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Los Angeles native plants
Native Plant Garden Design Course Begins This Weekend in Sun Valley
# This Weekend
January 5, 2012
Just because you live in LA, doesn't mean you can't have your own garden. Beginning this weekend, a course in Native Plant Garden Design...
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A tea garden can be a place to enjoy a traditional tea or to grow it
Plant profile
December 28, 2011
Prickly thickets of California wild rose, Rosa californica, are not often much to look at, even while adorned with small and sparse pink roses with...
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Native trees like alders are just as happy in gardens as they are in the wild.
Plant profile
December 24, 2011
During the summer, the native white alder, Alnus rhombifolia, is a nice shade tree that looks bigger than it really is. By late winter, the bare...
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Even the median of San Vicente Boulevard may not be big enough for valley oaks.
Plant profile
December 23, 2011
‘Foggy Oak Morning’ by Karen Asherah, is another example of the local scenery that we sometimes take for granted. This happy tree is a...
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Our Lord's candle puts the 'yuc' in 'yucca'.
Plant profile
August 10, 2011
The one or two foot long and nearly inch wide leaves of our Lord's candle, Yucca whipplei, certainly do not look as painful as they really are....
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Native but unconventional manzanita works in unrefined parts of the garden
Plant profile
April 4, 2011
Mature common manzanita, Arctostaphylos manzanita, can get more than fifteen feet tall and about half as wide, so can be rather large shrubbery or...
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Be careful what you plant in Los Angeles landscapes
Home & Living
June 25, 2010
Although there is a whole list available of invasive plants that have been declared pests in California, many people still plant these plants --...
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Make your Los Angeles yard work for you
Home & Living
May 31, 2010
Most houses and some condos and apartments in the Los Angeles area come with at least some yard space. All too often, this space is filled in with...
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California Poppies and more are at their peak at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve
Home & Living
April 18, 2010
This year is an amazing year for the California Poppies at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve. Flowers cover the ground and hillside for miles. If...
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Los Angeles garden and wild flowers in spring
Home & Living
April 14, 2010
Spring is the time to both love and hate the growth from this year’s rains in the Los Angeles area. The hillsides are still blooming with...
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