A LOT OF US TRYING TO BE
WATER WISE TO OUR YARDS AND
GARDENS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
AS
WE ARE UNDER A SEVERE
DROUGHT.
BUT WE WILL BE SHOWING YOU WHY
RIGHT NOW SOME OF THESE THINGS
IN YOUR GARDEN MAY NOT BE A GOOD
THING THAT ARE TOUTED AS DROUGHT
TOLERANT.
NOT
ALL ARE GOOD TO PUT IN
THERE.
COLLEEN JOINING US.
ONE SPECIFIC PLANT YOU WILL
FOCUS IN THAT IS A NO NO AND
I
REALIZED I HAVE IT IN MY YARD.
IT IS A
PRETTY
ORNAMENTAL THAT I
LOVE.
LET'S SHOW SOME OF THE THINGS
IN THERE THAT ARE GORGEOUS.
IN THE PICTURE YOU SEE
CALIFORNIA NATIVES, POPPIES, AND
IN THE MIDDLE THERE YOU
SEE A
VERY PRETTY
GRASS THAT I CALL
THE GRASS THAT IS EVIL.
I
SAY IT IS AN UNDESIRABLE
PLANT.
THIS IS NOT TOO FAR
FROM MY
HOUSE IN ROSEVILLE AT A PARK.
AND THE NEXT PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS
HOW IT'S A SEED MACHINE.
ONE PLANT CAN PUMP OUT
1,000
SEEDS AND THEY ARE VIABLE FOR
FOUR YEARS.
WHY
IS IT SO BAD?
WELL, IN
2014 ON AN EVASIVE
PLANT LIST.
THE SUSTAINABLE
AWARENESS PLANT
COUNCIL DEEMED THIS PLANT AN
EMERGING
EVASIVE PLANT.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
TAKE OVER ENVIRONMENTS WHERE
OTHER THINGS
ARE LIVING?
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY SAY EMERGING BECAUSE IT
HASN'T ESCAPED
TO THE WILD YET.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF
CONFINED TO GARDEN,
HOWEVER, IT
IS EASILY TRANSPORTED BY THE
WIND.
PEOPLE, ANIMALS AND I HAVE AN
EXAMPLE HERE.
I PUT THIS SOCK IN THE BAG WITH
SOME
SEEDS AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S
COVERED WITH SEEDS.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
GLASS TO
ME.
YEA, NANCY HAD LITTLE BARBS
ON THEM, THEY STICK TO YOU,
THE
CAT, THE DOG.
MY CAT BRINGS THEM
INSIDE ALL
THE TIME.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET RID OF
THEM?
WE HAVE A GREAT
COMPOSTING
DUMP.
I COULD PUT IT IN MY PLASTIC BAG
AND PUT IT IN MY GARBAGE CAN
AND
THEY WILL TAKE IT AWAY AND THE
COMPOST WILL
GET TO 265 DEGREES
AND COOK
THE SEEDS.
YOUR HOME COMPOSTING MAY NOT GET
THAT HOT AND
BURN THE SEEDS ALL
OVER THE YARD.
IN THE LANDFILLS THEY BURY IT
DEEP
ENOUGH SO IT WON'T SPREAD
OR GERMINATE.
I WANT TO GET TO GOOD CHOICES
THAT YOU
CAN PUT IN THAT ARE
DROUGHT TOLERANT.
ALL OF THESE PLANTS ARE
DROUGHT TOLERANT AND
ALSO GOOD
ALTERNATIVE GRASSES.
THEY DON'T
SEED LIKE THAT GRASS
AND THEY TEND TO CLUMP.
GIVE ME SOME NAMES
HERE.
THIS IS A CUTE -- THESE ARE
SMALLER VARIETIES.
IT IS
CALLED BLUE FESCU.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE COLOR
HERE.
IT GROSS A FEW INCHES TALLER.
AND THIS
IS THE PINE
IT DOESN'T HAVE SPIKES BUT IT
HAS THIS
GRASSY LOOK.
AND OVER HERE, THIS IS ONE OF MY
FAVORITES.
I CALL
IT EYELASH GLASS BECAUSE
THE LITTLE SPIKES WITH
EYELASHES.
IT REALLY
DOES.
I LIKE IT.
THAT'S CALLED
BLUE GRANDMA
GRASS.
AND THE ONE IN FRONT HERE IS A
SMALLER VARIETY.
IT'S CALLED FOUNTAIN GRASS
, AND
LITTLE HONEY.
THIS IS TALLER VARIETIES.
THIS HAS A SIMILAR
LOOK TO THE
LITTLE HONEY BUT IT'S A TALL
VARIETY.
RIGHT.
GO
TO THE HOME AND GARDEN SHOW
GOING ON NEXT WEEKEND.
$7
TO GET IN.
CHILDREN A LITTLE LESS AND WE
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT HERE.
COME VISIT THE MASTER
GARDENER AND WE HAVE OUR
CALENDAR FOR SALE.