I started 3 patches of hummingbird sage, in Full Sun, Part Sun, and Part Shade, to compare outcomes before I start ringing my oak understory with them. It's such a fun plant, and very polite compared to many other rhizomatic plants.
@mamalovesthebeach43711 сағат бұрын
Will deer eat the seedlings?
@mamalovesthebeach43711 сағат бұрын
I live on the northern California coast. One block away from the hills an open space. There’s always a herd of deer passing through daily in addition to raccoons, fox, bobcats, coyotes, etc. If I put out water in the garden, I attract more wildlife than birds. I do have a container full of water away from my main garden for all of the creatures. In my main tiny garden, I have tucked an old copper pot in a large flowering hedge that I’ve opened up for the birds. It’s amazing how many birds are using this water source! It’s difficult to find any gardening channel that deals with the realities of “invasive“ wildlife. I would love to see more gardeners address issues like gophers, moles, and deer. ❤
@MarioXcore1Күн бұрын
There’s tons of these throughout the Santa Monica mountains
@markavant50463 күн бұрын
How many years before the flowering starts in the inland valleys?
@CBWCD13 сағат бұрын
You might not get flowering within the first year of establishment, but you should see flowering shortly after that. Don't give up hope!
@jessicachang96564 күн бұрын
Niceeee
@user-kp5xy8xy4m4 күн бұрын
Wow, that’s great! Wish this will catch on for communities instead of artificial grass.
@paulinemireles78155 күн бұрын
Termites will love it
@CBWCD5 күн бұрын
Hi! Please let us know if this has been your direct experience. Some of our team have been using this technique for the last 15 years in various parts of Southern California and have never experienced termites being an issue at all. If you have had problems with termites and mulching with cardboard covered by wood chips, please let us know where you are located so that we may better caution people in that area. Thanks for any additional information you may have!
@dianajones9908 күн бұрын
Good advice, thanks. Although I'd be wearing gardening gloves! Those dead blooms are scratchy.
@caroltrego13798 күн бұрын
Will this plant grow in zone 7a and where it snows during the winter?
@CBWCD7 күн бұрын
Hi Carol. I don't think it would be a good choice for your area. It is listed as hardy to about 30 degrees. Calscape.org is a great resource for native plant profiles with maps of plants' natural ranges and minimum temperature information.
@michellet18008 күн бұрын
please do more photos about plants in the summer... we keep seeing plants at their peak but we actually need to learn about what plants do during dormancy and how to prune or cut them back.
@CBWCD7 күн бұрын
We plan on uploading a video dedicated to summer dormancy sometime soon, make sure you are subscribed and have notifications on so you don't miss it :)
@JohnDoe3278910 күн бұрын
So it’s native? Cool I thought it was brought over and was invasive
@eastbayflora8 күн бұрын
Common table grapes & wine grapes are not native, they’re from Europe. And they are mostly seedless varieties. The California Wild Grape is native and it has seed. The leaves also look different
@markavant504611 күн бұрын
another great video. Can you re-site a young black sage, been in the ground less than 6 months. After watching this, I put mine in a less than Ideal location.
@CBWCD7 күн бұрын
Native sages, other than hummingbird sage, usually do not respond well to transplanting. It may depend on how much the plant has grown. If it has not grown much, and in the fall you can dig out a root ball roughly the size of the above ground portion, it may transplant, though may very well die or be significantly stunted. If it is in your budget, it would probably be better to start with a new plant. If shade is your issue, on some sites they will put up with more shade than may be ideal, but will likely bloom less as well.
@markavant504612 күн бұрын
This is a great video. I did exactly what you described and let them just go crazy. All of the Sages laid out. Cut them back last fall. They grew back out but look very weak and unnatural. Will be replanting this fall and will follow these tips. Thanks for all these new videos, they are extremely helpful to us rookies.
