A Planner's Guide For Oak Woodlands
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Designed for professional planners, consultants, and landscape architects, this new edition provides science-based information that can guide decision-making.
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Abiotic Disorders of Landscape Plants
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This book contains a wealth of information to help you diagnose disorders caused by environmental, physiological or other nonbiological factors. A "must-have" for every landscape pro!
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Abiotic Disorders of Landscape Plants - EPUB
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This manual contains a wealth of information to help you diagnose abiotic disorders in landscape plants, now in a handy, portable EPUB format for use on iOS and other compatible devices.
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Abiotic Disorders of Landscape Plants - Kindle
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This manual contains a wealth of information to help you diagnose abiotic disorders in landscape plants–disorders caused by environmental, physiological or other nonbiological factors - all in a portable format for use on your mobile device in the field.
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Direct Seeding Woody Plants in the Landscape
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Direct-seeding can considerably reduce planting and maintenance costs as compared to starting with nursery grown plants, particularly if there is little or no irrigation after planting. This is an unaltered scan of the 1979 print edition.
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Drought Tip: Use of Graywater in Urban Landscapes in California
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Have you thought about using a greywater syteem in your landscape during the drought? Here you'll learn what graywater is, the basics of laundry-to-landscape systems, and the benefits and risks of graywater systems to humans, other animals, and plants.
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Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape
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The eucalyptus tortoise beetle is found throughout southern California, the Central Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Adults and larvae chew semicircular or irregular notches along edges of eucalyptus leaves and can remove most of a leaf’s surface.
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Fertilizing Landscape Trees
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Advice on determining what nutrients your landscape tree needs and how to to apply them.
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Home Landscaping for Fire
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Incorporating fire safe concepts into your landscape is one of the most important ways you can help your home survive a wildfire. You can have both a beautiful landscape and a fire safe home when you establish and maintain a "defensible space."
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Indian Walking Stick: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape
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Walking stick insects came from India to California through the pet trade but have escaped the cage and are now found in the wild in southern and coastal areas. Newly emerged nymphs may feed heavily on new flush growth in landscape plants.
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Inspeccione los árboles del jardĂn para ver si hay peligros
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Cuando un árbol pierde una rama—o peor—en una tormenta, puede causar daño a propiedad o a personas, y incluso la muerte. Esta publicación le ayudará reconocer defectos estructurales de los árboles antes de que causen daño o lesiones.
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Inspect Your Landscape Trees for Hazards
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California Master Gardener Tip Sheet. When a tree loses a limb -- or worse -- in a storm, it can cause property damage, injury, and even death. Here are some tips to help you recognize weak limbs and other trouble spots before anyone gets hurt.
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Landscape Maintenance Pest Control
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This is a complete guide to using pesticides safely in turf, landscape, and interiorscape situations ranging from parks and golf courses to indoor malls.
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Landscape Pest Identification Cards
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These pocket-size laminated cards can be carried with you as a handy reference to insect and mite pests as well as important diseases in landscape plants.
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Lavenders for California Gardens
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Lavender is a delightful and useful garden plant. It can be used as a drought-tolerant low hedge, a specimen plant, a cut flower, and an herb that provides a fragrant addition to many herbal projects.
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Myoporum Thrips: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape
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Myoporum thrips can damage or even kill Myoporum plants, flowering decorative shrubs and groundcovers native to Mauritius and popular as landscape plants in regions of California. Download to learn how to identify and control this pest in the garden.
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Oaks in the Urban Landscape
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Here is a complete look at the management of oaks in urban areas. You’ll learn how species selection, genetic diversity, cultural practices, pest management, risk assessment, and protection during development all play key roles in preserving urban oaks.
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Palm Diseases in the Landscape: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape
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Several major diseases can attack palm trees in California. Some come on gradually; others (like Sudden Crown Drop) are catastrophic. Learn to plant the right palm in the right place and then use an IPM approach to monitor and prevent potential disease.
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Planting Landscape Trees
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Learn the basics of planting and caring for a new landscape tree.
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Recognizing Tree Hazards: A Photographic Guide for Homeowners
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Rain and wind can bring down drought stressed trees. This photographic color guide illustrates seven of the most common structural tree defects that often lead to tree failure. Using this guide, you can conduct a basic inspection to determine if any of your trees is a hazard.
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