Plumerias! Maybe the most coveted of the tropical flowers grown in Southern California! More likely identified as Hawaiian as a favorite flower for leis, they are actually endemic to Mexico and Central America.
But any tropical environment in the world is ideal for the growing of Plumerias (aka Frangipani). This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, MG and host Bill Brooks talks with fellow Master Gardener Pennie Louwers and President of the South Coast Plumeria Society Jacki Kamphuis about how to grow plumerias.
All you need to know about the needs of the plants (water, temperature, soil, feeding, and propagation) to get you off and growing now in early spring – the perfect time to plant!
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Podcast Topic: Plumerias
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Celebrating Native American culture, crafts, arts, exhibits and more. We will be on hand to answer your gardening questions in person.
- Author: Loren Nelson
All about about making a footprint, activity mapping, climate, microclimate, composting, when to plant, and the right plant in the right place.
From the time you were a kid, I'm sure one of your FAVORITE desserts was Strawberry Shortcake! Well it's strawberry season in Southern California now.
This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, KUCI Staff member and Master Gardener Sally Richards will talk with horticulturist Gary Matsuoka about the sweetest of treats, the strawberry.
So easy to grow as an annual or a perennial! Gary and Sally will let you know how to start your strawberry garden in the ground or, best of all, in containers. Containers may be the trick to ward off those nasty slugs that make those holes on the bottom side of that nice, big, beautiful berry you've been waiting to pick! Your mouth will be watering by the end of this show!
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Podcast Topic: Tomatoes
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