General Info

• Calscape Native plant selector
• UC IPM Pest Management
• Cal Invasive Plant Council

Trees

• Crape Myrtle
  • The following Crepe Myrtle cultivars are showing excellent or good resistance to powdery mildew:
    • Muskogee – to 30’ – light lavender flower – red orange fall color
    • Tuscarora – to 20’ – dark coral pink flower – red orange fall color
    • Natchez – to 30’ – white flower – cinnamon colored trunk – yellow to red to orange fall color
    • Arapaho – 20-30’ – true red flower – maroon tinged leaves
    • Fantasy – 25-40’ – white flower, fragrance emits a sweet nectar for bees, cinnamon trunk
  • If you do not have the space for a 20 or 30 foot tree try using one of the shrub or dwarf varieties.
    • Chickasaw – 1-3’ shrub – light lavender pink
    • Chica – 2-4’ shrub – deep red
    • Pokomoke – 3-5’ shrub – deep rose pink
    • Hopi – 5-10’ large shrub – clear light pink
    • Dynamite – 6-8’ dense shrub – true red
    • Acoma – 6-10’ – white flowers – semi- dwarf weeping habit
    • Catawba – 8-10’ – violet purple – dense shrub
• UFEI SelecTree
• Guidelines for planting and irrigation around California Oaks

Fruit & Vegetables

• John Clements Fruit Pruning video
• San Diego Vegetable Planting Calendar (San Diego Seed Company)
• Anderson's Seed Co
• Propagating Avocados
• California Rare Fruit Growers
• Tree pruning video by Tom Del Hotal

Succulents

• Aeonium Identification
• SD Swap Tables