(Part 2) Best products from r/whatsthisplant

I assume you already have a copy of the Jepson Manual and / or are familiar with eFlora. Sort of the de facto gold standard for California. You can get a used older edition pretty cheap and other than moving a few species around it's still a very usable, if not very portable book.

I'd point out that California has one of the richest floras in the world. In some ways though, it's characterized by a large number of species and subspecies within many of the genera. So if you can learn to recognize for example a plant from the genus eriogonum or arctostaphylos at a glace, keying it out to the specific species will be much more simple. Learn to spot the major genera of the area because the exact species you will encounter might be different than you would see just a few miles away and you will never remember them all, the book is 1600 pages.

Look in second hand stores for some gardening books.

I got this [one] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Gardening-Year-Readers-Digest/dp/0276001354) for €2 recently and its particularly well illustrated and informative. I have a fair collection now it's turned into a bit of a hobby in itself to collect them!

Wow. Over 20 years is no small feat for that plant. You could try cutting off a piece, dipping it in Rootone (https://www.amazon.com/Gulfstream-7801-Gardentech-Rootone-Oz/dp/B000HA948C) into fresh soil mix. I've had success doing that before.

I highly recommend Botany in a Day by Thomas J Elpel.

It is an excellent book to give you foundational skills for plant identification. It isn't flashy but it has a ton of useful information.

Howdy!! Thanks for the nice words. I actually grew them from seed. There's a business that sells the seeds on Amazon. It's called Outsidepride. To redirect to their offering, click here

I don't know for sure, but I would guess those are going to be flowers, not leaves. I would bet the leaves are coming later.

Edit: I have and like this little guide to leafless trees; maybe it could help you with yours too! https://www.amazon.com/Winter-Tree-Finder-Identifying-Deciduous/dp/0912550031

Also, invest in a latin style machete for optimal trimming efficiency, as it gets a bit sinuous with age.

(I highly recommend Cold Steel's two handed version.)

Hard to say but my best guess would be loquat, although you may have to wait until it’s larger.

For comparison: https://www.amazon.com/Loquat-Seedling-Japanese-Plum-Seedling/dp/B07C6NSS6Z

Buy a field book on edible plants -> Go for a few walks -> Before you eat anything, verify on the internet. You'll get better :)

Take a cutting, dip in rooting hormone and replant in fresh, well-draining potting mix (like cactus mix). Water and then cover with a plastic bag and keep in a well lit place without direct sun.

Decrease watering-it sounds like you are watering too much.

Try a fungicide like [this] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HHO110/ref=emc_b_5_i) on your infected plants and keep them well away from new cuttings, or dispose of them if they are too far gone.

http://www.amazon.com/Wildflowers-Ohio-Second-Edition-Robert/dp/0253219515

Do you know about this book? Not being snarky here; it just seems that you are interested enough in your local plants that it might be a good thing to buy.

Its from an old plant taxonomy handout from when I was in college. Here's photos, 3 pages.

I'm pretty sure it comes from this book, An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants by Arthur Conquist, 1981 I can't find an e-book version.

This taxonomy is based on the Cronquist system, now dated, as most contemporary botanists use the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, developed in 1998.

If you want more information, this book is a great source. It taught me everything I needed to know: https://www.amazon.com/Orthos-All-About-Pruning-Gardening/dp/0897214293

Noice! I'd say go with a nice 20gal heavy poly pot with a couple inches of gravel lining the bottom of the pot, topped by a couple inches of sand and Sandy soil for the rest. could screw it down to a 1000lb dolly from harbor freight or amazon

Like this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0161OMDQ2

http://www.amazon.com/Edible-Wild-Plants-Adventure-Series/dp/1423601505/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375922689&sr=8-1&keywords=edible+wild+plants

Great book

O: okay!
something like this? I've honestly never had a potted plant before

http://www.amazon.com/Espoma-CA4-4-Quart-Organic-Cactus/dp/B002Y0CFNY/ref=sr_1_3?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1457635627&sr=1-3&keywords=Succulent+Potting+Soil

There's absolutely such a thing as red elderberries. They were all over our property in Olympia, WA, along with the red huckleberries in the 4th and 5th pictures. The red elderberries are supposed to be edible if they're cooked, but after I smelled them cooking I dumped them out.

Red huckleberries are extremely tart compared to the blue ones, more like a red currant, but they make good jam. They take forever to pick, though.

The first and second pictures are Saskatoon berry, also known as Pacific serviceberry.

The last picture is unripe cascara berry. I've never tried those, but in Plants of Coastal British Columbia it says they're "edible but not incredible."

Thank you :D I got it on Amazon, here's a link!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07168KNWZ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241341140/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_9XlWCb417KER3

I have a couple of them, and they're really good!

I use this 6500k LED clip light paired with a WiFi outlet timer for some of my baby streps and other little flowers and it seems to do the trick. I didn't want ugly blurple lights in my living rooms, so I tried this as an experiment. My phone's light meter reads at 500-700 footcandles about 8 inches away, but the fact that some of the leaves show some sunburn makes me think the light is waaaaaay higher than the readings I'm getting, so could potentially be used for a succulent which usually need 2000-3000 fc I think, especially if it's already getting some light from another source like a window. This is the only picture I have that even sort of shows the distance I have the light over the plants. I think I paid $15 for the light and $20 for 2 outlet timers.