email..it's available from "My Page" here at GW. Rob...See Morecherries in z10 Southern California observations
Comments (3)The cherries in mostly shade don't seem to be any worse off than the ones with more sun. That probably has to do with the dry climate here (since the conventional advice you read on cherries is the more sun the better) The Blenheim (Royal) Apricot tree seemed to have no trouble producing fruit this year. It's on standard rootstock and this is its fourth year in the ground. I'm thinking it must be more adaptable to lower chill conditions. Supposedly it requires 400 chill hours, but there are only between 50-150 chill hours here. At this point the apricot leaves seem to be able to handle the sun well, though I can tell they may just be a tiny bit stressed. The trouble with stone fruit in hot climates, they need consistent water to counteract the intense sun and heat, but if they get too much water they will be susceptible to disease, so if you are in those climate conditions you have to try to find a middle ground, and I think that can be difficult because it's a narrow range. To give more information, this is south of LA, solid zone 10 (between 10a and 10b), intermediate between coastal influence and inland climate, so I feel it's pretty representative of SoCal in general. Hope these experiences all help give you some idea of what to expect....See More
Lars
4 months agolast modified: 4 months agoA group of us from the Cooking Forum met in Laguna Beach in 2007 (I think), and we went to Las Brisas, which is nice because it has ocean views. Here are some videos that my brother took of the meeting:
We have a better video camera now, but these don't look great because they were taken with an old camera.We went to the tide pools on the beach first and then went to the restaurant directly from the beach, although I do not remember exactly which beach it was. There are lots of interesting tide pools in and around Laguna Beach. The best ones are at Crystal Cove.
Here I am climbing on the rocks at Crystal Cove:
These rocks are sharp, and I should have been wearing my surf booties. Waterproof sandals will work also, but they must be secured to your feet and not slide.deegw thanked Larsdeegw
4 months agolast modified: 4 months ago
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