Landscape Management

California landscapes are often complex plant systems that provide a number of essential functional, environmental, recreational, and psychological benefits for urban residents.  Information found here centers on providing sustainable approaches to planning and maintaining landscapes.

Fire Protection

• Home Landscaping for Fire
• The Combustibility of Landscape Mulches
• Sustainable and Fire-Safe Landscapes
  
  

Pruning

• Pruning Spreading and Rounded Type Narrowleaf Evergreens
• Pruning Trees
• Pruning- General
• Pruning Ground Covers
• Pruning Vines
• Pruning Broadleaf Shrubs
• Pruning Hedges
• Pruning Garden Roses
• Pruning Conifers

Herbicide Persistence in Landscapes

• Herbicide Persitence in Landscapes

Fertilizing Landscape Plants

• Fertilizing Woody Plants
• Fertilizing Palms

Mulches in the Landscape

• Impact of Mulches on Landscape Plants
• Mulch Water Retention