California native buckwheats are among those plants that root well into slopes.
The recent deluge of rain is a stark reminder that mudslides are an ever-present danger on the slopes that surround us, not only in the greater Los Angeles area but throughout communities in Southern California at large.
You can make your own terraces with the help of discarded railroad ties or utility poles. However, when such ties and poles are recycled for horticultural purposes, it is important to be aware that their wood has been treated with a preservative known as creosote, a compound that contains toxic chemicals. Therefore, it is not advised to grow edibles where terracing is accomplished with such wood.
Silverberry flowers, although barely visible, are powerfully fragrant and bloom from November through February. Their “migratory fragrance” – a scent that travels a distance and does not need to be sniffed from the flower itself – is shared by only a few plants, among them angel’s trumpet and the related jimsonweed , as well as citrus trees in general and orange trees in particular.
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