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Underneath the Mistletoe
Mistletoe is a familiar sight of the season, often found wrapped in ribbon and hung for certain festivities this time of year. But did you know it is actually a parasitic plant that grows on a number of landscape trees in California? There are two types...
Updated Landscape Weed Info
![Mallow (cheeseweed). [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/55647small.jpg "Mallow (cheeseweed). [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]")
Controlling weeds can be challenging to landscape professionals or home gardeners since landscapes often include a mix of turfgrass, annual plants, herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and trees. The newly revised publication Pest Notes: Weed Management in...
![Mallow (cheeseweed). [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests/blogfiles/55647.jpg)
Mallow (cheeseweed). [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]
California Invasive Species Action Week
Did you know that every 60 days, a new and potentially damaging invasive species enters California? California residents can help in the fight against invasive species by learning and participating next week (June 2-10) in the California Invasive...
Giant reed invading a waterway. (Credit: Joseph M. DiTomaso)
Dealing with Snails and Slugs in the Garden
Snails and slugs can be destructive pests in gardens and landscapes when they devour entire seedlings or chew holes in leaves, flowers, fruit, and even the bark of plants. Manage these pests by getting rid of their hiding places, setting up traps, or...
Immature gray garden slug on strawberries. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Celebrate Earth Day with Insectary Plants
This Earth Day, Sunday April 22, help natural enemies by growing insectary plants. Natural enemies, also called beneficials or biological control agents, include lady beetles (ladybugs), lacewings, spiders, parasitic wasps, and even some mites!...
