- Cedars and Cypress, and
- plants from Australia, South Africa, Mediterranean and Chile.
These California Friendly plants have evolved to expect no rain during the summer. These plants slow their metabolism during the hot, dry summers and speed their metabolism when the rains normally begin in fall. While mature California Friendly plants can survive without water during the summer, they will look best in urban landscapes if they receive occasional, deep watering during the summer and more frequent watering in the fall and winter.
Our Smart Timers respect the genetic preferences of California Friendly plants. The LWU program in our Smart Timers™ will water more frequently during dry winters than during dry summers because California Natives evolved to expect more rain during the winter than during the summer.
- You set the repeat interval for hot summers. Our Smart Timers will deliver waterings on that interval if the sky is clear blue.
- If the sky is milky white from water vapor or cloudy from ocean fog, our Smart Timers with their solar sensors will automatically stretch the interval between waterings to compensate for the reduced stress on the plants. This automatic stretching of the watering interval prevents harmful and wasteful and over-watering during cool summer days.
- On Oct 1, our Smart Timers™ will automatically shorten the repeat interval and Runtime to start pulsing the California Natives with water like storms coming off the Pacific.
- Of course, if storms do arrive, our Smart Timers™ with their rain sensors will know and will stop the pulsing winter irrigation until clear, dry winter days return.
WeatherSet's adaptive LWU smart watering program delivers water to grow healthier California natives with automatic water conservation. Weather based irrigation controllers from the WeatherSet Company are your best aid for successful gardening with California natives.
Links
California Native Plants Society
Tree of Life Nursery-San Juan Capistrano, Ca