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Pink Panther Foxglove • How to Care for This Beautiful Blooming Plant
How to Care for Foxglove Foxglove is a fabulous perennial with an incredibly long bloom time—from spring until fall—and the...
The Buzz On Bees • How Pollinators Help Our Gardens
How Are Bees Important to the Environment? We receive a lot of inquiries about how bees are vital to the...
Planting Pre-Sprouted Bulbs
The Why & How of Planting Bulbs That Have Already Started to Sprout Nothing says "spring" more than a garden...
White Wine Braised Chicken with Fennel and Spinach
Ingredients • 3.5 lb. whole chicken cut in 8 pieces—back bone, wings, giblets and neck removed, save for stock. •...
Tomato Shrub Cocktail
Ingredients • 1 pound sungold tomatoes(or whatever tomato variety you love), halved • 1/2 cup granulated white sugar • 10...
Heirloom Cherry Tomato and Roasted Beef Bruschetta
fresh mozzarella cheese, arugula, grilled garlic ciabatta bread Ingredients • 1 cup heirloom cherry tomato sauce • 1- 8 oz...
Dazzling Dahlias and How to Grow Them
Dahlias are a family of flowers known for their tall, ultra-vibrant blooms that are popular for cut flower arrangements. Most...
The Best Low-Growing Groundcover Plants
There are so many gorgeous groundcover plants we can grow in Southern California, and they serve several purposes. They’re great...
Tomato Terminology: Gardening Tomatoes Made Easy
Tomatoes come in many shapes, colors, and sizes, but before you start deciding whether you want to grow beefsteaks or...
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...
Move Over Mulch
Making a Case for Swapping Mulch With Groundcover Plants We’ve all heard the countless benefits of adding mulch to your...
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...
Caring for Citrus Trees
Caring for Citrus Trees Citrus trees love our climate—this is Orange County, after all! Just about any variety of...
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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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...
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...
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...
Terracotta Plant Pots
Terracotta plant pots are having their renaissance. Once considered old-fashioned and plain, the terracotta pot is now loved for its...
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...