Tag: Sycamore

Sycamore, king of Sierra foothill trees

By Sue LangleyCA natives, Sierra Foothillsbest garden trees, california native, platanus racemosa, Sycamore

The stately sycamore With slanted and twisted trunks and mottled bark, the California Sycamore is a majestic curiosity. For me, this stately native marks nature’s cycle with beauty and grace and also reminds me of my childhood. Sycamore! I love this tree and grew up with one next to our lawn in suburbia. I used to volunteer to rake…

Allelopathic Plants….what? “I want to be aloooone”

By Sue LangleyPlant ProfilesAdenostoma fasciculatum, allelopathic, allelopathy, Arctostaphylos viscida, Artemisia californica, Bearberry, Black locust, Brittlebush, California Bay laurel, California sagebrush, California walnuts trees, Chamise, Cottonwood, Encelia farinose, Eucalyptus, Forsythia, Juglans californica, Juglans hindsii, Manzanita, oaks, Purple sage, Salvia leucophylla, Sycamore, Tree-of-heaven

Marlene Dietrich, in her strong German accent, said this in the old movie ‘Grand Hotel’, but plants say it too, in a silent deadly way. Nature has a way of giving certain plants an advantage over the rest. They contain an unfriendly substance that prevents other plants from growing underneath. They want to be alone. The…

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Tag: Sycamore

Sycamore, king of Sierra foothill trees

Allelopathic Plants….what? “I want to be aloooone”