Gardening

UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

Pollinator Plant List #1

January 7, 2026
Pollinator Plant List #1     COMMON YARROW Achillea millefolium CORONADO HUMMINGBIRD MINT Agastache aurantiaca 'Coronado' TUTTI FRUTTI HUMMINGBIRD MINT Agastache barberi 'Tutti Frutti' PURPLE CONEFLOWER Echinacea purpurea RED-FLOWERED BUCKWHEAT Eriogonum grande var. rubescens GREAT VALLEY GUMWEED…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

Hedgerow Plant List

January 7, 2026
Hedgerow Plant List     CA BUCKEYE Aesculus californica PEARLY EVERLASTING Anaphalis margaritacea SENTINEL MANZANITA Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Sentinel' WOOLLYPOD MILKWEED Asclepias eriocarpa NARROWLEAF MILKWEED Asclepias fascicularis CONCHA CEANOTHUS Ceanothus 'Concha' WESTERN REDBUD Cercis…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

California Woodland Plant List

January 7, 2026
California Woodland Plant List     JOHN DOURLEY MANZANITA Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley' DR HURD MANZANITA Arctostaphylos manzanita 'Dr. Hurd' CALIFORNIA MUGWORT Artemisia douglasiana BLUE GRAMA GRASS Bouteloua gracilis SEDGE Carex praegracilis BUCKBRUSH Ceanothus cuneatus WESTERN REDBUD Cercis…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

HOA Plant List

January 7, 2026
HOA Plant List     COMMON YARROW Achillea millefolium EMERALD CARPET MANZANITA Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet' SUNSET MANZANITA Arctostaphylos 'Sunset' DWARF COYOTE BUSH Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point' SEDGE Carex praegracilis CONCHA CEANOTHUS Ceanothus 'Concha' DARK STAR CEANOTHUS Ceanothus …
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Frost damage on citrus leaves. UC Regents
The Real Dirt: Article

Frost Protection for Citrus

January 4, 2026
Freezing temperatures damage plants by causing ice crystals to form in their cells. Frost-damaged vegetation withers and turns a dark brown or black. Ice crystals can also form in citrus fruit, causing juice vesicles inside the fruit to rupture and the fruit to dry out. Although frost-damaged fruit is…
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[PODCAST] Bird Friendly Garden

January 1, 2026
By Loren Nelson
The topic this week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners is Bird-Friendly Gardens.  In studio live, we’ll have Melissa Rapp, a current UC Master Gardener AND Executive Committee President at the Sea and Sage Audubon Society. We have a past recording of a show from 2018 featuring the wonderful…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

Garden Ghoulishness

December 30, 2025
by Ann Wright, UC Master Gardeners of Nevada County From The Curious Gardener, Fall 2021 Halloween is coming, and it’s more than just a day to go about in funny, sometimes frightening costumes, eating snack-sized candy bars, and, of course, carving pumpkins! Halloween is also a good day to appreciate…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

The Myth of Firewise Plants

December 30, 2025
By Kevin Marini, UC Master Gardener of Placer County and UC Defensible Space Educator From The Curious Gardener, Spring 2024  There was a point last year when I started to appreciate the length of time that had gone by since a big fire had occurred. Most of the time, paranoia takes over daily…
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Planting a bare-root fruit tree. UC ANR
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Planting Bare-Root Fruit Trees

December 29, 2025
There are several advantages to planting bare-root trees: they are usually less expensive, easier for gardeners to transport, and they will grow their roots entirely into native soil (rather than having to transition from potting mix into dissimilar native soil). Also, the ideal time to plant bare-root…
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