Fresno Gardening Green

 In October 2025, I visited the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Located in a London suburb, it is a showpiece for British Royalty with many foreign gifts (including a great pagoda!). It is also a World Heritage Site with seven world records. At 330 acres, it is one of the largest botanical gardens in the…

TasksRemove fallen camellia blossoms promptly to prevent petal blight on next year’s flowers.Mistletoe is very difficult to control because reinfestation occurs from nearby infected trees. An infected branch must be removed at its points of origin and at least 1 foot below the cluster.PruningWait to prune…

Are you tired of making persimmon cookies? Do you want to try something new with your hachiya persimmons? Try hoshigaki - the centuries-old Japanese art of air of drying hachiya persimmons. Hachiya persimmons have an astringent taste when hard and are not edible in that state. In America, the softened…

Walk through the garden and make notes for spring and summer changes and additions. Enjoy the quiet of the winter garden. Feed the birds, and other wildlife.TasksApply pre-emergent herbicide to lawns and beds later this month.Deep-water trees and native plants if rainfall has been light.PruningThis is the…

So far it’s been a wet fall here in the Central Valley. As of the last week of November, the Fresno/Madera area had received over 4 inches of rain. The normal amount of rainfall in this area in late November is 1.15 inches; last year’s amount was 0.29 inches.The good news is that root systems for…