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  • Dec 01 2011 December 1, 2011April 4, 2018
    Gardening

    Pruning Native Plants – Part 3

    InGardening
    Proper pruning techniques can help enhance nature's beauty. Take a look at woody California native plants and consider how pruning might best improve each plant.
  • Jul 01 2011 July 1, 2011March 26, 2018
    CNPS workshop participants listen to a local rancher
    Plant Science

    CNPS Grassland Initiative Update (July 2011)

    InPlant Science
    Non-native and invasive plant species detected in recent field surveys were analyzed at nine sites within the study area.
  • Jun 25 2011 June 25, 2011March 27, 2018
    Education

    Looking for Lewisia: a Treasure Hunt in the Klamath Mountains near Orleans

    InEducation
    For the slightly adventurous this area in Six Rivers National Forest offers great botanizing. Follow the experience of botanists searching for kellog's lewisia.
  • Jun 10 2011 June 10, 2011October 26, 2017
    Scarlet bugler, purple or showy penstemon, and their violet hybrid, Penstemon x parishii
    Life With Plants

    And Then There Were Three!

    InLife With Plants
    These penstemons are colorfully clear examples of what happens when natural hybridization takes place.
  • May 02 2011 May 2, 2011October 26, 2017
    A. illustre (Megachilidae) on Penstemon spectabilis
    Life With Plants

    I Said It Was Not A Bee!

    InLife With Plants
    Hours searching, red-eyed and teary, Scanning late near midnight weary...
  • Mar 30 2011 March 30, 2011October 26, 2017
    Pale Swallowtail butterfly on Eriogonum giganteum
    Gardening

    Build It and They Will Come

    InGardening
    After a garden overhaul, a homeowner can't believe how quickly and how many birds find the garden.
  • Mar 30 2011 March 30, 2011October 26, 2017
    Young Munz's Sage (Salvia munzii), a CNPS-listed plant with a California Rare Plant Rank of 2.2. Once the foliage began to droop, there was no saving this little shrub. Munz's Sage is restricted to southern San Diego County and adjacent Baja California, although it is often used in native plant gardens well beyond the species' natural range.
    Gardening

    The Big Rains of December

    InGardening
    Too much rain too soon can cause shrubs to wilt and either die or suffer great losses of foliage.
  • Jan 01 2011 January 1, 2011March 27, 2018
    Education

    Report on the Lily Springs Area Survey

    InEducation
    Flowers do not wait for the snow and ice to melt or the road to open to bloom. New routes led to new discoveries! This RPTH recorded eight rare species not seen the previous year.
  • Dec 23 2010 December 23, 2010October 25, 2017
    Miner's Lettuce
    Life With Plants

    Cooking with Native Plants

    InLife With Plants
    Miner’s Lettuce Gourmet Soup and other recipes made with California Native Plants
  • Dec 01 2010 December 1, 2010March 29, 2018
    Carrizo
    Plant Science

    Carrizo Plain National Monument Vegetation Project (October 2010)

    InPlant Science
    CNPS Vegetation Program staff and partners successfully completed a baseline of vegetation sampling across more than 240,000 acres of the Carrizo Plain National Monument
  • Nov 24 2010 November 24, 2010February 8, 2018
    Clematis lasiantha - Chapparal Clematis; All rights reserved by pete@eastbaywilds.com
    Gardening

    Are you thinking SPRING yet?

    InGardening
    Use photos to plan your gardens and to look for combinations for spring color and other requirements in your California Native Garden.
  • Nov 02 2010 November 2, 2010October 25, 2017
    White flower clusters on Arctostaphylos refugioensis
    Gardening

    Feeding Frenzy-Manzanita and Friends

    InGardening
    Refugio manzanita blooms early and profusely, hosting a plethora of insect feeders, plus battling hummingbirds.
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