Re: Celebrate!/ now spring in Sacramento

No mine doesn't die back at all- it just keeps expanding!  I think all 
this rain is part of what has spurred it on to spread out all over the 
place.  I really am considering digging it up and potting it to keep it 
under control.

Theresa

Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

>I didn't kill it on purpose! The first ones I think I planted where they got
>too much water, they struggled all summer and finally croaked. This last one
>was in my dry garden. Came in a 2" pot and expanded to about 12" across,
>bloomed great all summer, looked pretty good and then started getting brown
>over the winter. More and more of it died until now there's just this dead
>clump. I have not pulled it up; in fact I don't know for sure that it's
>dead, could be that it comes back from the roots. I hope.  In the cottage
>garden the perennials are all coming up but in my dry garden, there is not a
>lot of growth yet even from things I know are healthy. 
>Do yours die back over the winter? I expect that we get a lot more freezing
>than you do but it is supposed to be hardy to z6, I think. 
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>Cyndi 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
>Of Theresa
>Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 7:50 PM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Celebrate!/ now spring in Sacramento
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>So Cyndi- how did you kill the zauschneria?  I feel like I'm going to be 
>battling this forever!
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>Theresa
>Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
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>>Hear hear! I feel like it's been cloudy for MONTHS. Of course we in the
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>>desert haven't had the same kind of rain but it is still wet here, it
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>rained
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>>again Saturday morning and it is supposed to be cloudy and rainy for the
>>next 3 days. I don't know how you easterners can handle it. Blech!
>>At least we got a couple hours of sun over the weekend and it wasn't too
>>windy. I planted a couple of the natives - one saltbush and one mesquite -
>>but didn't put in the rest. I ran out of chicken wire to protect them from
>>the critters and we didn't make it to the hardware store until late Sunday
>>afternoon. I weeded some more in the dry garden and deadheaded the
>>daffodils, that took a bit of time. And I planted some of the bulbine that
>>Kitty gave me in the dry garden, we'll see how that does over the summer. I
>>saw it growing at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden last year so we'll see
>>what happens.  
>>I was gazing at a blank area in the cottage garden and debating about what
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>>would buy to fill the spot, but then I was also looking at overgrown
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>daylily
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>>clumps and frugality kicked in. So I dug up and separated a couple of
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>those.
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>>Now that I think about it I'm not sure I've seen those bloom in some time,
>>don't remember what colors are out there. Husband dispatched a couple more
>>gophers. 
>>I went to the Getty museum in Malibu on Friday - it was cloudy of course -
>>and I didn't recognize anything except the gardens! They sure did a major
>>renovation of the property. I saw an interesting plant in their herb garden
>>that someone told me was lamb's ear, but it didn't look anything like the
>>kind I'm familiar with. I'll have to do some research. 
>>I went hiking Sunday morning and my friend, who's getting in shape for a
>>long hike later this summer, about killed me off. When I got home I just
>>took my newspaper and sat in the greenhouse for a couple hours. Oh my
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>>legs.  
>>I am so jealous of Theresa's zauschneria, I have killed a couple of those.
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>>had great hopes for the one growing in the dry garden, it did very nicely
>>over the summer, but it doesn't seem to have survived the winter. Maybe
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>>try it again. 
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>>Cyndi 
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
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>Behalf
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>>Of Theresa
>>Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:16 PM
>>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Celebrate!/ now spring in Sacramento
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>>No kidding-  Sacramento has borken it's record for number of days of 
