Category: Trees

Jacaranda

by Leslie Crawford | May 20, 2022 | Trees, Tuesday Trees | 0

What else could I feature this week but the beautiful Jacaranda tree aka Jacaranda...

My tree is loaded this year! They are exactly what I wanted my tangerine tree to be, although they aren’t as sweet as they could be. Other than that, I love that the skin almost falls off and there are NO SEEDS! I bought...

Tuesday Trees – Apfeln

by Leslie Crawford | Nov 27, 2018 | SoCal Coastal Gardening, Trees, Tuesday Trees | 0

Or Apples for you non-German speakers. Twenty five years ago Mi Esposo got orders to Stuttgart, Germany and we moved there with two small boys right before winter set in. I remember eating fresh, crisp apples at our...

Orange, Purple and the Red, White and Blue

by Leslie Crawford | Apr 25, 2015 | Trees | 0

This tree combination in Coronado on Flora Avenue near Star Park was stopping traffic for a couple of weeks. The orange tree is an Australian Flame Tree (Ilawarra) and the purple is a Jacaranda. Throw in our flag and a picket...

Melia

by Leslie Crawford | Sep 28, 2010 | fertilizing, Flowers, Planting, SoCal Coastal Gardening, Starter Plants, Transplanting, Trees, Tropicals | 0

Melia is the Hawaiian translation for Plumeria. Yesterday I heard a talk about plumeria trees. Tom Cook of Tom’s Plumerias in Solana Beach brought a lot of flowers of different varieties to show, as well as plants and...

Thin It Out – Part II

by Leslie Crawford | Aug 25, 2010 | Fruit, Fruits & Vegetables, SoCal Coastal Gardening, Trees | 0

I sat down to leaf through my gardening magazines and came across an article in the June/July 2010 issue of ‘Organic Gardening’ magazine about fruit thinning that shed more light on my rather vague post of a few days...

Monthly Garden Tasks

Southern California may not have dramatic seasons, but there are different, monthly tasks that need to be done in our gardens. GO HERE for a breakdown of each month of the year.