California Gardening: Spring flowers are popping out, 1 by quiltygirl

quiltygirl wrote:
I probably err on the side of too much water for most of my plants since I chose, generally, draught resistant plants. Anything on the tag that says 'rich soil, keep moist, loamy soil,etc' is dropped like a hot potato. I find watering relaxing.

DH just told me I have to move the plants in front of the part of the house where the black mold is inside, as they will likely need to take off siding there. ARGHHH. That includes where my 'finally doing well' Lady Banks is. Maybe we can loosen the trellis and gently lower it and prop it, so as not to have to move the root ball. The only other plant in ground directly affected is my red salvia, also doing better than previous years. Funny thing about that salvia though. First the tag said it was an annual, but around So CA, we know that is not always true (I have had Dusty Millers the gophers have missed for several years). This salvia seeds itself sometimes nearby or around a corner, under a bush, and I move them. Then after awhile they die. This is the current survivor, now today I have moved it into a giant pot.