Saturday, October 22, 2016

Low Carbon Footprint Trees Links


Low Carbon Footprint Trees Talk Links:


Carbon dioxide emission footprint calculator and offset estimator
Formula calculates how much water each tree needs - Midland Reporter-Telegram
Hw much to water trees: SN900A_How-Much-Water.pdf
Irrigating Citrus Trees: az1151.pdf
Orchard-LCA-Fact-Sheet.pdf
Coast Live Oak Care and Management: cs_quag.pdf
UFEI - SelecTree: A Tree Selection Guide
Pacific Horticulture Society | The Most Majestic Southern California Oak
Oaks And Carbon Sequestration
UFEI - SelecTree: A Tree Selection Guide Quercus engelmannii
Mexican White Oak Growth Rate | Home Guides | SF Gate
Global Species : Quercus polymorpha (Mexican White Oak)
Article about carbon storing trees -most of these are terrible for Southern California: Eartheasy Blog » 10 Carbon-Storing Trees, and How to Plant Them
CarbonFootprintof of Water-RiverNetwork-2009.pdf
Impacts of Urban Water Conservation Strategies on Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Health: Making the case for recycled water: Southern California as a Case Study
Despite their huge psychological benefits, lawns are terrible wasters of water and producers of CO2 according to this article: Urban parks: a global warming downer? | Greenspace | Los Angeles Times
El Paso's favorite trees here: Texas Tree Facts
Find out what your Carbon Footprint is: CoolClimate Calculator

Englemann Oaks


Planting Engelmann Oaks
Our own senior biologist, Dr. Jim Henrich, tells us why Engelmann oaks are one of his favorites: Engelmann oaks, better than beautiful | L.A. at Home | Los Angeles Times

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Links For Hipster Horticulture: Botany Boot Camp

Orchidaceae


Myrtaceae


Asphodelaceae

Lamiaceae

Asteraceae

Agavaceae


Fagaceae


Poaceae

Bignoniaceae



Friday, October 14, 2016

What's Blooming at the L.A. Arboretum and Botanic Garden, October 14th 2016


Ceiba (form. Chorisia) speciosa

Floss-silk trees as they are commonly known can be highly variable as to when they start blooming, but since I've been here (1998) they have always been consistently blooming when the World Series comes around.  In the photo below you will see at least two of the four varieties that the Arboretum introduced around the early 1980's; September Splendor and Arcadia. 
Left to right: September splendor, Arcadia

Ceiba speciosa 'Arcadia'

Tabebuia avellanedae var. paulensis 

Identified here as Tabebuia impetiginosa 'Paulensis', this seems a miniature version of Handroanthus impetiginosa. It usually blooms several months earlier than the latter and its blooms can be far more dense. For more info on these beautiful trees see Matt Ritter's article in Pacific Horticulture. 

Tabebuia avellanedae var. paulensis


Pallenis maritima the 'Gold Coin' plant

Pallenis maritima the 'Gold Coin' plant

This tough, salt resistant native to the Canary Islands and the west Atlantic coast of southern Europe and northern Africa blooms Spring and Fall and in between.



For locations of the plants mentioned above and more currently blooming plants check out this map of blooming plants here at the Arboretum (you can use the share feature below to email the map to you smart phone and use it to navigate to the plants):


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