Gardening

Heirloom tomatoes are open-pollinated varieties which were either introduced commercially before 1940, or grown from seeds that have been passed down at least 50 years through several generations of a family, religious, ethnic, or tribal group, without the plants crossing with another variety of the same…

The Spring 2026 Series of Master Gardener Workshops begins Tuesday, February 3 with a timely session on starting summer vegetable plants from seed and concludes in mid-May with a workshop on creating a bird-friendly garden of native plants. In all, this Spring 2026 Series totals 17 workshops, including seven…

Winter rains and damp conditions in many parts of California may have brought a surprise visitor to your lawn: mushrooms! A few mushrooms sprouting in your lawn can be a good sign: it means there's plenty of organic matter in the soil. But if patches of mushrooms are sprinkled across your lawn, something…

This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, we bring you a new show on the topic of “Indoor House Plants”! Master Gardener Dece Morgan met Julie Bawden-Davis, who is a fellow MG and a resident expert on indoor houseplants, at her home for a relaxed tour and conversation about Julie’s vast home…

Pollinator Plant List #4     BLUE BOA HUMMINGBIRD MINT Agastache 'Blue Boa' WOOLLYPOD MILKWEED Asclepias eriocarpa ROCK PURSLANE Calandrinia spectabilis BUSH MONKEY FLOWER Diplacus aurantiacus WHITE GAURA Gaura lindheimeri WILD BERGAMOT Monarda fistulosa DESERT GLOBEMALLOW Sphaeralcea ambigua TALL…

Pollinator Plant List #3     NARROWLEAF MILKWEED Asclepias fascicularis SHOWY MILKWEED Asclepias speciosa BLUE STOCKING BEE BALM Monarda didyma 'Blue Stocking' COYOTE MINT Monardella villosa 'Russian River' DESERT PENSTEMON Penstemon superbus (pink form) BROWN EYED SUSAN Rudbeckia triloba…

Pollinator Plant List #2     PEARLY EVERLASTING Anaphalis margaritacea ELEGANT CLARKIA Clarkia unguiculata LANCELEAF TICKSEED Coreopsis lanceolata PHENOMENAL LAVENDER Lavandula x intermedia 'Phenomenal' PURPLE TOADFLAX Linaria purpurea CHICK LUPINE Lupinus microcarpus PURPLE NEEDLEGRASS Stipa…

Pollinator Plant List #1     COMMON YARROW Achillea millefolium CORONADO HUMMINGBIRD MINT Agastache aurantiaca 'Coronado' TUTTI FRUTTI HUMMINGBIRD MINT Agastache barberi 'Tutti Frutti' PURPLE CONEFLOWER Echinacea purpurea RED-FLOWERED BUCKWHEAT Eriogonum grande var. rubescens GREAT VALLEY GUMWEED…

Hedgerow Plant List     CA BUCKEYE Aesculus californica PEARLY EVERLASTING Anaphalis margaritacea SENTINEL MANZANITA Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Sentinel' WOOLLYPOD MILKWEED Asclepias eriocarpa NARROWLEAF MILKWEED Asclepias fascicularis CONCHA CEANOTHUS Ceanothus 'Concha' WESTERN REDBUD Cercis…