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Regular Meeting of the Fallbrook Garden Club

Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Event: Regular Meeting of the Fallbrook Garden Club Time of Talk: Social Hour: 12:30 p.m. Talk: 2:00 p.m. —2:45 p.m. Subject of Talk: “Growing Summer Vegetables the Organic Way: How to Plant, Feed, Water, Harvest, and Control Pests and Diseases Without Synthetic Fertilizers or Poisonous Sprays” Location: Fallbrook Community Center […]

History and Care of the Torrey Pine

Eons before the arrival of human beings to the place now called Del Mar on the Southern California coast, there was one dominant tree species growing there, the Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana). The wild groves of these trees still in existence were once part of a much larger forest that, probably due to climate changes, […]

All About Pelargoniums

All About Pelargoniums – (Common name: Geranium) WHAT IS A PELARGONIUM? Often called by the common name of geranium, the genus Pelargonium is a wide range of species, selections, and hybrids, which are wood-based perennials, some of them shrubby, and almost all of them originally from South Africa. We now have many hybrids and selections. […]

Native Grasses & Succulents Suitable For Planting Near A Coastal Lagoon

Grasses Not listing any grasses due to invasive qualities. Succulents Agave shawii—Shaw agave***  Excellent barrier plant with clean appearance, bold, architectural  shape and ferocious spines. Uniquely-shaped bloom spike is   attractive to hummingbirds. Cylindropuntia prolifera—Coast cholla**  Extremely prickly plant for keeping out intruders, not for use near paths. Opuntia littoralis; O. orricula—Coast prickley pear**  Effective spiney […]

Native Annuals Suitable For Planting Near A Coastal Lagoon

 Abronia umbellate ssp. umbellate—Sand verbena  Prostrate and spreading with purple flowers in spring and summer   common in sandy coastal clearings. Camissonia bistorta—Calfornia sun cup  One of the more easily identified yellow spring wildflowers common  in sandy soil near coast. Cryptantha intermedia—Popcorn flower  Coastal wildflower with bunches of white flowers on hairy plant in    Spring. […]

Native Perennials Suitable For Planting Near A Coastal Lagoon

Achillea millefolium—Yarrow**  Frequent member of our coastal plant community Aster chilensis ‘Point Saint George’—Point Saint George aster**  Improved selection of a similar aster species to the species of aster  found growing in coastal San Diego. Aster subulatus var. ligulatus—Slim aster  Grows near coastal lagoons, such as Buena Vista Coreopsis maritima—Sea dahlia***  Cannot take summer irrigation. […]

Native Shrubs Suitable For Planting Near A Coastal Lagoon

SHRUBS Adenostoma fasciculatum—Chamise  Most abundant shrub in some local coastal chaparral, often called “Chamise  chaparral”. Known for spring bloom but often flowers in fall. Arctostaphylos glandulosa, ssp. crassifolia—Del Mar manzanita  Coastal manzanita endemic to local region. Arctostaphylos pumila—Sandmat manzanita Arctostaphylos uva-ursa—kinnikinnick  From northern California but will grow here. Artemisia californica—California sagebrush888  Frequently found in old […]

How To Become A Writer, Or Mimis Writing Tips

My mother-in-law, Frances Lloyd Wright, whom my daughters called “Mimi”, taught me how to write a saleable story. I had written a great deal, including several chapters of a book and had had a few things published, but I had never sold a story. Frances went over the book with me chapter by chapter and […]

Southern California Gardener’s Hymn

All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful The Lord God made them all But what we never mention though gardener’s know it’s true Is when He made beneficials, he made the bad bugs too All things spray and swattable Disasters great and small. Water scarce; soil horrible, […]

New Organic Rose-Pro Method

Q. Trying to follow the rose-pro method from the So CA month-by-month guide is my goal this year. However, I can’t seem to find milorganite anywhere. Is there another option that I can just plug into the rose-pro schedule instead of milorganite? A. Milorganite is still available at Ace Hardware among other locations. However, if […]