Gardening

Deer tend to avoid plants that are smelly, wooly, prickly, or poisonous. Photo: Marie Narlock It's possible to have a lovely unfenced garden even if there are deer in your neighborhood.

Propagation is the process by which plants are multiplied or reproduced. It is used for ornamental as well as edible plants. Propagating your own plants can be fun and rewarding because you can grow many species not found in nurseries. This includes many tasty and unusual vegetables.

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The Sherwood Demo Garden is comprised of 16 individual gardens. Gardening is a fun family activity that provides plenty of learning possibilities. The Children's Garden is designed to appeal to children and provide examples of plants and art that can be used to make a garden child friendly. Check out the…

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Learn about planting and caring for landscape plants in western and central Placer County.

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Most gardening books, catalogs, and seed packets refer to plant hardiness zones, climate zones, or growing zones. Temperature hardiness climate zones are based on normally expected high and low temperatures and serve as guides to help you know which plants will grow where you live.

The gardens at the Martial Cottle Park demonstration garden in San Jose are divided into various collections with distinct themes and focuses. See descriptions below for details. Click the map to see a larger version with the collections labeled.

Bay laurel, Laurus nobilis, is an evergreen grown as a large shrub or tree. Small bay trees do well in containers because of their slow growth, but can reach heights of 20 to 40 feet in landscapes. The aromatic leaves add flavor to sauces, soups, stews, meats, fish, and pickles. The flavor is stronger fresh,…