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The Once Rare Helleborus How to Plant California Natives Preservation Pointers: Apricots-California Gold Propagating Bougainvillea Shrub from Cuttings Keeping Bees, Butterflies and Beneficial Insects in the Garden Pelleted and Other Seeds Some Garden Terminology So You Can Talk Like a Pro How to Ide...

Of Shrubs, Trees and Other Nasty Companions Ginkgo Trees, The Golden Treasure Fire Protection: Landscape, Design and Maintenance Pollinators and the Mysteries of Plant Reproductive Biology Sustainable Solano Educational Opportunity Master Gardener Resources Winter Gardening Guide...

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Before we get started on our August gardening, I'm curious where that saying, Dog Days of Summer comes from. Sohere it is: The Romans started it all by using the term during the hottest, most humid time of summer.

Academics, agency personnel, land managers and ranchers are encouraged to submit presentation and poster abstracts for the 8th California Oak Symposium, which will be held March 21-24, 2022, in San Luis Obispo.

The avocado lace bug (Pseudacysta perseae, family Tingidae) occurs in the Caribbean, French Guyana, Mexico, and southeastern United States. As of 2006, in California it occurs only in San Diego County. Also known as the camphor lace bug, this pest feeds on certain plants in the family Lauraceae.

By Melody Kendall In our recent yard redo we were looking for sturdy, low-water, easy care, evergreen plants. We also wanted our plants to have colorful long lasting blooms that attract pollinators. Kniphofia uvaria or, as it is commonly known red-hot poker' or torch lily, fit the bill nicely.

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Can you believe it's already almost the end of July? We've very been fortunate this summer that temperatures have largely been moderate. By now, your summer garden is in its full (drought-conscious) glory.

In This Issue Pre- & Post-Harvest Almond Orchard Management Considerations Almond Hull Split Spray Considerations in a Tight Fiscal Year Ant Management Maintaining Quality with Pick Up & Stockpiling Best Practices Volunteers needed for UC Davis study on glyphosate & herbicide selections Listen to th...

If Cinderella were a moth, what species would she be? Maybe this tiny, shimmering one. When we spotted this visitor during National Moth Week on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in our pollinator garden, we asked our Bohart Museum of Entomology associates for identification.