Question from Frank: Thinking about this tree in Solana Beach, CA – about 4 blocks from the ocean – will get full sun and full exposure to ocean breezes. Will it work okay? Answer from Pat: Gold medallion tree (Cassia leptophylla) grows and blooms well in many places that are only four blocks distant from […]
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Author Archive for Pat Welsh – Page 69
Cassia Leptophylla (gold medallion tree)
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Tuesday,
December
7th,
2010
at 12:31 AM
2 Comments
Categories : Gardening Tip, Trees
Question from Robin: My goodness, I didn’t mean to require such extensive responses! But then I realized you posted these answers so all could benefit. From now on I will try to send questions to patwelsh.com. I do appreciate your time in answering. I can so hear ‘your voice’ in both your book and blogs […]
Categories : Uncategorized
Question from Robin: ANTS, the demons on all levels. I told my husband our property would implode if the ants left. They completely destroyed my strawberry bed the year before no matter what I tried. Moved the bed and again within two months they destroyed the strawberry plants. They LOVE the plants, not the berries. […]
Categories : Pests
Question from Robin: On on of my favorite topics. Had a chance to do my a.m. + So.Cal Orgn. Gardening reading… adore your book but creates attention deficit disorder. Without fail I start looking up one thing and become totally distracted and have to go back and look up my original page number… quit comical, […]
Categories : Month by Month Gardening, Uncategorized
Question from Ronald: I will like to purchase some of your artwork for my daughter that is graduating from the college soon,and will like to inform you that i will be making payment with cheque.kindly get back to me with your website address if this is okay by you. Answer from Pat: Thank you for […]
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Question from Linda: I enjoyed your bulb lecture yesterday. Do you think this site really has the old time fragrant freesia bulb? http://www.oldhousegardens.com/display.aspx?prod=DI23 I used to have it in my old La Jolla house until we remodeled and changed the garden. You are right. The new ones have lost fragrance. Answer from Pat: Thank you […]
Gardening Question from Kila: I have a potted that i’ve had for many many years and have yet to see it bloom. I’ve tried several fertilizers and even pruned and planted the cuttings. It gets plenty of sun but i’ve also moved it to more sunny parts of the yard. Any advice? Answer from Pat: […]
Categories : Trees
Pruning for Fortnight Lily (Dietes iridioides, D. bicolor)
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Thursday,
October
28th,
2010
at 12:03 AM
Question from Karen: I love the flowers of fortnight lily but after many years in the ground mine have grown large. Not only are the clumps huge but some of the leaves have gotten brown and messy-looking with dead foliage and debris mixed in with fresh growth. What is the correct way to prune these […]
Categories : Flowers, Gardening Tip
Question from Ruth: My olive tree has some kind of blight that is causing welts on the branches and some branches have died. What causes it and what shall I do to control this? I am very worried about my tree! Answer from Pat: Olives are subject to a number of pests and they sometimes […]
Categories : Gardening Tip, Trees
Inside/Outside: Child-Friendly Vegetable Gardening (Part One)
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
October
23rd,
2010
at 02:22 PM
Posted by GIRL’S GONE CHILD The following is a guest-post by Nana who came to my house two weeks ago to help me with my vegetable garden and also to shoot some how-to gardening videos with Hal and our friend, Auggie. Read more…
Categories : Uncategorized
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