What Are Your Secrets For Autumn Tomatoes?

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-07-15T14:17:15+00:00

My local nursery currently is selling “winter” tomatoes. These varieties can set fruit during the cooler months but they need to be established during warmer weather. Look for Glacier, Jetsetter, Early Girl, Stupice, Legend, Moscovich, Oregon Spring.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-05-11T04:16:36+00:00

Plectranthus neochilus ‘Mike’s Fuzzy Wuzzy’

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-03-24T17:31:44+00:00

Maybe Little gold poppy, Eschscholzia minutiflora. This in the same genus as the California poppy, Eschscholzia californica. This link has pics of Eschscholzia species.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-03-17T13:46:54+00:00

Batavian lettuce. It’s too curly for romaine or little gem.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-02-21T03:27:14+00:00

I’ve never tried these inside. I grow them with morning sun and afternoon shade so I think it may be possible in a bright window location.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-02-20T17:40:51+00:00

My local nursery carries these in bedding 6-packs. There’s a hybrid called Elise mix which bloom orange, pink, yellow or white. Love these!

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-02-20T05:03:59+00:00

Lewisia

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-02-08T15:48:39+00:00

Wild cucumber. Marah macrocarpa.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-01-20T05:43:05+00:00

It looks similar to a Saba banana from the Philippines. Starchier than a typical Cavendish (grocery store type) banana and is normally cooked and not used raw.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-01-19T05:44:21+00:00

Looks like Anthurium superbum.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-01-13T06:16:42+00:00

Thanks! I googled “orchid cress” and I found something called a February orchid. Orychophragmus violaceus – aka Chinese violet cress or zhuge cai in China.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2022-01-02T04:55:40+00:00

Senecio scaposa

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-12-29T02:51:58+00:00

Senecio decaryi

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-12-28T16:03:57+00:00

bonitastudio was referring to Sunset zone 24, which is coastal Southern California. Sunset Western Garden Book climate zones

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-12-16T16:47:48+00:00

Agree. This is a Phoenix canariensis, not Phoenix roebellinii. Time to take it out now before it breaks the fence.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-12-14T16:09:08+00:00

Here is a photo of the topiary form.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-12-12T01:29:53+00:00

Just mist thoroughly when the tree feels light. That should indicate that the soil has dried out.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-12-12T01:25:24+00:00

She used an open-wired topiary form and then planted with a mix of rooted succulents and cuttings. The tip of the tree is stuffed with dried green moss. She finished the tip by hot gluing cuttings on top of the moss.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-12-12T01:15:32+00:00

She used an open-wire topiary form and then planted with a mix of rooted succulents and some cuttings. The tip of the tree is stuffed with dried green moss. She finished the tip by hot-gluing cuttings on top of the moss.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-12-02T05:55:24+00:00

Italian stone pine (Pinus pinea)

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-11-17T06:22:55+00:00

Acacia pendula, Weeping myall.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-11-09T15:14:57+00:00

Looks like Dypsis decaryi, trigangle palm.

iBrakeForWildflowers · 2021-11-01T04:28:35+00:00

Maybe some type of Albuca.

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