ot; landscaping. ca Native plants

[svelte]

Walter,

When I had a larger lot like yours, I found two things covered a lot of territory but didn’t take much upkeep or water:

Coyote Brush

California Pepper Trees

Neither was here in 1540 probably, but when you get tired of trying to make things grow, want something that will do well and cover a lot of ground, these are the ticket. Just make sure you plant the Coyote Brush way far apart from each other, and the Calif Pepper Trees at least 100 feet from your house or any foundation (invasive roots).

[scaredyclassic]

Are native plants weeds for citation purposes. I better check the law. Everyone around here has that wild buckwheat, which doesn’t look like it’s going to start a brushfire

[scaredyclassic]

Are native plants weeds for citation purposes. I better check the law. Everyone around here has that wild buckwheat, which doesn’t look like it’s going to start a brushfire

[scaredyclassic]

Are native plants weeds for citation purposes. I better check the law. Everyone around here has that wild buckwheat, which doesn’t look like it’s going to start a brushfire

[scaredyclassic]

Are native plants weeds for citation purposes. I better check the law. Everyone around here has that wild buckwheat, which doesn’t look like it’s going to start a brushfire

[scaredyclassic]

Are native plants weeds for citation purposes. I better check the law. Everyone around here has that wild buckwheat, which doesn’t look like it’s going to start a brushfire

[NotCranky]

I am in the same zone as you are. My yard is not hardly landscaped…more like hodge podge growth and here and there…a mix of natives, drought tolerant others and fruit and vegetable producers. Around here you don’t get watered after getting established… if you are a plant, unless you make a fruit, a vegetable or a rose flower. If you are a plant that needs water and you don’t make lots of those things, you get pulled. Now, in the summer most of the ground “cover” is stubble from dessicated annuals that have met a mower or a weed eater. It looks fine to me.

There is not one day out of the year that I can’t find a native blooming. Lots of “buckwheat” If you clear an area and bust up the ground, you will get a big stand of wild mustard(an annual). I have lots of manzanita, sage, scrub oak, a few great big engleman oaks. I know you can start the oaks easily. Mostly there is some not so attractive brush that people call Lilac.It does bloom beautifully in the spring. I never leave it as a stand alone plant… There is another other purple blooming small shrub/tree that has very nice branching form but I don’t know what they are called. I can even find a stand of a fern-like plant here. For larger specimens, pines do well without water after a few years. You might find some historic species. I think they look great here.

BTW the fire department inspector was here a few weeks ago. It is not that hard to keep them happy. I have pretty good clearance and/or separation with the fire hazard plants, on about 5 acres of the 20.

[NotCranky]

I am in the same zone as you are. My yard is not hardly landscaped…more like hodge podge growth and here and there…a mix of natives, drought tolerant others and fruit and vegetable producers. Around here you don’t get watered after getting established… if you are a plant, unless you make a fruit, a vegetable or a rose flower. If you are a plant that needs water and you don’t make lots of those things, you get pulled. Now, in the summer most of the ground “cover” is stubble from dessicated annuals that have met a mower or a weed eater. It looks fine to me.

There is not one day out of the year that I can’t find a native blooming. Lots of “buckwheat” If you clear an area and bust up the ground, you will get a big stand of wild mustard(an annual). I have lots of manzanita, sage, scrub oak, a few great big engleman oaks. I know you can start the oaks easily. Mostly there is some not so attractive brush that people call Lilac.It does bloom beautifully in the spring. I never leave it as a stand alone plant… There is another other purple blooming small shrub/tree that has very nice branching form but I don’t know what they are called. I can even find a stand of a fern-like plant here. For larger specimens, pines do well without water after a few years. You might find some historic species. I think they look great here.

BTW the fire department inspector was here a few weeks ago. It is not that hard to keep them happy. I have pretty good clearance and/or separation with the fire hazard plants, on about 5 acres of the 20.

[NotCranky]

I am in the same zone as you are. My yard is not hardly landscaped…more like hodge podge growth and here and there…a mix of natives, drought tolerant others and fruit and vegetable producers. Around here you don’t get watered after getting established… if you are a plant, unless you make a fruit, a vegetable or a rose flower. If you are a plant that needs water and you don’t make lots of those things, you get pulled. Now, in the summer most of the ground “cover” is stubble from dessicated annuals that have met a mower or a weed eater. It looks fine to me.