@sarahsoza200114 күн бұрын
this vid was super helpful in explaining the plants natural lifecycle and identification of buds/dead heads. my bf’s family gave me a cleveland sage for graduation and i’ve been terrified of killing it! so, thank you! i feel a lot more confident about taking care of this gift :)
@LoriSavingWild17 күн бұрын
My new white sage had a wonderful flower stem and it broke just like you said. I had assumed it was broken from an animal. Anyway, what should i do now in July almost August. I did nothing and planted my plant last winter. thanks
@brianrla18 күн бұрын
I can just throw the seeds in my backyard, no pot?
@CBWCD18 күн бұрын
yes, of course!
@bizboomer21 күн бұрын
What is the irrigation gray pipe? Is that the same thing as PVC EMT pipe? Thanks.
@CBWCD21 күн бұрын
The gray pipe going to and from the valves are irrigation risers (also know as nipples), similar to schedule 80 irrigation pipe, but not technically schedule 80. We like using the risers because they come threaded, so at each connection into the valve there is one fewer glued joint, which is one fewer place to potentially leak. Schedule 80 pipe works well for this purpose as well. Both of these gray irrigation pipes are considered to be UV stable, meaning they will not degrade in sunlight and become weak and brittle like white PVC will, which is technically only for use in applications where it is buried / not exposed to sunlight. Schedule 80 might only be available from speciality landscape supply stores, but 3/4" risers / nipples of varying lengths are usually available at both landscape supply stores and big box hardware stores. THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN PVC EMT pipe!! EMT pipe is meant to protect electrical wires and is MUCH THINNER than irrigation pipe which must stand up to being under pressure and deal with pressure fluctuations without leaking. Electrical conduit pipe should never be used for conveying water.
@brianbautista235623 күн бұрын
This is great info!! Please clone Scott two or three times so he can do all the plants in the California Floristic Province. Have you dealt with/seen the Black Sage cultivar Terra Secca? It’s listed as wide as 10’ feet as well but I’d be curious to see if it goes even wider since it’s a ground cover form and a lot of the literature describes it as “a very wide low form of Black Sage”.
@CBWCD21 күн бұрын
Yup. Terra Secca can get pretty wide if it is "happy." It will definitely stay lower / more sprawling than the species, but I would expect to act the same way in terms of width. On some sites it might not exceed 10', but in some cases I'm guessing it would. I've grown it, but never measured it in the same way. The ground covers are a bit easier to control size with pruning, and can be "edge" pruned multiple times a year and still kept looking good much more easily than sage species normally can. The biggest size control issue most people face with the ground cover sages is planting them too close to other plants, or planting a mass of them 3' or 4' on center so they grow in quickly. When that happens they start growing over each other, quickly getting taller than a "ground cover," developing shaded out dead areas, and becoming much more difficult to maintain with pruning. However, planting 10' on center takes a long time to grow in. I usually would plant ground cover sages, and other vigorous ground covers like Canyon Grey sagebrush and Pigeon Point coyote brush 7-8' on center, which allows them to grow in pretty significantly over a couple of years if all is going well, but can still be maintained nicely with no more than annual pruning, plus a bit more near walkways or sidewalks. Also, expect Terra Secca and most of the other ground cover black sages to develop some bright yellow leaves in the summer heat, even if you are irrigating to prevent dormancy. Sometimes people assume this is due to under watering, and over water their black sage ground covers while seeing no improvement. The yellowing of some of the leaves is normal and best to be expected. Consider it a bit of fall color in the late spring or summer! Hopefully that helps!
@Elbinray23 күн бұрын
Thanks for the info! I have a few I am planning to plant in my backyard and didn't realize they can get larger than 10 ft wide. I'm wondering with annual pruning what I can expect the compact size to be.
@CBWCD23 күн бұрын
You should very likely be able to keep it to no more than 10' wide if you prune back to 6-7 feet wide or so every fall. In our experience part of why black sage gets so wide in gardens is that it is more likely to re-root and become very vigorous in the locations where outer branches touch the ground as compared to the other shrubby sage species we grow. Pruning every fall will most likely prevent this from happening, or when pruning you can trim out spots that do root if you want to keep the size smaller. On other areas of our site that are extremely rocky, it doesn't seem to get much past 5-6' wide and goes very dormant in the summer to the point that it looks almost dead, so our best advice is to put it somewhere with plenty of room and see what it wants to do!
