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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Looking California...
Today found a nice Cereus in bloom,and later a nice Beaucarnea recurvata. Ponytail Palm (2),Japanese maple,Tree ferns and lemon tree. What you do when you live here.
Last edited by Stan on Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:42 pm |
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Eduard O
Joined: Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:46 pm Posts: 1196 Location: Maastricht Netherlands
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Re: Looking California...
Beautiful pictures Stan, that's what we call elephant's foot or Beaucarnea recurvata [last picture] I have one like that here, but it stands for the better growth inside the veranda
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Alexander
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:55 pm Posts: 3344 Location: Leidschendam, The Netherlands. (52 N latitude)
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Re: Looking California...
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Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:13 pm |
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Re: Looking California...
Thanks Eduard. They don't reach the immense size of those grown far south..but make a nice look still. Sort of a perpetual raindrop/Hershey kiss look. ALexander- I gave up on doing all of one family,etc. Yards are too small and its too limiting in what you can grow if you stick to that. I now only give in to our drying climate and water costs. So,my adding of xeric plants dominates my purchases. Interesting though that the plants you mentioned all like about the same amount of watering. Beaucarnea isnt really a desert plant..Citrus and Japanese Maples do fine on average watering. Cyathea cooperi is MUCH less water needy then all other species of tree fern,even if they get biggest,fastest, on more water.
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Mon Aug 21, 2017 6:46 pm |
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Re: Looking California...
I went out and took a few photos of " Broms on a Yucca" that I started a couple of years ago. No matter how well you place to start..they become much more natural fitting as time goes by. Of,course the cats can break the Tillandsia's,but broms are too tough. Hylocereus are growing on almost no media. Maybe 2-3" of old dried moss.
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Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:29 pm |
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themes
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:42 am Posts: 2148 Location: birmingham, UK
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Re: Looking California...
They look very happy in the tree
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Tue Aug 22, 2017 4:08 pm |
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Re: Looking California...
Nice Stan very colourful do you just water the middle of the broms and leave them to it. How is your rainfall now after the early floods do you still have full reservoirs?
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Tue Aug 22, 2017 4:58 pm |
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Re: Looking California...
Thanks Mo,Kev! We are having a surplus year for water ...but the dye is cast,and I'm going low water to plain xeric with most additions. Broms need little water- how much can those cups hold? And at 2 or 3 times a week its still very little. Yes,I just pass a shower over them and go on to the rest of the yard. Its no Carlos,Rick or Maurice,but their inspiration was great.
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themes
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:42 am Posts: 2148 Location: birmingham, UK
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Re: Looking California...
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