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Trailing Petunia By Deborah Light-Pacheco UCCE Master Gardener Common name of plant: Million Bells or Trailing Petunia Scientific name: Calibrachoa Planting area: Sunset Zones 8, 9, 14-24 as perennial; Zones 2-7, 10-13 as annual Size: Height 6-12 inches, width 12-24 inches with a trailing habit Bloo...

Loquats By Phyllis A Molnar UCCE Master Gardener Common name: Loquat or Japanese Plum Scientific name: Eriobotrya japonica Zone: Zones 8 to 10 Size: 15 to 30 feet tall and wide Bloom Season: Late October and November Pruning needs: Requires little pruning Water needs: Drought tolerant, at least 1 in...

The 2023 nomination process for the National Excellence in Extension and Diversity awards has been announced by the Extension Committee on Organization & Policy (ECOP) and USDA-NIFA. Each state is eligible to submit one nomination in each category. UC ANR's internal submission deadline is April 10.

How did you spend your Presidents' Day weekend? Well, if you were high school student Ziya Akmal, he journeyed--by car--nearly 400 miles from his home in Los Angeles to attend the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 18 on the University of California, Davis, campus.

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February is a great time to start preparing for your spring and summer vegetable garden, especially if you want to get a head start on the growing season.

A great way to get a head start on your spring and summer vegetable garden! The seeds of many vegetable plants can be planted indoors several weeks before the usual outdoor planting date.

by Bob Niklewicz Where do you hide your compost bin or do you hide it at all? Is everything in the back of the yard, or in wooden boxes, or big piles somewhere out of sight? Perhaps you have the garden waste inside black plastic containers that look like Darth Vader or R2D2?

Branched broomrape is a parasitic plant that is an A-listed noxious weed in California, requiring crop destruction and a hold order to be placed on reported fields.

Do those nice, neat rolls of weed blocking fabric seem like the perfect solution in your battle against unwanted vegetation?