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Milkweed by Linda Lewis Griffith UCCE Master Gardener Common Name: California Narrowleaf Milkweed and Mexican Whorled Milkweed Asclepius fascicularis Planting Zone: USDA 7-10 Size: 3-5 feet tall, with narrow 5-inch long leaves and 5-inch white or lavender flower clusters Bloom Season: Summer Exposur...

The university invites comments on revised policy BFB-BUS-43 Purchases of Goods and Services; Supply Chain Management, which was changed to: 1) update the terminology relating to Procurement/Supply Chain Manager to Procurement/Supply Chain Director; 2) update the definitions relating to formal compe...

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Whenever I get a call from my mom that starts with "Jennifer, I need for you to come over and do" whatever is on her mind in her yard at that moment, I get a little worried. This time, she wanted me to come over to "take care of the little Japanese maple sprouts.

CANCELLED: The Hands-On Canning Tune-up this Thursday, May 16, 2019, has been CANCELLED due to a change in venue. More information on June's upcoming Public Class is coming soon.

Following is a statement from Jim Farrar, director of the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program "On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, the State of California announced it would ban the use of chlorpyrifos by canceling registration of the pesticide by the Department of Pesticide Registration.

Bugs from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, grabbed the interest of fairgoers at the 144th annual Dixon May Fair, held May 9 through May 12.

For the first time, the University of California has hired a Cooperative Extension specialist dedicated to organic agriculture.

If you're interested in driving people to your content and field stories, and in highlighting the work of UC ANR, now there's a central pipeline to do just that. Strategic Communications and Strategic Initiatives have established a process for promoting your stories from the field on the ucanr.

Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, is known as the Father of Modern Taxonomy, which is the science of identifying, naming and classifying organisms. He is known for formalizing binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms.