{"id":1355,"date":"2024-06-17T05:31:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T05:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=1355"},"modified":"2026-03-12T06:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:07:23","slug":"toyon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=1355","title":{"rendered":"Toyon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>3\/5\/26 &#8211; Toyon is exploding this year with lots of new branching! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4021-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"6259\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4021-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4021-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4021-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4021-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4021-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There is a big Echium that planted itself right behind the Toyon; it can stay for now but it will be coming out after it&#8217;s done flowering. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4019-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"6260\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4019-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4019-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4019-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4019-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4019-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4019-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4019-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6\/2\/25 &#8211; Toyon started to flower this week and was visited by a Honeybee! Excited to see the berries later this year.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0589-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"4639\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0589-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0589-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0589-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0589-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0589-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0589-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5\/17\/25 &#8211; I&#8217;ve stopped watering this as I&#8217;ve seen some issues with leaf spotting and some leaves turning red and dropping. I&#8217;m trying to rule out fungal disease or blight since I was watering it pretty heavily. I&#8217;ve added some mulch and am considering this &#8216;established&#8217; at this point so I will stop watering it completely.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0301-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"4441\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0301-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0301-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0301-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0301-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0301-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0301-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0301-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This is the first year I&#8217;ve seen flowers, looks like there will be berries this winter if all goes well.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0299-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"4443\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0299-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0299-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0299-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0299-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0299-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0299-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0299-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4\/20\/25 &#8211; Starting to gets it&#8217;s legs under it and filling out nicely. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9572-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"4200\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9572-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9572-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9572-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9572-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9572-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9572-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9572-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1\/13\/25 &#8211; Starting to grow nicely in these last few months. Oleander is now just a stump that I will dig up in the coming months. This Toyon was planted as a replacement for the Oleander. I&#8217;m trying to replace non-native and  toxic plants in the yard with California natives that benefit wildlife.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6959-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"2974\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6959-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6959-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6959-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6959-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6959-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6959-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_6959-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Planted 6\/2\/24<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Rescued<\/strong> <strong>from Summer Winds; <\/strong> <strong>the other plant that was with this one is still there months later<\/strong> <strong>\ud83d\ude41<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s happy to finally be planted after having sit in the pot for another 6 months after I bought it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4780-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"1356\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4780-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4780-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4780-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4780-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4780-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4780-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4780-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Toyon on Los Gatos Creek Trail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6639-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"2609\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6639-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6639-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6639-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6639-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6639-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6639-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6639-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6640-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"2612\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6640-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6640-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6640-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6640-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6640-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6640-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3\/5\/26 &#8211; Toyon is exploding this year with lots of new branching! There is a big Echium that planted itself right behind the Toyon; it can stay for now but it will be coming out after it&#8217;s done flowering. 6\/2\/25 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=1355\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1213,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1355","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6262,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1355\/revisions\/6262"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}