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Behr's metalmark on buckwheat

Garden Dormancy

Published on September 26, 2021September 26, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Dormancy in the southern California garden

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Keeping Plants Alive in Extreme Heat

Published on June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

(Posted on July 8, 2018, also see Tips for Native Plant Heat Wave Gardening, Sept. 18. 2018) We are currently enjoying a balmy 99+ degree day. After the record breaking

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Helianthus annuus

What to do with green waste in the garden

Published on October 4, 2020January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Learn to use your garden green waste sustainably without power machines or sending it to the landfill. And for everyone's health: NO BLOWERS!

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Wildflowers in front yard

How to create your own superbloom

Published on May 5, 2020January 31, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Learn to grow your own wildflower superbloom

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Garden 28, TPF Garden Tour

Theodore Payne Virtual Garden Tour

Published on March 28, 2020January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Virtual Native Plant Garden Tour, Garden 28, South Pasadena. Tour this South Pasadena native plant garden: front yard wildflowers, backyard flannel bush, flagstone paths, sustainable gardening practices.

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Western fence lizard

Keep It Messy for Nature

Published on January 25, 2020January 25, 2020 by weedingwildsuburbia

Native plants are only one element of a good native garden. Banish all leafblowers and machinary to make your garden hospitable to birds and other critters.

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Robber flies

3 Garden Pests – Thrips, Scales, Ants

Published on September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 by weedingwildsuburbia

Learn to keep your native plants healthy without resorting to toxic chemicals. Control garden pests, ants, thrips and scales.

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Eriogonum fasciculatum

How to Prune CA Buckwheat

Published on January 9, 2019January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

How to prune CA buckwheat

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Planting season for California native gardens

Published on November 27, 2018January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Long time since I checked in with you all. It has been a super, busy fall – wedding, plant sale, autumn foliage trip, another trip to Pacific NW, along with

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Tips for Native Plant Heat Wave Gardening

Published on September 18, 2018January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

Now that last summer’s extreme heat is behind us, it is time to take stock and see what we have learned. Although I have seen numerous articles (here and here –

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Author of Wild Suburbia - Learning to Garden with Native Plants, Barbara created and runs Friends of South Pasadena Nature Park. Each month with other volunteers, she weeds and cares for the park. She continues to garden with natives, give talks, and write. Grow native - let your garden go wild.

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