Baccharis
- To: B*@monterey.edu
- Subject: Baccharis
- From: "* h* <a*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 14:57:17 PST
Barry wrote of Baccharis (coyote bush)'s use in 'stitching' eroding
hillsides. I would concur that it is an excellent plant for hillsides
here in No. California. Our back 'yard' is 1/3 acre with an overall
slope of perhaps 20 degrees, there is a perhaps a two inch layer of what
might pass as topsoil over interminably deep rocky loam (or, rather,
loamy rock <8) ). The slope is exposed to the southwest and thus is
quite hot and dry most of the year. The area is perforated by those
giant toothy worms otherwise known as pocket gophers (which both my
neighbors seem to enjoy raising) and has been grazed quite voraciously
by giant rabbit-like vermin known as the Mule Deer. Not much survives up
there. A Pecan tree croaked within a month, though a Carpathian walnut
(which I planted right under some power lines -just for spite) is still
hanging on. I've given up trying to exterminate Foeniculum vulgare
(fennel) and just harvested about 1/4 kilogram of seed. Starthistle
grows well (yuck)
Anyway, Baccharis is reasonbly attractive, survives the typical summer
in the aformentioned hell with no water and smells nice too!
karl hoover
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