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Davis Enterprise articles!
Plant Lists and charts!


General articles!

Feel free to print and copy articles from this web site; please acknowledge Redwood Barn Nursery on each copy!

dot Crape myrtles!
dot How to Prune Roses
dot Planting bareroot trees and shrubs
dot Training Young Bare Root Fruit Trees
dot Dormant Sprays -- Q & A
dot Are Dormant Sprays Organic?
dot How safe is this pesticide?
dot Brown spots in lawns!
dot Aphid strategies!
dot Spring Diseases!
dot How to Plant a Tree!
dot Vegetable Planting Calendar!
dot Fall & Winter Vegetable Planting Chart!
dot Special Projects for Spring
dot Fall is for Planting
dot Planting a New Lawn
dot Caring for your newly planted lawn
dot Renovating an Existing Lawn
dot Gardening with Kids
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Articles by Don Shor, published in the Davis Enterprise:

Don's articles appear on the 4th Thursday of every month in the Weekend Section of the Davis Enterprise.

Copies may be obtained by email requests at redbarn@davis.com

Feel free to print and copy articles from this web site; please acknowledge Redwood Barn Nursery on each copy!




dot Planting a Butterfly Garden!
From the Davis Enterprise, January 24, 2008
dot Puckery Persimmons?
From the Davis Enterprise, December 27, 2007
dot Low Water Landscaping!
From the Davis Enterprise, November 22, 2007
dot Plant Spring Flowering Bulbs Now!
From the Davis Enterprise, October 25, 2007
dot Early Autumn Flowers!
From the Davis Enterprise, September 27, 2007
dot Growing Giant Vegetables!
From the Davis Enterprise, August 23, 2007
dot Cotton, Gumbo, and Marshmallows: the Mallow Family!
From the Davis Enterprise, July 26, 2007
dot Summer Planting in the Sacramento Valley!
From the Davis Enterprise, June 28, 2007
dot Herbs for Kitchen & Pleasure!
From the Davis Enterprise, May 24, 2007
dot Rose disorders!
From the Davis Enterprise, April 26, 2007
dot Hottest summer? Disappearing bees? Media notes!
From the Davis Enterprise, March 22, 2007
dot The 'Other' Roses!
From the Davis Enterprise, February 22, 2007
dot After the Freeze--What to do?!
From the Davis Enterprise, January 25, 2007
dot Fragrance in the Garden!
From the Davis Enterprise, September 28, 2006
dot Gardening in Containers!
From the Davis Enterprise, August 24, 2006
dot Sunflowers!
From the Davis Enterprise, July 27, 2006
dot Shades of Purple!
From the Davis Enterprise, June 22, 2006
dot Plants for the shade!
From the Davis Enterprise, May 25, 2006
dot Citrus--the lesser-known varieties!
From the Davis Enterprise, April 27, 2006
dot Hedges and Screens!
From the Davis Enterprise, March 23, 2006
dot Winter 2006--A Season of Contrasts!
From the Davis Enterprise, February 23, 2006
dot Dormant Pruning: Keep It Simple!
From the Davis Enterprise, January 26, 2006
dot The Stars of Winter!
From the Davis Enterprise, December 30, 2005
dot The Plants of Thanksgiving!
From the Davis Enterprise, November 24, 2005
dot Fall Questions: Ask the Nursery Guy!
From the Davis Enterprise, October 27, 2005
dot Autumn Notes!
From the Davis Enterprise, September 22, 2005
dot Cool Season Vegetables!
From the Davis Enterprise, August 25, 2005
dot August Doldrums?!
From the Davis Enterprise, July 28, 2005
dot Does it grow here? We get questions....
From the Davis Enterprise, June 23, 2005
dot A Tomato Primer!
From the Davis Enterprise, May 26, 2005
dot Seeds that are Easy To Grow!
From the Davis Enterprise, April 29, 2005
dot Vines!
From the Davis Enterprise, March 24, 2005
dot Growing Orchids!
From the Davis Enterprise, February 24, 2005
dot Choosing Fruit Trees!
From the Davis Enterprise, January 27, 2005
dot Winter Weather questions?
From the Davis Enterprise, December 23, 2004
dot Fall Bulbs for Spring Bloom!
From the Davis Enterprise, October28, 2004
dot House Plants!
From the Davis Enterprise, September 23, 2004
dot Choosing a Garden Path!
From the Davis Enterprise, August 26, 2004
dot Water Slowly, Deeply, Infrequently!
From the Davis Enterprise, July 22, 2004
dot Growing Berries!
From the Davis Enterprise, May 27, 2004
dot April FAQ's--common questions in spring!
From the Davis Enterprise, April 22, 2004
dot Great Garden Soil!
From the Davis Enterprise, March 25, 2004
dot The Small Flowering Trees of Spring!
