The Coastal Gardener

From the cold, rainy day in March 2008 when we planted the 28 Magnolia denudata tree Alle in the Moss Family Temperate Woodland Garden, we knew that winter would hold special promise for this garden. Over the next 8 years, we have added many winter flowering trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants.

The Humboldt Master Gardener/Del Norte Help Desk is staffed by volunteers trained by the University of California to answer gardeners' questions using information based on scientific research. Click on this link to submit your garden/landscape question to our Help Desk. Q.

(AKA Christmas Cactus, Thanksgiving Cactus, Easter Cactus, Crab Claw Cactus, or Schlumbergera) Holiday Cacti et al are collectively known as Schlumbergera.

Do you wonder what seasonal gardening tasks should be done month-by-month? Or what seasonal pests to be looking out for? The Humboldt/Del Norte Master Gardener Help Desk Team is providing you with some tasks that will help you maintain and grow beautiful edibles and landscape plants.

I had just completed 19 weeks Master Gardener training when Ted gave me my first plant identification challenge. Ted has a gorgeous garden of flowers and abundant vegetables that he has tended for decades in Trinidad. He had never seen such a shrub that volunteered in his horse pasture.