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Looking out my window while I write this, I am gazing at the bounty that is Star Gardens. The trees are starting to turn, and the hummers are flitting around the Salvias and other late bloomers. We just received rain overnight, and the skies are cloudy but

November Newsletter I am looking forward to better times than we have experienced in October. The weather has seen many perfect fall days of clear blue skies and perfect temperatures, but that is not what we are going to remember. Blackouts, business closed, fires, and wind have

Plant of the Month Fabulous Fall Color Trees Fall foliage color is beginning to happen at the nursery. Our wonderful Chinese Pistache trees are showing color as we speak. I highly recommend them as a superb shade tree for our area. Other fabulous fall foliage trees in

Plant of the Month Lilac-Syringa Lake County gets the chill hours to grow beautiful Lilac shrubs for spring flowers and fragrance. Best known is common lilac, Syringa vulgaris and its many hybrids but we also have S. persica and S. meyeri ‘Palibin’. Many think the plain lavender

Plant of the Month Epilobium cana / Zauschneria californica Common names: California fuchsia, Hummingbird Flower Now here is an easy to grow CA. native that gives you loads of orange-red trumpet shaped hummingbird attracting flowers from late summer through fall. They take full sun, but there are