Posts in category Plants

  When it comes to warm-season grasses, spring quality is influenced more by what you do (or don’t do) the previous fall. Sending the turf …

  We’ve all been hearing about the devastating fires rampaging through the West. And wholesale tree grower J. Frank Schmidt & Son.,Co, based in Boring, …

While wildfires happen every season in California, this year’s toll is particularly devastating. According to a briefing Monday by CA Governor Gavin Newsom, this time …

On July 13, Washington, D.C. hit its 17th consecutive day above 90 degrees. The following week was no better with a heat advisory in effect …

It’s summer’s peak and besides blazingly hot days, dry landscapes, and disease-carrying mosquitoes, there’s another troublesome issue to look out for: invasive Asian jumping worms. …

  When 22 states had reports of mysterious seeds arriving in the mail from China, it was easy to imagine a plant-based agro-terrorism was afoot. …

Editor’s Letter: Strange Times Indeed It’s downright surreal to be writing this as the world fights a virus unlike anything I’ve experienced in my lifetime. …

  When the live stream of the UceLi Quartet performing Puccini’s “Crisantemi” was broadcast last Monday, the audience, though a bit green in their knowledge …

  It’s National Pollinator Week, the 13th consecutive year of bringing greater awareness to the critically important issue of pollinator conservation. Pollinator Partnership (P2) founded …

Yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) —sometimes referred to as nutgrass—is a persistent weed problem in lawns, athletic fields, and golf course turf. It thrives in moist, …