Re: Zauschneria - was Celebrate!/ now spring in Sacramento

Cyndi-  I think you do get colder that I do- as there is very little 
that dies back here at all.  So, don't pull it up yet!!  If I ever get 
around to digging mine out and down sizing to a pot, I'll try to save 
some and send to you.  If it would ever stop raining, I might get 
encouraged to do this- but last forcast for us was 2 more weeks of 
rain!!  This is just insane- everything is soggy!

Theresa

Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

>Bah humbug. Doesn't sound good for my zauschneria.
>But now I wonder...it was really dry this winter right up until late
>February...I wonder if it didn't get enough water? I did not water in the
>dry garden this winter because they are (mostly) California natives, and I
>figured I'd leave it up to mother nature. Of course since then it's been
>soggy. I'm sick of it, it's raining again right now. You in Texas, come get
>this water, I don't need any more. 
>Or maybe the gophers ate enough of its roots to do it in. I did tug on it a
>bit and it seems firmly attached but the gophers were very active in that
>whole area. 
>Well I'll try it again.  
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>Cyndi  
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
>Of Theresa
>Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 6:25 PM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Celebrate!/ now spring in Sacramento
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>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.
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>Theresa
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>Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
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>>I didn't kill it on purpose! The first ones I think I planted where they
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>>too much water, they struggled all summer and finally croaked. This last
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>>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
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>>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
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>>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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>>>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.
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>>>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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>>>clumps and frugality kicked in. So I dug up and separated a couple of
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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
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>>>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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>>>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?
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>>>>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!
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>>>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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