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| Hummingbird, possibly an immature Rufus |
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| "Saratoga" Ginkgo biloba |
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| Flowering aloes |
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| Aloe arborescens in flower. |
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| Narcissus blooming in the Meadowbrook section. |
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| The lily pond on top of Tallac knoll. |
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| Farewell carrots, we will not forget our roots! |
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| Volvopluteus gloiocephalus, a mushroom common here on wood chip compost. |
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| Madagascar native Kalanchoe marnieriana blooming in the Madagascar spiny forest exhibit. |
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| Madagascar native Kalanchoe marnieriana blooming in the Madagascar spiny forest exhibit. |
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| The "Undersea Garden" portion of the Cactus and Succulent garden. |
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| Trametes versicolor, the "Turkey tail fungus". |
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| Unidentified mushroom growing underneath a live oak in our live oak collection. |
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| Oak root fungus (Armillaria mellea) fruiting body, commonly called 'Honey Mushrooms'. They are edible and taste good sauteed in butter (but what doesn't?). |
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| Chlorophyllum rhacodes, commonly known as the 'Shaggy parasol". This mushroom is too close in relation and appearance to the projectile vomit and diarrhea producing Chlorophyllum molybdites to be considered a good edible. |
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| Maybe an edible Agaricus but too long in the tooth for me to care. |
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| The leaves on this fall colored Ginkgo biloba have hung on way longer than usual. |
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| The American white pelican, a bird of freshwater, not saltwater. |
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| American white pelican |
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| American white pelican |
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| Egret |
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| Egrets |
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| Aloes blooming in the South African section. |
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| Jack O' Lantern mushroom; not only poisonous, but rotting out the oak that its growing on. |
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| Aloe marlothii |
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| Aloes blooming in the South African section. |
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| ID this hummingbird. |
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| Camellia show camellia blooms in display |
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| Camellia show camellia blooms in display |
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| Camellia show camellia blooms in display |
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| Camellia show camellia blooms in display |
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| Hummer imbibing its favorite drink. |
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| Aloes |
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| Magnolia "Galaxy" |
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| White flowered Magnolia |
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| Meyberg falls. |
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| Mostly destroyed in the 2011 windstorm, this Ficus microcarpa is regenerating. |
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| Pink flowering apricot. |
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| White flowering apricot. |
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| Closeup of Pink flowering apricot blooms. |
Class Notes
1) Roses
a) Types
i) Ground Cover Roses
ii) David Austin and ‘Victorian’ Roses
iii) Floribunda
iv) Hybrid Tea
v) Grandiflora
vi) Climbing
vii) Tree
(1) Weeping Tree
2) Grapes
3) Wisteria
a) Japanese
i) Usually sold as a ‘Tree’ grafted to a Chinese wisteria ‘trunk’
b) Chinese
4) Other Perennials
a) White Flower Farms
i) Just about everything here is an experiment in our climate.
5) Flowering Fruit Trees
a) Flowering Pear
i) Evergreen
ii) Bradford
b) Flowering Cherry
i) Kwanzan
ii) Need special consideration
c) Flowering Apricot
i) White and pink. Slow growing to 15 feet.
d) Flowering ‘Alma Stulz’ Nectaring
e) Flowering Peach
i) Red Barron
6) Stone Fruits
a) Purchase only early varieties (ripen May-June).
b) Peaches
i) Chilling hours important
ii) Do not have a long life here.
iii) Copper and dormant sprays can help extend life.
iv) Prune for 50% of last year’s new wood
c) Nectarines
i) Same as Peaches
d) Apricots
i) Mostly same as peaches, can last longer.
ii) Can fruit on last year’s new wood or fruiting spurs.
e) Plumcots, Pluots, Aprium, Nectaplumbs etc.
i) Choose low chill varieties.
ii) Life span=? Should be longer because they are hardier, but who knows?
7) Cherries
8) Apples
a) Low chill here too:
i) Gordon
ii) Fuji
iii) Garden Annie
iv) Golden Dorsett
v) Pink Lady
9) Fertilization
a) None for flowering items except for an initial feed in the early spring of the second year.
b) Stone fruit
i) When fruit are nickel size. Use fruit tree food according to label.
10) Pests
a) Dormant oil in the winter (or Copper Oil)
b) Spinosad and traps for Coddler moth.
c) Keep an eye out for peach tree borer.
d) Peach leaf curl, shothole fungus.
11) Pruning
a) Have a copy of R.S. Martin’s “How to Prune Fruit Trees”
b) Let young trees establish for at least 2 years before you head them back.
c) Leave branch collar when pruning branches.
12) Field Trip (outside 150 yards away)
Links:
UCDavis Fruits and Nuts
