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 from the ceiling. What type of additional lighting would you recommend for the bamboo and…
Year: 2005
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 maples on different parts of our land, and are grateful for your suggestion in a…
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 and crossover limbs were removed. There were lots of blossoms but little fruit this year….
Propagating False Aralia
Q. How do you propagate Dizygotheca elegantissima and will it branch if the tip is snipped? Nancy Bandusena – Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia A. Well I am sure where you live you can grow the False Aralia (D. elegantissima) as an outdoor landscape plant since you are in a tropical climate but here in the Pacific…
Mystery Blue Flowering Weed
Q. In the past 6 or 7 years, a blue-flowering weed has overtaken parts of this neighborhood, and it is highly aggressive. It thrives in shade. It has 8″ (more or less) tapered basal leaves. The flower stalks are round, from 18″ to 3′ or 4′ tall, and branch at the tips into clusters of…