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January Garden Checklist
Brighten the garden with colorful bedding plants. Refresh your garden beds and containers with primroses, pansies, Iceland poppies and more. Check with the staff for helpful advice and ideas. Feed...
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January Pruning – What to Prune When
We have officially entered pruning season. Most leafless plants are fair game for pruning right now. Exceptions include ornamental flowering cherries, plums, and lilacs that bloom once a year in spring...
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Tips for Pruning Roses
The suggested time for pruning roses is January in Northern California. Even though your roses may still be leafy, budded or blooming it is time to force them to rest. Pruning them back now, removing...
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Prevent Crabgrass Now
Crabgrass weeds emerge from seeds present in the soil. They sprout when the weather first begins to warm in early spring. It only takes one seed to start a crabgrass infestation. If there is any in...
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Grow Potatoes in Grow Bags
Growing potatoes is easy in well-prepared soil. Spring rains give the potatoes a head start without effort. We’ve harvested potatoes that volunteered in a compost pile! Growing potatoes in a planting...
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Landscaping with Roses
Roses are perhaps the most popular ways to add vibrant color to your landscape. If you don’t love them already, give them a try! Roses are available in a myriad of colors and styles; some suited for...
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Houseplant Helpers
Was your house full of decoration during the holidays and feels empty now? We have the perfect solution! Houseplants have made a huge resurgence in popularity recently probably because they can not...
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Multi-Graft Fruit Trees add Flavor in Less Space
Multi-graft fruit trees include several varieties of fruit on the same tree. They save both space and effort while giving you variety and successive ripening in a small yard. The multi-graft approach...
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Grapes & Berries
Grow grapes and enjoy big bunches of beautiful berries! Dormant season planting allows roots to get a head start so the plants can take off during the growing season. Our young grape vines are here as...
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New Roses for 2024
Ball Gown Cherries & Champagne Desert Sky Easy Bee-zy (Knockout) Orange Glow (Knockout) Make Me Blush Maui Sunrise Miss Manners Quest for Zest True Friendship True Sincerity True Spirit Sunblaze...
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Pluots – Delicious Fruits for your Backyard Orchard
Pluots are amazing hybrid fruits that are part plum and part apricot in heritage. These fruits were initially developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger in neighboring San Joaquin Valley and...
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Citrus plants and other acid-loving plants often suffer from yellow leaves. Yellowing leaves are usually related to low fertility, alkaline soils, or low levels of available iron. Now is a good time...
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Sweet Winter Daphne – A Fragrant Winter Bloomer
Daphne odora or Sweet Winter Daphne is a prize in the winter landscape. It’s the sweetest smelling plant you will find in the garden this month. Fragrant and also lovely looking; forming a shrub to...
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February Garden Checklist
Choose your Camellias now! Seeing is believing, so choose now while they are in bloom. The selection is sizable, and you’ll be able to pick just the right color for your winter garden. Feed the lawn...
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A Dozen Roses for Your Love
It is no secret that we are mad about roses around here. They are standouts in our gardens, love the sun and can be quite drought-tolerant once established. A new rose for the garden would make a...
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Dormant Spray for Fruit Trees
Clean Up Your Garden Debris will harbor insects and diseases. A good general garden clean-up, removing leaves, spent flower heads, old fruits, nuts, dead and broken branches eliminates insect and...
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Recipe for Good Garden Soil
Gardening is not just about taking care of plants; it is about taking care of the soil. Good garden soil has texture, moisture, oxygen, nutrients, and microbial life. If everything adds up below the...
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Sansevieria and Other Houseplants Clean the Air
This incredible houseplant hails from West Africa and India but is very much at home in your household. It has a few familiar names, such as Snake Plant, and Mother In Laws Tongue (no comment), but its...
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Australian Native Plants
Correa – Australian Fuchsia blooms in light shade Australian native plants are blooming in the garden now. Plants from the “Land Down Under” are unique in form and flower – they are nothing like you...
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Deciduous Magnolias
The various deciduous magnolia hybrids are commonly referred to as tulip trees. They display an abundance of large, tulip-shaped flowers in early spring. The flowers can be up to 12 inches in diameter,...
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