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Recent shows
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02 February 2012
Attracting birds to the yard, growing nut trees February garden activities, and more.
26 January 2012
Plants from Hawaii, pluots, USDA zones, Lois on birds, and more.
19 January 2012
Miniature fruit trees, moss, starting seeds, easy fruit trees, and more.
12 January 2012
Fruit tree spacing, pruning, and more.
05 January 2012
January gardening: bareroot trees, pruning, and more.
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
Click here for shows and pictures prior to 2009
31 December 2009
All about pruning!
24 December 2009
All about Citrus!
17 December 2009
Your questions, birds, and more
10 December 2009
Freeze, December garden activities, and more
03 December 2009
Frost, perennial vegetables, and more
26 November 2009
Special show: all about bulbs!
Click here for shows and pictures prior to 2010



Featured Plants & Articles

February 02, 2012

Talking about hummingbirds --
Here's a list of plants



backyard peaches
photo courtesy of Eric


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





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!
June 16 2011: about Heucheras
Some pictures of the new hybrids here:
Heucheras.com
June 02 2011


Entomosporium leaf spot fungus
on evergreen pear (P. kawakami)



Alstroemeria Eliane

May 05 2011
Fremontodendron information
April 21 2011



Leatherwing beetle, aka soldier beetle
Baldo Villegas web site pics of beneficial insects!


Salsify and chicory



Lavandula stoechas 'Dedication'
Spanish lavender 'Dedication'




Spanish lavender 'Dedication' in a 5 gallon can


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


A useful link from Eric in So Cal: be waterwise.com
February 24 2011

Pinguicula moranensis
Butterwort -- a carnivorous plant


Year-around ripening chart!
Web site for Dr. Norman Gary,
eminent Davis bee expert

January 27 2011

Botrytis mold on snapdragon





Ornamental kale in January



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



Plumbago capensis
Cape plumbago


Lagerstroemia 'Dynamite'
Dynamite crapemyrtle showing color change due to cool nights
August 26, 2010


Rose foliage problems



Gardening for beneficials at a Napa vineyard


Solidago (goldenrod) with Aster

August 12, 2010



Amaryllis belladonna
aka Naked ladies


Crinum moorei
Natal lily
August 5, 2010




Utility service tree pruning!



Citrus leaves showing sunburn
July 15, 2010




Root knot nematode on tomato
Overview of nematode control
from NCAT

Slides from recent bamboo talk
(movie file)
July 1, 2010

Pincushion plant (house plant

Beneficial insects



Aphids under attack:
parasitized (left), and about to be eaten (below)!



Baby praying mantid

Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. Friedrichiae hybrids
Chamaecereus silvestrii (yellow form), and others
Grafted cactus

June 10, 2010

Defining geraniums!


Pelargonium x hortorum
Common garden geranium


Pelargonium peltatum
Ivy geranium


Pelargonium peltatum
Ivy geranium in hanging basket


Pelargonium x domesticum
Pelargonium, Martha Washington geranium


Geranium himalayense x pratense
'Johnson's Blue'
Hunter ET brochure (pdf)
June 3, 2010

(We'll try to get to these next week!)


Baby praying mantid


Philadelphus
-- (double form) Mock orange

May 20, 2010




Leatherwing beetle, aka soldier beetle
Baldo Villegas web site pics of beneficial insects!



Vic's pepper: virus? weather?

(Vic's blog)



false katydid nymph


May 13, 2010



Carpenteria californica
California bush anemone
April 29, 2010

Tomato varieties brochure (pdf, 3.6MB)
April 22, 2010

California statewide weather data
April 15 2010



Rose 'The Imposter'



Clematis montana 'Mayleen'
Chart of perennial flowers by season of bloom
April 01 2010



Tree peony
March 25 2010: Eric's pictures



Citrus suckers: base of tree



Citrus suckers: trunk



Citrus suckers: branches
March 18 2010:



herbicide damage on roses
February 25 2010:

Article: Spotted Wing Drosophila


Spotted Wing Drosophila on a raspberry
February 18 2010:


Abutilon 'Glowbelle'



substance oozing from Beechey's bamboo
February 4 2010:


February Gold dwarf trumpet daffodil


Bergenia crassifolia



Helleborus orientalis
Lenten rose, pink strain


Helleborus orientalis
'Phoenix' Lenten rose
photo courtesy of Heronswood
January 28 2010:

Bellis  
English daisy


Chrysanthemum paludosum  
Paludosum daisy

Seedling start materials
and article
Jan. 21, 2010:
San Francisco Chronicle article: an artist's garden

December 17 2009:

Primula vulgaris English primrose

December 10 2009:

Protecting a lemon tree!

December 03 2009:

Senecio x hybridus Florists' cineraria


Florists' cineraria

Articles written by Don Shor
The UC Davis Arboretum!
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