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My weekend project: A new rock garden

Weekend Project - Rock Garden

There has been one particular area in my garden that has bugged me for quite some time now. It is a highly visible spot that receives a lot of sun year round and is occupied by some of my favorite plants. Lately, in an effort to further meet the water restrictions the drought in California has imposed,…

June 4, 2015

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Filed Under: LANDSCAPING Tagged With: Agaves, Landscape, Rock Garden, Water Wise

Palm Society of Southern California May garden tour

Nesheiwat Garden Address Lightpost

This past Saturday the Palm Society of Southern California (PSSC) held their quarterly meeting . This May meeting included two wonderful gardens tours in the Mission Viejo area. While I have been a member of the PSSC for many years now, I am usually unable to attend these meetings, as something kid-related always seems to take up my calendar. Lucky…

May 21, 2015

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Filed Under: TOURS Tagged With: Agaves, Bromeliads, Flowering Perennials, Garden Art, Landscape, Palm Society, Palm Trees

Mass murder in the garden. It’s that time of year.

Parajubaea cocoides Removal

Spring time in my garden is when I like to make the major changes. Spring is also when I find myself planting 90% of everything I will put into the ground that year. However, before any plantings, time must be dedicated to ripping plants out. We all know that life isn’t fair, and tough choices have to made when building…

April 22, 2015

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Filed Under: LANDSCAPING Tagged With: Gardening Tips, Landscape, Plant Removal

The Stainton backyard landscape and plant consultation

Stainton Yard 2015

One of the things that I really enjoying doing is helping people with their landscape planning or updating. While I have neither the time nor interest to manage full landscape projects past my own yard, I do offer help with landscape and plant consultation. The overwhelming majority of new landscapes that are put in on a new Southern Californian tract…

February 18, 2015

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Filed Under: LANDSCAPING Tagged With: Flowering Perennials, Fruit Trees, Gardening Tips, Landscape, Rancho Soledad Nursery, Water Wise

A fungus among us: Thielaviopsis paradoxa

Thielaviopsis paradoxa (Stem Bleeding Rot)

You just know when something isn’t right with a plant. It is almost a sixth sense. One day while walking the garden I noticed one of my Foxy Lady Palm’s (Wodyetia x Veitchia) was browning on the lower two fronds. I have found this to be the result of one of two things: 1) The…

March 26, 2014

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Filed Under: PALMS Tagged With: Fungus, Landscape, Palm Trees

Pseudophoenix ekmanii replaced with Aloe ‘Hellskloof Bells’

Pseudophoenix ekmanii in Landscape

Let’s be honest. We all plant something we were told most likely wouldn’t grow in the garden. But we gardeners are a stubborn folk. Even though I fully understand my stubbornness can lead to heartache and wasted time in many cases, I have found that not listening to collective wisdom has allowed me to reap…

March 12, 2014

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Filed Under: LANDSCAPING Tagged With: Aloes, Landscape, Palm Trees

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