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Monthly Archives: October 2005
Finding California Bay Laurel
Q. I am working on a mostly native garden at our property in Mason County, WA and I am trying to locate some CA Bay Laurel trees/shrubs to plant in fairly deep shaded areas. Do you have any suggestions as … Continue reading
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Will Horses Eat Pampas Grass
Q. I want to plant Pampas Grass along a fence line. We have problems with our neighbor’s horses eating any plants we plant. We do not want to close our property in with a fence, so we are looking for … Continue reading
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Light Levels Necessary for Indoor Bamboo
Q. I am a landscape architect working on a new building in Los Angeles. The owner wants to put bamboo such as Bambusa vulgaris in the lobby, which has 25′ glass windows on 2 sides and 10 foot-candles of light … Continue reading
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Jelly Like Stuff on Vine Maples
Q. One of our vine maples has some sort of jelly-like, slimy stuff (like small jelly fish found dead on a beach!) on the ground around the roots. What might that be? We too are having different success with vine … Continue reading
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Caring for Asian Pear Trees
Q. When our tree first blossomed and started leafing out, we thought it was an apple tree. The fruit started developing but looked a bit odd for apples. Finally found out it was an Asian Pear. Last fall the waterspouts … Continue reading
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