@Elbinray23 күн бұрын
@@CBWCD Thank you for the detailed advice! BTW I love these short and densely informative videos; they're really invaluable!
@malabawer311824 күн бұрын
so helpful thankyou -
@LoriSavingWildАй бұрын
what is going on with the tortoise in the background? Is it alone?
@CBWCD20 күн бұрын
That's Sam, a rescued Sulcata tortoise who was found roaming the neighborhood many years ago and has since become our sort of unofficial mascot. Other than visits from his humans on staff here and visitors, he is alone, but that is how Sulcata tortoises prefer it. They are a territorial and solitary species, so Sam prefers the single life and is not looking for a roommate!
@LoriSavingWildАй бұрын
i love them too
@johngreenway1840Ай бұрын
Shovel honestly is only good for moving dirt not digging. Use San Angelo bar to break ground up, then move away with shovel
@CBWCDАй бұрын
Hi John. Digging bars are amazing, but we find much of our non-professional audience does not want to buy additional special tools they may only need for one or two projects at home. Also, not all of our audience has the upper body strength to properly use a bar. However, we totally agree that in heavy or compact soil this can well be the ideal approach. Thank you for adding the comment!
@johngreenway1840Ай бұрын
@@CBWCD to be fat if you can’t use a bar you can’t use a shovel either
@johngreenway1840Ай бұрын
*fair Bar is probably a lot easier than shovel
@johngreenway1840Ай бұрын
@@CBWCD depends on size
@joelyamasaki7780Ай бұрын
Is it true that white sage plants come in male and female?
@CBWCDАй бұрын
Hey Joel, White sage is monoecious meaning that it has both male and female flowers on one plant. The flowers themselves are considered to be hermaphroditic.
@aldoroman3931Ай бұрын
Good video. I do have a question, though. Why not use a union anywhere so that if a valve replacement is ever required, it would make it easier?
@CBWCDАй бұрын
Great comment. You are absolutely correct, it would make future replacements easier. When installing a manifold from scratch, I'd definitely use a union. For this one, we were trying to keep the already long video as simple as possible. Also, for those just getting into plumbing, installing a union into a retrofit creates multiple other potential spots for leaks if all is not aligned and tightened correctly. If we do another valve installation or swap video in the future we will add that step! Thanks for they input!
@brianbautista2356Ай бұрын
I have a friend about a mile away who planted this in front of her front yard bay window and when I went under her house I found poppy stalks growing under the house. They were really pale from lack of sunlight but it was definitely spreading. Maybe it’s okay for houses built on slab-on-grade :-). Thanks for putting this out there.
@CBWCDАй бұрын
I had heard of that happening, but it was a third or fourth hand story. Thanks for sharing!
@thehypercasual385Ай бұрын
giant tortoise spotted at 25:12 !!!!
@CBWCD7 күн бұрын
That's Sam. He kind of runs the place. He was adopted many years ago when he was found roaming the local streets and is our most famous ambassador.
@interstellarpieceofmeatАй бұрын
Thanks for the info ❤
@ranchoelbamboo4068Ай бұрын
Thank you
@leore1683Ай бұрын
Bermuda grass😭
@markavant5046Ай бұрын
Nice Hori Hori, where can I get one like that?
@CBWCDАй бұрын
We source our hori horis from amazon! it's the Nisaku stainless steel with both the serrated and straight edge.
@markavant5046Ай бұрын
Keeping it real! I Think I will build a 3 sided bed and plant one right next to the chain link fence, of the neighbor who planted a non native monstrous tree, that blocked my view of Mt San G from my Livingroom chair. 😉😁😈
@markavant5046Ай бұрын
Nice Video. So many bees I have never seen before are now buzzing all around my yard now that my native habitat garden is established. What are good books on Native Cali Bee ID? Thanks for the nesting tips during the walkabout at the class on pollinators, learned so many helpful tips. Noticed a Fuzzy yellow (not a bumble bee) guy that I see hovering over dirt all the time making his way into the rocks in my French drain. I remembered what you said about them nesting in the dirt between rocks. Speaking of rocks, Scott and his crew ROCK!
