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Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

Top 10 Plants You Can't Kill

Tough as nails, but they're pretty, too. Turn your black thumb into a green thumb with our picks for the top 10 plants you can't kill.

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard For most people, the end of summer and approach of autumn means cooler temperatures, harvest time for crops, a

Why is It Important To Use Mulch In Landscapes and gardens?

Mulch will help your garden become healthier and resistant to diseases. Mulch helps protect the soil from the sun which helps prevent evaporation of water.

What Every Gardener Should Know About Mulching

The 10 Worst Invasive Plants to Watch Out for in Your Region

39 fantastic independent nurseries that SoCal plant lovers will adore

Finding your favorite nursery can be thrilling. Here are our picks for the best independently-owned plant nurseries near Los Angeles.

Learn to read a nursery plant tag

FALLBROOK - Shopping for new plants for a home can be an exciting undertaking. Nurseries and garden centers are often home to dozens of types of plant species that come in various colors, leaf variations and sizes. Such variety can make choosing plants more fun while also making the process of buying plants a bit complicated, especially for novices...

SFPUC Growing Plants in Hospital-Like Nursery to Protect Water Quality

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is trying something different at its new native plant nursery in Sunol. To avoid infecting plants, the botanists here take precautions more akin to a laboratory than a commercial nursery.

Nursery owners worry about asphalt plant, developer says it's not happening

Despite a developer’s reassurances to the contrary, the owners of a longtime Box Elder County nursery worry an asphalt plant might be built next to their property.

In the Garden: Easygoing daylillies provide color, cheer almost anywhere

While I grow a wide variety of interesting perennials, I must admit the toughest ones are my favorites. I’m talking about coneflowers, Shasta daisies, sedums, black-eyed Susans and, especially, daylilies. Daylilies greet us with narrow, arching green leaves throughout the season and reward us during the summer with cheerful, attractive flowers that are a joy to behold. My only complaint is the flowers don’t last long enough, but maybe that makes me appreciate them more.

How to help your plants through Oregon’s heat wave

People and plants need care to make it through the coming heat wave without wilting.

Gardens: get back to the nursery

Cultivating a good relationship with your local nursery is the key to rewarding gardening. Here are a few of Dan Pearson's favourites

Oregon's nurseries use bug-on-bug tactics to protect high-value plants

It's warfare at the magnifying-glass level. Nursery workers deploy predators by shaking them from trays or from plastic jugs that can hold up to 25,000 bugs. Some simply spread out and start eating. Others are like bizarre special ops forces.

How to get bouganvillea to bloom in a big way