>>rain for March-  we are at 20 and counting and it's supposed to rain 
>>today sometime too.  The average is 10 days.  Anyway, today is a 
>>holiday!!! So I'm home and I spent all morning in the garden since it 
>>isn't raining yet.  I did get my lawn mowed before it reached my knees, 
>>weeded everything, cleaned up more plant clippings and tree stuff (from 
>>testing out my new little electric chainsaw 2 weeks ago), that wouldn't 
>>fit in the garden waste barrel before today (they emptied them this 
>>morning and I've already filled one back up again).  I also transplanted 
>>a couple of little things: 
>>A white violet moved further in on my corner path, so it wouldn't get 
>>baked by the sun....presuming we are going to get sun again!. 
>>A cuphea moved to a better spot where it has more room,
>>A albutilon from being smother by a euphorbia, to a more open, yet 
>>shaded area under the Chinese Pistachio tree
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>>I also yanked a ton of California fuschia  (/Zauschneria californica)/ 
>>out.  This stupid plant is native here, but obviously needs to be grown 
>>in a spot where it can take over an entire hillside.  I do like the 
>>red-orange flowers and the hummers and bees like them too, BUT  I hate 
>>it when a plant is bent on world domination.  This thing was find until 
>>last fall- it had been in the ground for 5 years- then it decides to 
>>spread EVERYWHERE by these underground runners.  I hand painted a bunch 
>>of it with round-up a couple weeks ago.  Didn't kill it but did die back 
>>some.  I'm sure I'll be yanking this stuff out forever.  I'm still 
>>trying to decide if I want to totally remove it.  I have considered 
>>putting it in a pot and then replanting it in the garden pot and all to 
>>try to control it.  We'll see.
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>>Thats about all- we do have LOTS of stuff blooming:  azaleas, freesias, 
>>tulips, narcissus, grape hyacinths, pink jasmine, english daisies, 
>>thrift, some little ground cover with vivid blue flower- can't recall 
>>the name, camellia, carnations, cyclamen, roses, iris, even two of the 
>>salvias.
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>>Spring is here!
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>>Theresa
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>>P.S.  I have a weeding problem I need some advise about-  I have stupid 
>>clover growing around my agave plant and it is spreading.  I keep trying 
>>to yank it out, but it comes back more and more.  Of course I can't get 
>>it all out by hand, otherwise I'd stab myself from the agave thorns.  
>>Any suggestions??
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>>David Franzman wrote:
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>>>Yea, that will keep you in the area.  So, how do you like living in a 
>>>rain forest?
>>>
>>>David
>>>http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa" <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
>>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:05 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Celebrate!
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>>>>Yeah!!! My husband had an interview today in Stockton (which is 
>>>>local) that went very well- so hope the job-finding planets are 
>>>>aligned here also!  Congrats to you!
>>>>
>>>>Theresa
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>>>>Kitty wrote:
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>>>>>I lost my job a couple of weeks ago.  The new franchise owners 
>>>>>thought we weren't making enough money and it had to be someone's 
>>>>>fault.  Since it couldn't be the boss' niece, the one who performs 
>>>>>the tests and works for straight commission, it must be me, the one 
>>>>>who was getting paid.
>>>>>
>>>>>I sent out resumes and hit the standard online job postings.  I 
>>>>>happened upon a short posting for a researcher at the recorder's 
>>>>>office.  A friend told me that short postings (job only listed for 5 
>>>>>days) meant they probably already had someone in house who wanted 
>>>>>the job.  But I applied and got an interview.  I just scraped by on 
>>>>>the typing test, but did well on the other tests, finishing all in 
>>>>>about 40 minutes.  The testing was scheduled to take 2 hours. When I 
>>>>>arrived for the interview they said no one had ever finished the 
>>>>>tests that quickly.  We had a pleasant exchange, but nothing in 
>>>>>detail, so I assumed my friend was right, the job was locked.
>>>>>
>>>>>I got the call this morning and I start Monday!  Can you believe it? 
>>>>>More money, great hours, pleasant people, engaging work, retirement 
>>>>>plan, and insurance.  And they wanted ME.  I wasn't too old or too 
>>>>>fat or not good enough in some way.   Maybe it's an omen.  Good 
>>>>>things come in 3s you know. Mick will be fine.  and I don't care 
>>>>>what the third thing is.
>>>>>
>>>>>Kitty
>>>>>neIN, Zone 5
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