@CBWCDАй бұрын
One of our favorite native bee books for ID is "The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees by Olivia Messinger Carril and Joseph Wilson". The University of California also has a spiral bound pocketbook called "Common Bees in California Gardens" that is great for beginners.
@soniverma2062Ай бұрын
Nice sharing 👍
@hmoobdaisiabyangchannel2340Ай бұрын
99 like 🌱🥀🌹🌺👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️ 4:37
@mshima67Ай бұрын
I’ve got large shrubs around it- will that contain it?
@CBWCDАй бұрын
Probably not. Expect the shrubs to hold their own, but the rhizomes of the matilda poppy to come up around and most likely on the other side of those shrubs. If that happens, don't worry, just pull the sprouts as you see them. They come up easily, but it's just part of the required care to keep it from taking over in most yards.
@omargomez8714Ай бұрын
I just planted small one I got from the nursery after seeing a huge crop of them at the local botanical garden. I read that they spread through rhizomes but didn’t know they were that aggressive. Thanks for the tips!
@swampdonk3y712Ай бұрын
Good way to contract bird flu.
@mohawho8251Ай бұрын
so so so cool, thanks for sharing
@TammyBundleballsАй бұрын
Thanks a bunch for this. Very helpful.
@ZoeGardensАй бұрын
Do you have to get specific drip line cutters or can you use something else such as garden snips or scissors?
@CBWCDАй бұрын
Cutters designed specifically for cutting drip line will be easier, but whatever gets the job done is fine (whether it be garden snips or scissors).
@davidwang7036Ай бұрын
thank you for the super informative video!! well done!
@seniorsuecactiАй бұрын
Thanks for making these how to videos! I am learning a lot. I look forward to the next one! 😎
@kevperzАй бұрын
great video. looking forward to see the results of the pruning
@hdm91732 ай бұрын
Great advice thank you for your videos!
@CBWCD2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@kekesuarez67512 ай бұрын
What string trimmer and what line?
@jade..y2 ай бұрын
I wanna see a scythe go through it
@CBWCD2 ай бұрын
Scythes work well on clustered field sedge. Our Conservation Programs Manager sometimes uses one on his small meadow at home, though at a small scale, he prefers to use a Japanese hand sickle - it takes longer but gives more control around integrated wildflowers and perennials, rocks at the edges, etc.
@ticpeth21772 ай бұрын
Hi thanks for the video. Our Bermuda grass is very persistent and we have tried multiple ways to keep them out of flowbeds. So far the cardboard technique seems to work the best. I do have a couple of questions if you don’t mind: 1. Does it matter if the cardboard is mostly brown but has some dyes used for its logo? 2. I read about mixed things about keeping away Bermuda grass using this technique. Some say Bermuda will eventually penetrate the cardboard. Is that so?
@CBWCD2 ай бұрын
Hello! Thank you for your comment, you should avoid dyed cardboard if possible. If you know that the dye used on the cardboard is organically derived you should be fine. If your mulch cardboard is thin, it is possible that it could penetrate. Try to keep your cardboard mulch layers between 3-4 inches thick. This is not a 100% effective method but it should suppress the mass majority of the bermuda.
@Jules-7402 ай бұрын
Cactus vs potting soil? Why choose cactus soil over potting soil for the wildflowers? What about for vegetables and fruit should I choose cactus soil or potting soil?
@CBWCD2 ай бұрын
We use cactus mix primarily because it has a higher sand content which helps with drainage, especially in pots. Vegetables and fruit generally need more moisture, so definitely go with a soil mix that is tailored to the needs of fruits and veggies instead.
@Jules-7402 ай бұрын
@@CBWCD Thank you very much!😊👍
@prettylagoon25 күн бұрын
Ok I use Ocean Forest soil that has earthworm casts etc with moisture retention. I guess this is bad for wildflowers?