Home Gardener Questions On Mock Orange And Garden Care
Advice columns cover propagating mock orange, snail and slug control with non toxic baits, and lemon tree care including proper watering and sun. Guidance also advises drying gourds, using wax coatings, and locating Sunset Garden book for details. Gardenia care emphasizes avoiding overwatering, soil drainage, peat moss, and appropriate sun exposure per region.
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James J. Murphy
Lophey News Service
Easiest fruit tree to plant in a home garden
A reader discusses the easiest trees to plant and care for, favoring plums for variety and resilience. It surveys traditional, Japanese, and prune plum types with notes on flavor, ripening, and grafting, and adds a brief aside on easy vegetables like artichokes that produce quickly and long term.
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Carl Angels
Satsuma
Azaleas Thrive In California Gardens Through Seasons
Azaleas provide long lasting color from September to Christmas with Belgian Indica varieties leading into the Rutherfordian hybrids and Kurume types. Evergreen and Mollis hybrids follow as bloom fades into May. The California Association of Nurserymen notes azaleas thrive in most parts of the state, debunking tenderness claims.
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California
California Association of Nurserymen
Garden walls become living art with espalier ideas
Dor o thy Bayliss urges creating a striking garden wall using espaliered plants on walls, fences, or retaining structures. She highlights apples, pears, citrus, loquat, camellias, pyracantha, magnolia, wisteria, camellias, and cascading toppers as options.
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Dorothy Bayliss
Eibie
East Bay Dahlia Society Meets for Slice Program
The East Bay Dahlia Society holds its first 1974 meeting on Tuesday in the Vista Room at Lakeside Park Garden Center with a slice program. Visitors are welcome at 8 p.m. as members prepare for the March 30 Dahlia root sale and plan to attend the February 16 17 Pacific Southwest Dahlia Conference at Presa.
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East Bay Dahlia Society
Vista
Lakeside Park Garden Center
Lakeside Park
Presa
Garden checklist for flowering trees and olive accent
Garden checklist advises planting flowering trees like Flowering Plums Flowering Peaches and Flowering Cherries. Sprout Tuberous Begonia tubers indoors then move sprouted bulbs after frost. Suggests an Olive tree as a California accent. Mentions snail and slug season with pellet control tips.
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California
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