From the Davis Enterprise, February 26, 2004
dot Rose Pruning Explained!
From the Davis Enterprise, January 22, 2004
dot Winter Tapestries!
From the Davis Enterprise, December 24, 2003
dot Zoned out? Our climate zones and regions!
From the Davis Enterprise, November 26, 2003
dot Weather West of the Causeway!
From the Davis Enterprise, October 23, 2003
dot Garden Myths and Opportunities!
From the Davis Enterprise, September 25, 2003
dot Grow Your own Meadow! Using Ornamental Grasses
From the Davis Enterprise, July 24, 2003
dot Ten Easy Perennials!
From the Davis Enterprise, June 26, 2003
dot Spring Diseases!
From the Davis Enterprise, May 22, 2003
dot Aphid Strategies!
From the Davis Enterprise, April 24, 2003
dot If I Were Planting A Vegetable Garden!
From the Davis Enterprise, March 27, 2003
dot Microclimates--using the niches in your yard!
From the Davis Enterprise, February 27, 2003
dot What's New in '03?
From the Davis Enterprise, January 23. 2003
dot December 26 is Boxing Day!
From the Davis Enterprise, December 26, 2002
dot Trees--Some of our Favorite Evergreens!
From the Davis Enterprise, November 27, 2002
dot Trees--Also-Rans and Bad Actors!
From the Davis Enterprise, October 24, 2002
dot Some of Our Favorite Trees!
From the Davis Enterprise, September 26, 2002
dot Gardening by Moonlight!
From the Davis Enterprise, August 22, 2002
dot Extreme Heat!
From the Davis Enterprise, July 25, 2002
dot A Touch of the Tropics!
From the Davis Enterprise, June 27, 2002
dot Made for the Shade!
From the Davis Enterprise, May 23, 2002
dot Gardening can be easy, really!
From the Davis Enterprise, April 18, 2002
dot Water Woes--the Facts About Our Water
From the Davis Enterprise, March 21, 2002
dot On the Verge of Spring?
From the Davis Enterprise, February 21, 2002
dot Fruit Trees in the Landscape
From the Davis Enterprise, January 24, 2002
dot Stop Tree Abuse! Staking and Training Trees!
From the Davis Enterprise, December 27, 2001
dot Evergreens: framing the landscape
From the Davis Enterprise, November 21, 2001
dot Choosing a Shade Tree!
From the Davis Enterprise, October 18, 2001
dot October is a month of contrasts!
From the Davis Enterprise, September 20, 2001
dot September means planning for winter fragrance!
From the Davis Enterprise, August 23, 2001
dot August is a difficult month!
From the Davis Enterprise, July 26, 2001
dot Summer Gardening in the Sacramento Valley!
From the Davis Enterprise, June 28, 2001
dot Peppers--sweet or hot! Pick a Peck!
From the Davis Enterprise, May 31, 2001
dot Everyone Loves Tomatoes!
From the Davis Enterprise, March 22, 2001
dot Deciduous Flowering Shrubs--Sentimental Favorites!
From the Davis Enterprise, February 22, 2001
dot Dormant Pruning of Fruit Trees and FAQs (frequently asked questions)
From the Davis Enterprise, 25 January 2001
dot Holiday Plants Care and FAQs (frequently asked questions)
From the Davis Enterprise, 28 December 2000
dot Frost Protection
From the Davis Enterprise, November 2000
dot Perennials -- plants for color all year, and year after year!
From the Davis Enterprise, 25 May 2000
dot Summer Vegetables in Davis and FAQs (frequently asked questions)
From the Davis Enterprise, 20 April 2000
dot Gardening for Wildlife
From the Davis Enterprise, Spring 2000, and Duck Days--2/18/01
dot Growing Bamboo in the Sacramento Valley
From the Davis Enterprise
dot Summer Session: Watering 101
From the Davis Enterprise
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Plants lists -- Charts-- Tables -- Reference Lists:

dot Bamboo for the Sacramento Valley
dot Things called 'bamboo' that aren't bamboo
dot Citrus Trees
dot Crape myrtles!
dot House Plants!
dot Lavenders!
dot Passiflora--Passion flowers and passion fruit!
dot Seasonally Flowering Perennials -- a chart
dot Plants that Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies
dot Shade trees for Yolo and Solano Counties--a table of recommended (and NOT recommended) shade trees with comments.
dot Evergreen trees for Yolo and Solano Counties
dot Shade Trees Chart
dot Fall & Winter Vegetable Planting Chart!
dot Roses -- Specific characteristics
dot Fruit Trees and Vines in the bareroot season
dot Living Christmas Trees -- Which to choose?
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