There is not one day out of the year that I can’t find a native blooming. Lots of “buckwheat” If you clear an area and bust up the ground, you will get a big stand of wild mustard(an annual). I have lots of manzanita, sage, scrub oak, a few great big engleman oaks. I know you can start the oaks easily. Mostly there is some not so attractive brush that people call Lilac.It does bloom beautifully in the spring. I never leave it as a stand alone plant… There is another other purple blooming small shrub/tree that has very nice branching form but I don’t know what they are called. I can even find a stand of a fern-like plant here. For larger specimens, pines do well without water after a few years. You might find some historic species. I think they look great here.

BTW the fire department inspector was here a few weeks ago. It is not that hard to keep them happy. I have pretty good clearance and/or separation with the fire hazard plants, on about 5 acres of the 20.

[NotCranky]

I am in the same zone as you are. My yard is not hardly landscaped…more like hodge podge growth and here and there…a mix of natives, drought tolerant others and fruit and vegetable producers. Around here you don’t get watered after getting established… if you are a plant, unless you make a fruit, a vegetable or a rose flower. If you are a plant that needs water and you don’t make lots of those things, you get pulled. Now, in the summer most of the ground “cover” is stubble from dessicated annuals that have met a mower or a weed eater. It looks fine to me.

There is not one day out of the year that I can’t find a native blooming. Lots of “buckwheat” If you clear an area and bust up the ground, you will get a big stand of wild mustard(an annual). I have lots of manzanita, sage, scrub oak, a few great big engleman oaks. I know you can start the oaks easily. Mostly there is some not so attractive brush that people call Lilac.It does bloom beautifully in the spring. I never leave it as a stand alone plant… There is another other purple blooming small shrub/tree that has very nice branching form but I don’t know what they are called. I can even find a stand of a fern-like plant here. For larger specimens, pines do well without water after a few years. You might find some historic species. I think they look great here.

BTW the fire department inspector was here a few weeks ago. It is not that hard to keep them happy. I have pretty good clearance and/or separation with the fire hazard plants, on about 5 acres of the 20.

[NotCranky]

I am in the same zone as you are. My yard is not hardly landscaped…more like hodge podge growth and here and there…a mix of natives, drought tolerant others and fruit and vegetable producers. Around here you don’t get watered after getting established… if you are a plant, unless you make a fruit, a vegetable or a rose flower. If you are a plant that needs water and you don’t make lots of those things, you get pulled. Now, in the summer most of the ground “cover” is stubble from dessicated annuals that have met a mower or a weed eater. It looks fine to me.

There is not one day out of the year that I can’t find a native blooming. Lots of “buckwheat” If you clear an area and bust up the ground, you will get a big stand of wild mustard(an annual). I have lots of manzanita, sage, scrub oak, a few great big engleman oaks. I know you can start the oaks easily. Mostly there is some not so attractive brush that people call Lilac.It does bloom beautifully in the spring. I never leave it as a stand alone plant… There is another other purple blooming small shrub/tree that has very nice branching form but I don’t know what they are called. I can even find a stand of a fern-like plant here. For larger specimens, pines do well without water after a few years. You might find some historic species. I think they look great here.

BTW the fire department inspector was here a few weeks ago. It is not that hard to keep them happy. I have pretty good clearance and/or separation with the fire hazard plants, on about 5 acres of the 20.

[briansd1]

jacarandoso, do you have fig trees? If so, how are they growing?

I have a friend who has a fig tree. Once established, it doesn’t need water and product fruit that are healthy to each (and expensive to buy).

I planted one for my dad but it’s still small. Last year the tree produced 7 figs.

[briansd1]

jacarandoso, do you have fig trees? If so, how are they growing?

I have a friend who has a fig tree. Once established, it doesn’t need water and product fruit that are healthy to each (and expensive to buy).

I planted one for my dad but it’s still small. Last year the tree produced 7 figs.

[briansd1]

jacarandoso, do you have fig trees? If so, how are they growing?

I have a friend who has a fig tree. Once established, it doesn’t need water and product fruit that are healthy to each (and expensive to buy).

I planted one for my dad but it’s still small. Last year the tree produced 7 figs.

[briansd1]

jacarandoso, do you have fig trees? If so, how are they growing?

I have a friend who has a fig tree. Once established, it doesn’t need water and product fruit that are healthy to each (and expensive to buy).

I planted one for my dad but it’s still small. Last year the tree produced 7 figs.

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