Re: First year Fremontia

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• To: Nan Sterman <n*@ucsd.edu>
• Subject: Re: First year Fremontia
• From: K* L* <k*@fern.com>
• Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 09:44:55 -0800 (PST)

On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Nan Sterman wrote:

> Here's a question for those of you who know California natives.  I'm
> planting a fremontia and I know that summer water spells death for these
> plants.  But how do I get it through the first summer?  Do I water a few
> times the first summer and then stop or do I leave it to its own devices.
> It's in a 1 gal. container, and about 14 inches tall, and flowering now
> (they are incredibly beautiful in flower!).

When I grew them in southern California, I gave them a bucket of water
about once a month during the first year, on fairly well-drained soils.

Kay Lancaster    kay@fern.com
just west of Portland, OR; USDA zone 8

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