Over the weekend, the UC Master Gardeners hosted a workshop at Napa’s Las Flores Learning Garden, which opened last summer, focusing on creating drought-resistant gardens suited to survive the seasons — and fluctuating water levels — in California. Your story lives in the Napa Valley. Get in-depth stories from the Napa region and beyond – including news, sports, features and politics. The …
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Norman Winter Tribune News Service This year The Garden Guy went into the growing season with a twofold plan involving jumbo Heart to Heart caladium bulbs. Truly they have been among the stars of the hottest summer I can remember. My plan was that I would plant half the bulbs in situ. (I always wanted to use that phrase.) This …
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SAN MARINO, United States – A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but with a corpse flower — well, tinkering around the edges isn’t going to help. A giant Amorphophallus Titanium opened its less-than-delicate petals this week at the Huntingdon Library near Los Angeles, an event that only comes once every few years. And it is giving …
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The revitalized circle on Monument Avenue is 99% complete. More than 6,000 plants and 28 trees were installed in the Richmond space that was once the home of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, with only a small portion of the landscaping project left to go. “The plants and trees are in pretty good shape,” said Earl Gary, …
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