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      • Choosing Your Plants
        • Native Planting Guides
      • Prepping and Planting
      • Digging Deeper
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      • Horticulture Experts
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      • CNPS Inventory of Rare Plants
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        • Rare Plant Status Review Forum
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      • Manual of California Vegetation
      • Plant Community Mapping & Monitoring
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  • Flora Magazine

    Garden Q&A – Insect-Friendly Gardens

    June 7, 2019August 12, 2019
    Been reading about the insect apocalypse and declining monarch butterfly populations? Find out why native insects important, and how to support them in a garden.
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    Garden Q&A – Design tips to please your HOA

    November 13, 2018November 13, 2018
    Follow these design tips to create a native plant garden will be enjoyed by both you and your homeowners association (HOA).
  • Flora Magazine

    Garden Q&A – Establishing Native Plant Gardens

    August 27, 2018August 27, 2018
    What are the differences between growing common, non-native garden selections and native plants? Learn how to establish native plants in the garden.
  • Flora Magazine

    Garden Q&A – Year-round color in a California native garden

    May 1, 2018October 2, 2018
    Enjoy year-round color in your California native plant garden. Along with flowers; leaves, bark, fruit, and seeds are also great sources of color and interest!
  • Gardening

    Garden Q&A – Replacing lawn with a native garden

    April 2, 2018August 27, 2018
    Ready to convert your lawn into a native plant garden, but unsure how to get started? These six basic steps to lawn removal will set you up for success.
  • Gardening

    Garden Q&A – Planting on Steep Slopes

    December 1, 2017April 2, 2018
    Gardening on steep slopes can be challenging, but locally native evergreen foundation plants, properly irrigated, can create a garden that provides erosion control and beauty.
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    Garden Q&A – Edible native plants for the home garden

    September 1, 2017October 2, 2018
    Why let the bugs have all the fun?! Let’s feed our families too! Learn the California native plants that look good in your garden and even better on your plate.
  • Small creek created for irrigation. Credit Dennis Mudd.
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    Garden Q&A – Irrigation with Natives

    July 28, 2017April 2, 2018
    Plants use water on an as needed basis to maintain turgidity, to cool themselves, and through photosynthesis, to grow. Plants develop adaptations to thrive in their native regions.

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