0174: Hachiya Persimmon – January 7, 2012

Order: Ericales
Family: Ebenaceae
Genus: Diospyros

We planted this Hachiya Persimmon tree at Rick's house in Santa Rosa.

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0173: Multi-graft Japanese Plum – January 7, 2012

Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Maloideae or Spiraeoideae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus

We planted this multi-graft plum tree at Rick's house in Santa Rosa. There are five plums grafted onto a Citation Hybrid Rootstock: Beauty Plum, Nubiana Plum, Laroda Plum, Late Santa Rosa Plum, Elephant Heart Plum.

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0161-0172: Coast Redwoods – January 7, 2012

On Saturday, Rick joined me for a morning of planting with a volunteer group with Forest Unlimited. About 400 potted redwoods were planted for the Graton Water District. As a team, he and I got about a dozen in the ground.

Family: Cupressaceae (koo-press-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Sequoia (see-KWOY-uh)
Species: sempervirens (sem-per-VY-renz)

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0156-0160: Calocedrus decurrens – December 26, 2011

The day after Christmas, Rick and I planted a ring of five cedar trees on my parents' property in Potter Valley. California Incense-cedar is native to North America.

Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Calocedrus
Species: C. decurrens

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0085-0155: Arroyo Willows – February 12, 2011

Participated in a group tree planting on Saturday, February 12 for the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation. I planted over 70 willow sprigs along the Santa Rosa Laguna near Delta Pond and the bird rookery there. As a group, a total of well over 530 trees were sprigged. While working, I heard and saw many birds, including a bald eagle, and a large flock of pelicans, who circled over the pond then flew in a V-formation over the laguna.

Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species: S. lasiolepis

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0084: Frantoio Olive – February 6, 2011

Planted four trees at my parent's house in Potter Valley on Sunday.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Sequoia Olea
Species: europaea
Cultivar: Frantoio

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0083: Button Willow – February 6, 2011

Genus: Cephalanthus
Species: occidentalis
Variety: californica

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0082: Bay – February 6, 2011

Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Laurus
Species: L. nobilis

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0081: Interior Live Oak – February 6, 2011

Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Section: Lobatae
Species: Q. wislizeni

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0069-0080: Irwin Creek Restoration – January 22, 2011

On Saturday January 22nd, I took part in a group work-day to plant trees and shrubs for the restoration of Irwin Creek in the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed, the annual "Tree-a-Thon" put on by the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation.

I planted 8 oaks, 3 ash, 1 box elder, 2 California blackberries, and 2 California rose. 500 native plants total were put in the ground that day.

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0068: Pendolino Olive – April 28, 2010

Since the Carob I planted beside Gypsy's grave didn't make it this year, I replaced it with a Pendolino olive tree. I also planted some Gypsophila on the site. Rest in peace my dear kitty.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Olea
Species: europaea
Cultivar: Pendolino

Grave stone on the left, little tree on the right.

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0067: Meyer Lemon – April 25, 2010

It took four of us to get this out of it's huge pot and plant it in my parent's new enormous planter box. My folks have been busy!

Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citrus
Species: C. × meyeri

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0066: Acacia – March 28, 2009

Grown from a seed my father gathered in from the Sebastopol SUBUD Center. Planted with Jason and my parents down by the new pond my dad had dug at their house in Potter Valley.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Acacia
Species: (unknown)

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0065: Aleppo Pine – March 28, 2009

Planted with Jason and my parents down by the new pond my dad had dug at their house in Potter Valley.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Species: halepensis

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0064: Italian Stone Pine – March 28, 2009

Planted with Jason and my parents down by the new pond my dad had dug at their house in Potter Valley.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Species: pinea

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0021-0063: 43 Coast Redwoods – January 10, 2009

I took part in a two day tree planting workshop from January 9-10 in which dozens of students and volunteers planted a total of 1400 redwood trees in three locations. My weekend partner and I planted 43: 14 the first day at St. Dorothy's Rest and 29 the second day at SRJC's Shone Farm

Family: Cupressaceae (koo-press-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Sequoia (see-KWOY-uh)
Species: sempervirens (sem-per-VY-renz)

A bucket of bare-root redwood trees ready to plant at St. Dorothy's Rest.

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0020: Carob – June 3, 2008

Planted a carob tree by the body of my 21 year old cat and companion who passed away on June 2.

Family: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Ceratonia
Species: siliqua

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0019: Coast Redwood – May 11, 2008

Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Sequoia
Species: sempervirens

Hamilton getting mulch for around the trees. He was the hole digger on Mother's Day.

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0018: Box Elder – May 11, 2008

The fourth of four box elders we planted on mother's day.

Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Species: negundo

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0017: Box Elder – May 11, 2008

The third of four box elders we planted on mother's day.

Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Species: negundo

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0016: Box Elder – May 11, 2008

The second of four box elders we planted on mother's day.

Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Species: negundo

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0015: Box Elder – May 11, 2008

The first of four box elders we planted on mother's day.

Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Species: negundo

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0014: Buckey – May 11, 2008

Family: Hippocastanaceae
Genus: Aesculus
Species: californica

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0013: Indian blood peach – March 29, 2008

Saturday, we planted seven more trees at my parent's Potter Valley property. This is an Indian blood peach, the second of two peaches I planted.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species: persica

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0012: Montclar peach – March 29, 2008

Saturday, we planted seven more trees at my parent's Potter Valley property. This is a Montclar peach, the first of two peaches I planted.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species: persica

Me digging the two holes for the peach trees.

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0011: Arbequina – March 29, 2008

We planted five olives and two peach trees Saturday at my parent's Potter Valley property. This is a Spanish olive, the fifth olive of the day and the third of three Arbequinas along a hillside berm.

It's a table olive as well as used to produce a highly valued olive oil, a more buttery oil with a slightly peppery finish.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Sequoia Olea
Species: europaea
Cultivar: Arbequina

Me planting the Arbequina olive.

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0010: Arbequina – March 29, 2008

We planted five olives and two peach trees Saturday at my parent's Potter Valley property. This is a Spanish olive, the fourth olive of the day and the second of three Arbequinas along a hillside berm.

It's a table olive as well as used to produce a highly valued olive oil, a more buttery oil with a slightly peppery finish.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Sequoia Olea
Species: europaea
Cultivar: Arbequina

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0009: Arbequina – March 29, 2008

We planted five olives and two peach trees Saturday at my parent's Potter Valley property. This is a Spanish olive, the third olive of the day and the first of three Arbequinas along a hillside berm.

It's a table olive as well as used to produce a highly valued olive oil, a more buttery oil with a slightly peppery finish.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Sequoia Olea
Species: europaea
Cultivar: Arbequina

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0008: Maurino – March 29, 2008

We planted five olives and two peach trees Saturday. This is an Italian olive, the second of two olives along a new hillside berm at my parent's Potter Valley property.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Sequoia Olea
Species: europaea
Cultivar: Maurino

Ray dug the five holes for the olives. He's here digging the hole for this tree at the driveway end of the new berm.

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0007: Leccino – March 29, 2008

We planted five olives and two peach trees Saturday. This is an Italian olive, the first of two olives along a new hillside berm at my parent's Potter Valley property.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Sequoia Olea
Species: europaea
Cultivar: Leccino

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0006: Coast Redwood – January 20, 2008

The third redwood was from a pot that my mom had been growing, a Sequoia sempervirens "Coast Redwood", a bit paler in color than the Aptos Blues I bought, and not bushed-out from the nursery pruning.

Family: Cupressaceae (koo-press-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Sequoia (see-KWOY-uh)
Species: sempervirens (sem-per-VY-renz)

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0005: Sequoia Aptos Blue – January 20, 2008

We planted the three redwoods of the day, including this second Sequoia sempervirens 'Aptos Blue', or "Aptos Blue Redwood", in a row continuing from two previously planted smaller redwoods.

It's interesting that the Coastal Redwood is the Sequoia genus, though the Giant Sequoia are the Sequoiadendron genus in the same family.

Family: Cupressaceae (koo-press-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Sequoia (see-KWOY-uh)
Species: sempervirens (sem-per-VY-renz)
Cultivar: Aptos Blue

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0004: Sequoia Aptos Blue – January 20, 2008

The third tree of the day, and the first of three redwoods, was one of two Sequoia sempervirens 'Aptos Blue', or "Aptos Blue Redwood".

Family: Cupressaceae (koo-press-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Sequoia (see-KWOY-uh)
Species: sempervirens (sem-per-VY-renz)
Cultivar: Aptos Blue

The three new redwoods in the row planted along the cattle fence line and the road that runs along the irrigation ditch.

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0003: Italian Stone Pine – January 20, 2008

The second tree we planted today was a Pinus pinea "Italian Stone Pine" which I had used as my Christmas tree these last holidays. It's one of my favorite trees to use for small live Christmas trees because of it's pretty pale bluish green, wide bushy shape, and short needles.

We planted this two gallon tree down the hill from the house, between the greenhouse and the current trailer location, with the irrigation ditch behind it. In the photo you can see the cattle shelter.

Family: Pinaceae (py-NAY-see-ay)
Genus: Pinus (PY-nus)
Species: pinea (PY-nee-uh)

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0002: Mondell Pine – January 20, 2008

Ray and I made another trip up to Potter Valley, this time for the main purpose of tree planting. I got four little 2 gallon Christmas trees on a 75% off sale two days before Christmas.

The first one we planted was a Pinus eldarica "Mondell Pine" and we put it on the property line, between the neighboring vinyard and my dad's future driveway extension.

Family: Pinaceae (py-NAY-see-ay)
Genus: Pinus (PY-nus)
Species: eldarica (el-DAR-ee-kuh)

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0001: Pussy Willow – November 24, 2007

My mother had this Salix discolor "pussy willow" in a pot but helped me plant it on the steep slope below my parent's house. It looks like just a stick right now but will eventually have pretty little flowers (called catkins) and make nice cuttings for flower arrangements.

Family: Salicaceae (sal-i-KAY-see-ee)
Genus: Salix (SAL-iks)
Species: discolor (DIS-kol-or)

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