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Leaflet Summer 2022
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Garden myths busted
Unsure what's fact and what's fiction when it comes to gardening? Gardening myths are as common as blackbirds in a sunflower field. Some have just become bad habits; others have been passed down for generations...
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When gardening is a slippery slope
Hillside gardening requires a little more of the gardener: more attention to safety, more specialized techniques for stabilizing the slope, and in many cases, more money...
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Verbena bonariensis: a see-through plant that enlivens the summer garden
Verbena bonariensis, aka purpletop verbena, is a tall, airy plant with clusters of two to three-inch purple flowers on long, airy stems that bloom mid-summer till frost...
Leaflet Spring 2022
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Behold the buzzy bumble bee
The European honeybee is a familiar sight, but did you know that there are 1,600 bees native to California? These bees look and act differently than honeybees...
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Leucadendron
Leucadendron, aka conebush, are evergreen, drought-tolerant shrubs that bloom in winter and spring. There are over 80 species of Leucadendron...
Leaflet Winter 2021-22
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Persimmons: Not So Persnickety
Native to China thousands of years ago and then introduced in Japan, the persimmon has become Japan’s national fruit and one of the traditional foods of the Japanese New Year...
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Hardenbergia: Big Winter Bloom, Little Effort
Hardenbergia is a winter delight, blanketing fences and arbors with an abundance of purple flowers January to spring...
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Gardener's Checklist for Winter
Here's a a month-by-month to-do list to keep your garden in tip top shape in the winter.
Leaflet Fall 2021
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Gardener's Checklist for Fall
It's a dry year, no doubt about it, but there are still apples to harvest, bulbs and cover crops to plant, and tools to clean. Here's a a month-by-month to-do list to keep your garden in tip top shape in the fall.
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Invite Amphibians and Reptiles into the Garden? Absolutely!
If you find a lizard, frog, or snake in your garden, pat yourself on the back! It's a sign that your garden is providing a healthy habitat for an army of natural enemies...
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Roger's Red California Wild Grape
(Vitis californica 'Roger's Red')
California's native grape is a woody, vigorous, deciduous vine that grows 15 to 30 feet tall and wide.
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