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Bare root season is just around the corner. Here is a peek at next year’s new roses, with expert takes from San Diego County rosarian Rita Perwich.

A peek at upcoming concerts, fairs, meetups, blood drives and community events around San Diego County

With rose planting season commencing in January, it is time to reflect and deliberate on our must-have roses, says rosarian Rita Perwich. Here for your consideration are the new rose releases for 2023.

Keep off our beautiful lawns, Monty Don, you dont know what youre talking about  Monty Don of Gardeners’ World has declared a turf war on tidy lawns - but are they really as bad as he claims? 9 March 2021 • 4:01pm Monty Don has some choice words for men who like to obsessively mow their lawns Credit: Richard Hanmer The perfect lawn is a thing of beauty for many gardeners. It is lush, manicured, a shade of brilliant green and perhaps even has a few stripes thrown in for good measure. But,...

APHIS updates Plants for Planting manual The update will include a section on the Canada Nursery Certification Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently updated its Plants for Planting manual to include a section on the United States – Canada Nursery Certification Program (NCP), which is a bilateral export certification program for nursery-grown plants shipped between Canada and the continental United States. The NCP in...