| Broadcasts from 2010 and 2011 22 December 2011 Freeze warnings: what to know, what to do (replayed 29 December 2011) 15 December 2011 Tree safety, December color, house plant problems, and more! 08 December 2011 Frost issues, Christmas trees, and more! 01 December 2011 Sound barriers; Correa, Hypericum; special apples, and more! 24 November 2011 Holiday rebroadcast: fall and winter garden topics 17 November 2011 Too late for winter veggies? No! Plus chestnuts, apples, and more! 10 November 2011 Shaded entry, bagrada bug, garbanzo beans, early bareroot veggies, and more! 03 November 2011 Ficus problems, gummosis, November flowers, and more! 27 October 2011 Bulbs, beneficial insects, propagation, and more! 20 October 2011 Seed-starting mix, house plant problems, winter vegies, and more! 13 October 2011 Night fragrance, fall flowers, cover crops, and more! 06 October 2011 Grape and citrus questions, fall garden activities, and more! 29 September 2011 Garden questions, watering containers, what to plant in the fall, and more! 22 September 2011 Drainage, soap, peat moss, garlic, and more! 15 September 2011 Plant nutrition, more on weeds, Easter broom, and more! 08 September 2011 Fall flowers, weed management, scorched leaves, how to kill a Daphne, and more! 01 September 2011 House plants; watermelon problems; yellowing leaves in the veg garden, and more 25 August 2011 Your questions: soil problems, yarrow, subtropicals, and more! 18 August 2011 Linden trees, subtropicals, shade plant ideas, and more! 11 August 2011 Meadow flowers; August color, rhubarb, hackberry aphid, and more! 04 August 2011 Summer gardening questions answered! (Rebroadcast from July 29 2010) 28 July 2011 Daylilies; August weeds and pests; what does full sun mean? and more! Whitefly Management excerpt Don and Lois discuss how to control whiteflies; excerpt from July 21 2011 21 July 2011 Whiteflies; horsetail, bamboo, and invasives; fertilizer basics! 14 July 2011 Summer tree problems; spoiling figs, Scotch broom, and many misc questions! 07 July 2011 Drip irrigation continued; orchid watering; odd summer questions 30 June 2011 Tree problems; drip irrigation overview 23 June 2011 Dogs, shade, ground cover? Water softeners, watering new plants, and more 16 June 2011 Lawn diseases, dead lawn patches, confining bamboo, more about Heucheras 09 June 2011 Pruning an overgrown hedge. Walkable ground covers, heucheras, and more.. 02 June 2011 June in your garden; growing Peruvian lilies, and more. 26 May 2011 Spring weather problems in the garden; holes in the leaves? Vine choices, soil and fertilizer questions. 19 May 2011 Summer vegetables; recommended varieties, when to plant, and more. 12 May 2011 Vegetables, the Topsy-Turvy, Square-foot Gardening, raised planters; berries in hot climates. 05 May 2011 The Garden Professors; fruit tree spacing; Phormiums; yellowing leaves; watering iceplant; soil prep for veg's. 28 April 2011 Planting natives, pruning with chain saws, a bit more about fertilizers. 21 April 2011 More on fertilizers; windowboxes; plants for security; strawberries. 14 April 2011 Misc spring issues; the tomato "elevator speech;" watering, fertilizers, and more. 07 April 2011 Vine choices; April blooms, Lady Banks roses; vegetables for shade; grubs in the compost pile! 31 March 2011 Drainage problems, rose diseases, grafted tomatoes, mosquitoes, mandarins and baboons. 24 March 2011 Cherry worms, spring annuals, poison oak; misc. unusual edibles; huckleberries, blueberries, and currants. 17 March 2011 Fruit trees, fertilizers, saving seed; questions from a brand new vegetable gardener. 10 March 2011 Don had a speaking engagement. Rebroadcast of the December 30 pruning show: all about winter pruning of fruit trees and roses. 03 March 2011 March garden activities, mail-order nurseries (how to check their reputations); GMO, hybrid, or heirloom? 24 February 2011 Late frosts; florist plants; phosphorus fertilizers; Kiwi vines; fabric softeners for fungus gnats? Daphne problems; how to grow olives. 17 February 2011 Manure with vegetables; cactus; carnivorous plants, and more 10 February 2011 Laryngitis! Sorry! Camellia problems, birch borers; how to start seeds indoors. 03 February 2011 Sarcococca, winter veggies, tree root problems, winter pest problems, leaves yellowing, mulberry bushes; is it spring now? 27 January 2011 Choosing trees, shaded entryways, and more 20 January 2011 January gardening questions 13 January 2011 Winter gardening, roses and more Sorry, no show January 6 2011. Due to technical problems, the show did not record. We will be back January 13! 30 December 2010 Special winter pruning show! 23 December 2010 Special citrus show! 16 December 2010 More winter garden questions! 09 December 2010 fertilizers, winter garden questions, and more 02 December 2010 Citrus, winter gardening, and more 25 November 2010 Special show: all about bulbs! 18 November 2010 Winter garden questions, and more! 11 November 2010 Native plants, garden resources, and more! 04 November 2010 Fall questions and November garden ideas! <28 October 2010 So many gardening questions! 21 October 2010 All about fall gardening, continued! 14 October 2010 All about fall gardening! 07 October 2010 Hedges, sprinklers, veg gardens, and more! 30 September 2010 Your fall gardening questions answered! 23 September 2010 Winter weeds, interesting flowers! 16 September 2010 Fall gardening! 09 September 2010 September planting ideas, vines, fragrant plants <02 September 2010 What blooms in September? 26 August 2010 Summer garden topics 19 August 2010 Weather and your garden; gardening for good bugs, and more 12 August 2010 August flowers, weeds, and more! 05 August 2010 How to make cuttings; your questions, and more! 29 July 2010 Summer gardening questions answered! 