California Gardening: Any gopher solutions?, 1 by thistlesifter

thistlesifter wrote:
kaperc,

I have 3 LARGE bigelovii's, I put these in whenever they were four to five feet tall. Gophers never touched them as far as I know. All 3 are over 10 feet tal now.

Our gadens and house are in Bonsall too.

I have some seedlings that are very small (less than 2') the gophers haven't touched them.

If I may ask where did you find N. bigelovii? I haven't seen any for sale around here in many years. I ordered some from Fla 2 years ago.


Here is a picture of one of the bigeloviis flowering a few years ago. It doesn't flower very often, but it is very dramatic when it does.

I think the its roots are way too tough and stringy for them. They have to go through a lot to get to the inside tissue.

bob

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Hi stellapathic must have been having a banquet when you disturbed them..!




This message was edited Feb 11, 2007 7:13 PM

This message was edited Feb 11, 2007 7:14 PM