Re: rain! & info request
- To: r*@sonnet.com
- Subject: Re: rain! & info request
- From: L* H*
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 19:04:43 -0800
Didn't get the rain you did Julie, but some, and hoping for more. Our
almonds and prunes here in the Sutter Buttes, zone 8, are way too stressed
and we are thinking of irrigating even with the rain. It is lovely and
refreshing though, to feel the rain and see the plants get a shower.
Sure do have a million gophers this year. And now they are chewing like a
beaver. Found one of my plants, a medium size Berberis, with a chewed off
root. Right square across. I don't think a surface animal would approach
the prickly thorns of a Berberis would they? And what kind of varmint would
it be?? ........ Got to be a gopher.
We have set out our Macabees and will persevere.
Regards,
L
At 06:29 PM 1/17/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Julie,
>
>I was thinking it would never rain!
>Re: Cercocarpus-- I am not real familiar with your climate, but a few
>general notes on these.
>I love the cercocarpus. Mainly because of those adorable plumey seeds.
>Plant it where it can be backlit in the sun!
>C. betuloides is a foothill chaparral shrub, which means it likes it hot
>and dry in the summer.Good drainage. It will take summer water as well, and
>grow quickly if watered. It will also take a deal of pruning. It can been
>espaliered. (Although I don't know why you would want to.)Good drainage. It
>has a rather open and airy habit, so I don't know if it would be thick
>enough for screening. (You should mix it with Toyon and redbud. . .mmmmm.)
>C. ledifolius I have not grown. It is said to be a slow grower. Don't know
>about its water tolerance. It should be able to take hot and dry summers.
>
>Rebecca Lance
>Sonora CA (Sierra Foothills)
>Sunset zone 7-8
>
> >Finally we have signicant wet in far northern California. A storm system
> >dropped several inches this week, along with 50 mile per hour winds. Very
> >exciting! Now the vernal pools are filled to overflowing. The frogs are
> >ecstatic--at night the noise is deafening. Out my office window the
> >pipevine (Aristolochia californica) flowers are recognizable, though still
> >small. Camellia 'Yuletide' petals all knocked off by the deluge. Meyer
> >lemon looking like it did not like that last cold spell at all.
> >Can any of you tell me of your experience in growing Mahonia (Berberis)
> >nevinii & M. haematocarpa, or Cercocarpus betuloides & C. ledifolius. I
> >would like to try one or more as screening plants for my compost piles and
> >am wondering about growth rate, heat tolerance, and water needs.
> >**************************
> >Julie Kierstead Nelson
> >Redding, far northern inland California, USA
> >USDA zone 9, Sunset zones 7/9 margin
> >****HOT summers****
