http://california-plants.com California Plants is a Website with information about plants that can be grown in California. This Website includes outdoor plants, Orchids, and indoor plants. Growers, plants for sale, videos, interviews, and expert advice are featured on this Website. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:10:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en African Daisies are now one of our favorite perennials to grow. A year ago we tested a couple of small potted African Daisies from Target and they have quadrupled in size without stopping blooming. Although African Daisies can be deadheaded to promote more flowering, we didn't need to and they ... http://california-plants.com/2009/11/10/growing-african-daisies/ [caption id="attachment_283" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Southern Giant Curled Long Standing Mustard"][/caption] Southern Giant Curled Long Standing Mustard is a vegetable we've test grown in recent months with great success in San Francisco, CA. If it can grow here, with our intermittent fog, it can probably grow for you. As with most vegetables, ... http://california-plants.com/2009/10/29/growing-southern-giant-curled-long-standing-mustard-in-your-vegetable-garden/ Here is our review of the Hardy Daylily Garden in Connecticut. Our garden reviews are posted when we've gone to a garden we feel really stands out. The Hardy Daylily Garden in Connecticut stood out to us as an outstanding local garden. This family run business totally surprised us. In our ... http://california-plants.com/2009/08/14/review-of-the-hardy-daylily-garden-in-connecticut/ When we began testing growing super sugar snap peas, we thought we may have the same results we had with some various beans. Most beans we have tried in San Francisco, CA, have not done well. One is doing well, and we will write about that one when it matures. Super ... http://california-plants.com/2009/07/22/growing-great-super-sugar-snap-peas/ After extensive research how to keep gophers and moles out of our garden, we have a favorite technique to keep them out of our vegetables. Normally, these techniques can be used to get rid of gophers and moles: - One can use a mole trap or gopher trap - A solar device ... http://california-plants.com/2009/07/19/designing-a-vegetable-garden-that-will-keep-out-gophers-and-moles/ Of course our number one use for vegetables can often be food, raw or cooked. In our testing with vegetables, many have beautiful flowers. If they can bloom, they can also go to seed. Watching some vegetables bloom does usually mean the vegetable will stop producing sooner. But the seeds ... http://california-plants.com/2009/07/19/uses-for-vegetables-other-than-food/ Angel's Trumpet is quite the rewarding plant to grow. This vigorous plant (also can be trained to grow as a shrub or tree)  loves full sun, has fragrant flowers, and grows six to eight feet in height when mature. This plant can grow well in a pot or the ground. ... http://california-plants.com/2009/07/09/growing-angels-trumpet/ Growing Violas, also known as Johnny Jump Ups, is a real pleasure. This annual blooms from spring to early summer, about 5-8 inches in height. Although it can be bought in a pot, we would recommend starting it from seed, as we did in this photo. This hardy plant is ... http://california-plants.com/2009/07/09/growing-violas-also-known-as-johnny-jump-ups/ Sunflowers are quite an amazing annual. They can grow in sunny, somewhat foggy, and partial shade areas. They can be anywhere between 2-14 feet in height, with one to ten flowers on a plant. They grow fast, and many tolerate substandard soils. They are also fairly drought tolerant. Many are ... http://california-plants.com/2009/07/08/growing-sunflowers-for-beauty-privacy-or-seed/ The California Plants Discussion Forum is now live! Click here to either go there and learn, ask questions, or share information to help others. Indoor plants, outdoor plants, shrubs, trees, and more are discussed. http://california-plants.com/2009/07/08/the-california-plants-discussion-forum-is-now-live/