22 July 2010 Watering exceptions, allelopathy, buffalograss, and more! 15 July 2010 More summer garden questions 08 July 2010 How to water -- principles and examples 01 July 2010 Summer gardening questions 24 June 2010 Fruit trees, tomatoes, and other questions 17 June 2010 6/17 show did not record; this is a special rebroadcast: All about watering 10 June 2010 Geraniums, thrips, heat lovers, and more 03 June 2010 Questions about watering, containers, and more 27 May 2010 What's wrong with my vegetables?! 20 May 2010 Questions about vegetables, aphids, and more! 13 May 2010 Tomato and fruit tree questions, and more! 06 May 2010 Vegetables, irrigation; is systemic safe? 29 April 2010 Starting a veg garden; understanding spring plant diseases 22 April 2010 Spring garden questions, watering, diseases, and more! 15 April 2010 Potatoes, dahlias, perennials, and more! 08 April 2010 Mulch, lilacs, and more! 01 April 2010 Soil pH, walnut toxicity, and more! 25 March 2010 Citrus suckers, raised planters, and more! 18 March 2010 Ladybugs, weed killers, and more! 11 March 2010 March in your garden! 04 March 2010 Lawn weeds, peppers, fungus, and more 25 February 2010 House plants, fruit flies, and more 18 February 2010 early spring garden questions! 11 February 2010 Grapes, blueberries, iceplant, and more 04 February 2010 Birds, orchids, walnuts, and more 28 January 2010 Borers, Camellias, starting seeds! 21 January 2010 Pruning, starting seeds, and more! 14 January 2010 Bareroot! Fruit trees, roses, and more 07 January 2010 Birds, bamboo, and your questions |
Featured Plants & Articles |
| December 15, 2011 Weather Channel alerts available |
 Wind damage in Southern California; photo courtesy of Eric |
 Fuyu persimmon! |
December 01, 2011 Grevillea 'Scarlet Sprite'  Callistemon citrinus Lemon bottlebrush One source for heirloom apples |
This month's column: drought tolerant shrubs  Hypericum androsaenum 'Ignite Scarlet' |
October 27, 2011 Callicarpa acuminata Beauty berry Are they edible? check this forum; I'd say no |
| September 22, 2011 Three easy houseplants:  Golden pothos |
 Zamioculcas zamiifolia Easy ZZ plant |
 Spathiphyllum Peace lily |
| September 15, 2011 Annie's Annuals cut flower list |
September 8, 2011 Rudbeckia hirta Gloriosa daisy |
 Gaillardia X Gaillardia |
 Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower |
August 25, 2011 Heather garden at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens |
 Dahlia garden at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens |
August 18, 2011 Leonotis leonurus Lion's tail |
| August 11 2011 |
 Monarda Cranberry Lace |
 Coreopsis Creme Brulee |
 Achillea Sunny Seduction |
 Plumbago capensis Cape plumbago |
 Sunflower showing the actual flowers |
 Geranium budworm larva |
 Euonymus scale |
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Euonymus scale |
 Euonymus scale closer |
| July 14 2011 |
 Habenaria Egret flower (from Flickr) |
 Alstroemeria Peruvian lily, dwarf cultivars |
| June 30 2011 |
 Assorted drip irrigation parts photo by Lois |
 Trees mulched wrong! See our current article Common Landscape Errors! |
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June 16 2011: about Heucheras Some pictures of the new hybrids here: Heucheras.com |
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June 02 2011 |
 Entomosporium leaf spot fungus on evergreen pear (P. kawakami) |
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 Alstroemeria Eliane |
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May 05 2011 Fremontodendron information |
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April 21 2011 |
 Leatherwing beetle, aka soldier beetle |
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Baldo Villegas web site pics of beneficial insects!
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 Salsify and chicory |
 Lavandula stoechas 'Dedication' Spanish lavender 'Dedication' |
 Spanish lavender 'Dedication' in a 5 gallon can |
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April 14 2011 Martha Stewart illustrates container drainage |
April 07 2011 Rosa banksia 'Lutea' yellow Lady Banks rose |
 Rosa banksia normalis single white Lady Banks rose |
 Rosa banksia normalis single white Lady Banks rose |
March 24 2011 Ribes speciosum Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry |
 Melianthus major Honey bush flowers |
 Melianthus major Honey bush foliage |
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A useful link from Eric in So Cal: be waterwise.com
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February 24 2011 Pinguicula moranensis Butterwort -- a carnivorous plant |
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Year-around ripening chart!
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Web site for Dr. Norman Gary, eminent Davis bee expert |
January 27 2011 Botrytis mold on snapdragon |
 Ornamental kale in January |
 Fall vegetable planting chart! |
December 09, 2010 Prunus cistena dwarf redleaf plum, fall color |
 Prunus cistena dwarf redleaf plum, growth habit |
 wild American persimmon |
November 18, 2010 Persimmon Fuyu (non-astringent) |
 Persimmon Hachiya (astringent) |
wild American persimmon |
 Lagerstroemia Dynamite fall color |
November 11, 2010 Strange fruit of the Kieffer lime |
 Syrphid fly (hoverfly) on a Japanese anemone |
October 21, 2010 Salvia 'Bright Eyes' |
 Salvia 'Flamenco Rose' |
 Salvia 'Golden Girl' |
| October 7, 2010 Salsify flowers and seedheads, and chicory (right) |
| September 23, 2010 Eric's dove flower Habenaria radiata Fringed orchid, Egret flower |
September 16, 2010 Agastache Ruby Lights Hummingbird mint |
Leonotis leonurus Lion's tail |
September 2, 2010 Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Dwarf plumbago |
