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How long and/or how often do I set my drip irrigation timers? Area: Southern California, La Mesa, 10 miles from coast Land: 40 degree slope, approx 100 X 40 feet System: Drip irrigation with timer box for 6 zones, 5 zones installed, 4 to 10 small sprinklers per zone (sprinklers are the standard...

Thanks for all your help!! I took what I knew, what you said and some photos of the area, and went to the biggest nursery in the area. The owner's son took me and my wife around for about an hour educating us and showing us many plants. We finally decided on a mix of Gardenias, Nandina...

San Diego, California USDA Zone 10a Sunset Zone 23 North side of a home that gets no sun except maybe an hour or two in mid summer. One foot high walled in strip 3 X 40 feet. Right now my Golden retriever uses this as his digging plot. As he settles down, I want to plant something colorful here...

The right hand posts are set in concrete. The two left hand posts are in a two foot square with soil so that vines can be planted there to climp up and eventually cover the patio cover. Standing near Southwest Corner, looking Northeast. San Diego - Zone 23 Top of cover gets Southern California...

Thank you. I had a waterfall put in and the contractor planted many plants, installed a complete drip-irrigation system, tested it while I watched, but never turned it on. I didn't notice until the day of this photo. Hopefully all is now well.

My landscaper planted three of these. In the first photo, for scale, what you see is about 2 feet high and two feet wide. The second photo is a little out of focus, but you can see the detail of the leaves and flowers. Maybe not obvious in the photo... The red color is consistant, but...

Now that I know how to upload photos, here's the photo I should have started with...:D The inside size (where the poinsettia is now) is 9" X 9". I'll visit the local nurseries today to see what is available. I did some research on wave petunias, and I like the idea of using several different...

It has really been cold here evenings! I had to break out my long sleeve shirts for the 45 degree evenings. (Grin) Almost retired, but totally new to gardening. Already received GREAT INFO in response to my first few postings, so this seems to be a great forum.

I have several plant/flower questions that will require posting photos so members can see what I'm describing. I run an electronics/robotics web site where I post a lot of photos. There I do this: Reduce or adjust the size: Say to something like 240 X 180 Change the resolution to 92...

To: Chickie'sMomaInNH I just finished taking many "after" photos of the waterfall, pond and landscaping, so with a few pictures of the individual plants, I'll be ready to give you a visual. Landscaper put two lillies and two green, large leaf plants in the pond area, so I'll get to learn about...

Thanks for the ideas!! :) Didn't mention it, but the posts are in a front yard facing East, so sunny. And the bricks are a really pale yellow, almost white, so most colors should work.

I have a short brick wall in front of my house. There are seven "posts" which are square brick enclosures standing about 18 inches higher than the wall. The bricks are laid so that there is an inside space 9 inches square where something can be planted. Previous owner planted ice plant here. OK...

Had a large, beautiful waterfall put in on a 45 degree hill in my back yard. Landscaper also planted about 8 or 10 different plants, but lost the list. He may find the list, or be able to tell me next week, but he is pretty flakey, so I'll presume I'm on my own. Several have distinctive...