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A stunning azalea in full bloom. Michelle Graydon

Azaleas are a Great Perennial Choice

May 3, 2024
A colorful perennial has been brightening spring gardens for many weeks. Azaleas are the easy-to-care-for stars of semi-shaded locations. The most common varieties are evergreen azaleas, which are more accurately described as having persistent-leaves.
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Backyard Biodiversity: Saving the Planet One Garden at a Time

May 2, 2024
It's May and spring is busting out all over! After months of gray skies and wet, chilly days, we can rejoice at the sight of each tender shoot, leaf and bud. With the resurgence of life all around us, it may seem as if the state of the natural world may not be so bad after all.
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Figure 1. From left to right: Silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaegnifolium), Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum), Hairy nightshade (Solanum physalifolium). Weeds in the nightshade family can be found in orchards and in annual crops. Silverleaf nightshade produces silver green leaves, violet flowers, and yellow berries. Black and hairy nightshades produce white flowers and black berries. UC IPM.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Silverleaf nightshade in young pistachio orchards

May 2, 2024
By Jorge A Angeles
Silverleaf nightshade, Solanum Elaeagnifolium, is perennial weed that is native to South America, Mexico, American Southwest and Southern States.
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Roots of a potted plant.
UC Master Gardener Coordinators: Article

Rooted in Marketing - May 2024

May 2, 2024
By Barbra Braaten
Happy May! This is a busy month for communications with UC ANR Giving Day taking place May 16-17, from noon to noon. UC ANR Giving Day is a wonderful opportunity to raise money and support for your program and projects. Do you want to build a new demo garden? Want to fund scholarships for new trainees? Maybe…
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UC Rice Blog: Article

An Evaluation of Pyraclonil in California Rice

May 2, 2024
By Sarah Marsh Janish
A system of permanently flooded rice and a lack of diverse weed management techniques have selected for flood-tolerant weed populations in California water-seeded rice fields.
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Bunny Planter. photos by Karen Metz
Under the Solano Sun: Article

A Kalanchoe by Any Other Name...

May 2, 2024
My mother bought me the cutest pink flowering plant in a little 2-inch bunny planter for Easter. She told me that she thought it was the prettiest Kalanchoe that she had ever seen. It was adorable, and just bursting with flowers. I was a little puzzled though.
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The Savvy Sage: Article

Hooray! I Didn't Kill It!

May 2, 2024
My mother, in all her wisdom, once sent me a wooden garden stake that said, I tried but it died, when I take somewhat drastic measures to try to save something in the garden, I always bear that in mind.
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Nut, Olive and Prune Programmatic News: Article

Bud Break and Bloom of Walnut and Pecan: Similar Crops with Differing Habits

May 2, 2024
By Elizabeth J Fichtner
Walnuts and pecans represent two of the four major nut crops grown in California. The California walnut industry dwarfs the state's pecan industry in acreage, with over 300,000 acres dedicated to commercial walnut production and approximately 3,000 acres to pecan.
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