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This is very interesting - I do see a similarity between them but agree with your observations about the differences. Is the bark “spongey”? & could you photo the bark? My camera is new to me so I am still learning to take better pictures.

I suspect they are relatives but adapted over centuries. I do not know if the Californio’s are descended from Conquistadores, Missionaries or were intentionally brought. I will try to find out about this. :slight_smile:

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Esto es muy interesante. Veo una similitud entre ellos, pero estoy de acuerdo con sus observaciones sobre las diferencias. ¿Es la corteza “esponja”? y podrías fotografiar el ladrido? Mi cámara es nueva para mí, así que todavía estoy aprendiendo a tomar mejores fotos.

Sospecho que son parientes, pero se han adaptado a lo largo de los siglos. No sé si los californios descienden de conquistadores, misioneros o fueron traídos intencionalmente. Trataré de averiguar sobre esto. :slight_smile:

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Thanks mate, apparently they are both from the Pea family, they look quite similar.

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No es razón: todas las demás especies vegetales llevadas de España a América o de América a España siguen siendo iguales a ambos lados del Atlántico. Además, si reconozco como alcornoques las fotos de arboles importados de tu link a Wikipedia…
En el link de fotos goggle que te puse puedes ver alcornoques de todas las edades (de “chaparros”" a gigantes) siendo descortezados para extraer el corcho…
Ten cuidado con el amarilleamiento de sus hojas: en encinas y alcornoques esto solo puede significar enfermedad…

It is not a reason: all other plant species brought from Spain to America or from America to Spain remain the same on both sides of the Atlantic. Also, I recognize as cork trees the other photos of trees imported from your Wikipedia link … In the goggle photo link that I put you can see cork oaks of all ages (from “chaparros” to giants) being debarked to extract the cork … Be careful with the yellowing of its leaves: in oaks and cork oaks this can only mean illness …

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Piensa, además, que aunque lo llevasen los Conquistadores o Misioneros, 500 años no son tiempo suficiente para evolucionar tanto una especie que vive 300, 500 o más de 1000 años…
La encina más vieja de Monte Adentro tiene más de 1000 años: nació 500 años antes del Descubrimiento de América, cuando Monte Adentro era una parte del Califato de Cordoba; y 500 años después de que Colón llegara a Bahamas, sigue dando sombra y bellotas…

also thinks that even if the Conquistadores or Missionaries took him, 500 years is not enough time to evolve so much a species that lives 300, 500 or more than 1000 years … The oldest oak of Monte Adentro is more than 1000 years old: it was born 500 years before the Discovery of America, when Monte Adentro was a part of the Caliphate of Cordoba; and 500 years after Columbus arrived in the Bahamas, he continues to give shade and acorns …

Another gigant oak near to the other, in my valley too:

The yellow you can see are the floration, not the leaves…

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Other kind of flowers…
Right now inna Monte Adentro:

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(mi espan’ol es muy peor, permiso)

I am almost 100% certain it is a cork oak, if maybe a sub-species. A simple internet search should show you that the Quercus Suber in California is the tree I have in my yard. Have a nice day. :smile:

Estoy casi 100% seguro de que es un alcornoque, si tal vez una subespecie. Una simple búsqueda en Internet debería mostrarle que el Quercus Suber en California es el árbol que tengo en mi jardín. Que tengas un buen día.:smile: (el google)

https://selectree.calpoly.edu/tree-detail/quercus-suber

(ES :es: ): https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=en&tl=es&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fselectree.calpoly.edu%2Ftree-detail%2Fquercus-suber&edit-text=&act=url

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Heliotrope some of the last blooms on my bush right now. Smells divine!

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Beautiful.
Looks like the “Rose of Sharon” Hibiscus that I have in my garden.

Hermosa.
Parece el Hibisco “Rosa de Sharon” que tengo en mi jardín

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Whats the buzz?

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Borage

Phlox paniculata ‘David’

Hydrangea

Smoke Tree in the morning dew.

If anyone is interested, I am collecting seeds from this one this year. I started germ testing 5 this morning.

Ornamental Onion

Day Lillies

Hissop

Keep your hands in the dirt :smile:

:clock9: :clock9:

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@99PerCent Man, I love your garden!! :heart_eyes:

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First time growing tomatoes

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Put me down for some Smoke Tree (serious ;))!

I believe they take my climate USDA: 9b, Sunset: 14

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@DanzaKuduro
:tomato: :thumbsup:

they love a warm/hot ambient temperature and cooler climates require specific varieties for them, fyi.

good luck!

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I’ll grab a few dozen tomorrow & get back to ya!

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@Mig Can I send you acorns? Is that even legal or wise? (pathogen potential)

¿Puedo enviarte bellotas? ¿Es eso incluso legal o sabio? (potencial de patógeno)

I had 2 thoughts about my Cork Oaks. 1) If I pruned the hanging branches, they would more closely resemble yours. 2) Is it possible for them to hybridize? There’s some similarity to a species we have(closer to the coast) called Coast Live Oak.

Tenía 2 pensamientos sobre mi Cork Oaks. 1) Si poda las ramas colgantes, se parecerían más a las suyas. 2) ¿Es posible que se hibriden? Hay una similitud con una especie que tenemos (más cerca de la costa) llamada Coast Live Oak.

Coast live oak off California 101, central coast. wikipedia.org

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About 10’, from heirloom seed collected from my mom

the only one to express red, which i’d hoped for the majority. evidently a recessive trait.

there are a few very pale ones like this. buzz on B… :sunglasses: :bee:

prickly pear, about 10 years old, from cutting. first year it’s fruited.

these are supposed to turn red & yummy :strawberry: :cactus:

Field Mustard, a weed, an a crappy example

Chicory

this 45 year old, 25’ high Crape Myrtle has PM. how would YOU treat it. :frowning:

20 year old, yound Cork Oak

bark is cork :slight_smile:

65 year old Pecan tree. i hate pecans but the squirrels handle it.

California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

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There may be some sulfur based products that could help beat it back, but some species are just susceptible to certain things. Looks dry in the pics, but you must be getting a regular source of moisture to keep the PM alive.

there’s no real source (now). it’s been 2 years since a neighbor’s :swimmer: pool was directly up-wind of it. no sprinklers, etc. forever. underwatered, and unevenly(root mass half on the neighbors side). and… my crackpot theory: it’s trunk base/crown is directly touching a 4" concrete curb(mowing strip) and is planted above grade, in the “bed” years & years ago by my grandparents. have thought to chop the concrete out. making matters worse is a dog house shielding a 4x4’ area from rain. that i can fix.

i have read PM persists in overly dry soils weird.

??

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Here are some chilli plants i grew from seed.

They took forever to germinate.

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