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Everything You Need to Know About Pruning Roses

Roses are classically beautiful, but growing them takes some knowledge. If you’re new to pruning roses or are wondering how...

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Move Over Mulch

Making a Case for Swapping Mulch With Groundcover Plants We’ve all heard the countless benefits of adding mulch to your...

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Citrus Stack-Up: The Best Uses for Popular Varieties

Few plants offer as much as citrus trees can; their ornamental and culinary value have few rivals. However, with so...

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Caring for Citrus Trees

Caring for Citrus Trees   Citrus trees love our climate—this is Orange County, after all! Just about any variety of...

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How to Capture the Magic of Sweet Peas

There's something so special about those warm April mornings when the scent of sweet peas seems to dance in the...

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Roger's Recommends:
2024 Roses

QUICK LINKS: Buy Roses • Buy Soil + Fertilizer • Buy Tools + Accessories • Everything Roses Roger’s Recommends –...

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Milkweeds and Monarchs
A Little Good News

Authors: Ron Vanderhoff, Mike Evans and Bob Allen Monarch butterflies are on the rebound in California. Early counts show a...

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Milkweed & Monarchs: How You Made a Difference

  From Our Friends at Tree of Life Nursery Author: Mike Evans “Do enough before it’s too late,” I once...

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5 DIY Crafts to Repurpose Broken Terracotta Pots

Terracotta pots are a necessity for every garden! They're made of all-natural clay free from chemical dyes, they have a...

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Terracotta Plant Pots

Terracotta plant pots are having their renaissance. Once considered old-fashioned and plain, the terracotta pot is now loved for its...

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A Guide to Gardening Tools

Like many other industries out there, the gardening world is known to have lots of different over-the-top and unnecessary gadgets...

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Easy Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental grasses are an easy yet effective way to add important landscaping features to your gardens, such as height, texture,...

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Prettiest Privacy Hedges

Having privacy is an essential feature of any landscape. It allows us to feel like our space is truly ours...

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Everything You Need to Know About Growing Sunflowers

There’s something about the showy yellow blooms of a sunflower that instantly makes us feel happy. With 2021 deemed the...

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Best Plants to Soften Your Hardscape Design

The key to creating a cohesive landscape is successfully marrying the right soft features with your hardscape designs. There are...

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Best Houseplants for Small Spaces

While everyone loves a big, bold statement plant, those little corners need love, too! Fill in the gaps in your...

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Native Plant Favorites for Small Spaces & Containers

Heuchera maxima, Coral Bells One of the best and most popular. Hummingbirds love the flowers too. A bit of shade,...

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How to Plant Native Plants in Containers for Small Spaces

Even small spaces like patios and balconies can support California native plants and bring the benefits of wildlife habitat and...

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Fuchsia Gardening Success

Living at the end of Brookhurst Street in Huntington Beach, a mile from the ocean, fuchsias were my first big...

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Understanding Plant Zones in Orange County, California

Having returned from garden visits this summer to places like Portland, Vancouver and England, I feel compelled to write about...

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