Posts Tagged: dandelion
Weeds, Friend or Foe?
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County It's May and...
California poppy, friend or foe? (Twitchell, UC Botanical Garden)
Just . . . weeds (Pinterest)
Purslane, an edible (UC IPM)
Dandelion, leaves edible (UC IPM)
Lambsquarters, another edible (UC IPM)
Fennel (DiTomaso, UC Davis Dept of Plant Science)
Nettle, edible, be careful picking. Those hairs sting and burn. (UC IPM)
Chickweed, edible. The chickweed is the lime green plant with tiny white flowers trying to camouflage itself as alfalfa. (UC IPM)
Wild chicory flower, deep strong roots (Oswaldo Ochoa, UC Davis)
Plantain, more deep strong roots (UC IPM)
Sowthistle, deep roots (UC IPM)
Vetch, deep roots (UC ANR)
Fennel, more than an edible, also a pollinator attraction (DiTomaso, UC Davis Dept of Plant Science)
Wild radish flower heads attract pollinators (Di Tomaso, UC IPM)
One of several kinds of pigweed whose blooms attract pollinators(UC IPM)
Fava beans, widely used as green mulch in Napa County (UC ANR)
Dandelions in the Landscape
Dandelions are broadleaf plants easily recognizable by their bright yellow flower and puffball of...
How to Remove Dandelions
We've had some rain in our area lately so you are probably seeing some weeds starting to grow in...
Dandelion mature plant. [Credit: G and B Corsi]
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
[From the UC Weed Science blog] In what has been dubbed “dandelion-gate,” members of...
Let's Talk.....Weeds!
By Pat Hitchcock, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County This winter seems to be a promising one;...