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The UC Master Gardener Program designed the California Garden Web to serve as a portal to organize and extend the University of California's vast collection of research-based information about gardening to the public. The California Garden Web focuses on sustainable gardening practices and uses a question and answer format to present solutions. The blog below highlights gardening issues pertaining to the season.
California Gardening Blog
Peach Leaf Curl-Watch the Drama Unfold
This year was a tough year for the peaches and nectarines. It seemed that even though we sprayed with a copper oil spray and with a registered fungicide at the right time, the PLC was very...
The Language of Flowers
Did you ever wonder why we always give and receive red and white flowers for Valentine’s Day? The language of flowers became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Virtually every flower,...
Katydid, Katy Didn't
My late father, who called me "Katydid," loved poetry.Decades after he passed, a cousin gave me a set of his books from his childhood home. One was "The Early Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes,"...
A Pomegranate Kind of Day
It was a pomegranate kind of day. Red, bright and wonderful.The papery-thin reddish blossoms in our yard draw both beneficial and pestiferous insects. Honey bees are there for the pollen and nectar;...
Shirley Luckhart: Outstanding Mentor
The honor is so well deserved. UC Davis molecular biologist Shirley Luckhart, professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (MMI) and a graduate student advisor with the UC Davis Department...
