Help! The Leaves on My Evergreen Toyon (Ceanothus, Coffeeberry, etc.) are Turning Yellow!

 Yellowing leaves on California coffeeberry (Frangula californica)It’sMay, June or early July.  The days arewarm and the garden’s transitioning from spring to summer.  Suddenly, you notice yellow leaves on your evergreen shrubs.  If the shrubs have been thriving all spring, theappearance of yellow leaves can be surprising and alarming.Takea deep breath. ...

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Celebrate National Pollinator Week (June 19-25, 2017)

Ten years ago, the U.S. senatedesignated one week in June as National Pollinator Week. Like Earth Day,National Pollinator week celebrates one of our countries greatest resources –its pollinators.   Living pollinators enable80% of the earth’s plant species to reproduce. Included are many of the fruits, nuts, seeds and grains we eat.  Our world would be a...

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Plant of the Month (June) : Cliff spurge – Euphorbia misera

Cliff spurge (Euphorbia misera): Mother Nature's Garden of Health There’snot much blooming that we haven’t already featured as a Plant of the Month.  So we’ve chosen a plant that’s as well knownfor its form as for its flowers.  OurCliff spurge is looking nice in a large pot in Mother Nature’s Garden ofHealth. The scientific name is pronounced: you-FOR-bee-uh ...

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