Home and Garden Digest: July 24, 2010

Bonsai class today in Watsonville Alladin Nursery is hosting a bonsai class 1-4 p.m. today led by Don White of the Watsonville and Santa Cruz bonsai clubs.

BITTEN BY THE BUG: Dooley gets garden fever

Roughly 10 years ago, Vince Dooley audited his first horticulture class at the University and was bitten by a very unusual insect the gardening bug. Ive always been curious about trees and plants, and so I thought Id take a course and that would satisfy my curiosity, Dooley said. I didnt know I was gonna [...]

Prune trees now for best results

Pruning of this princess tree, also known as royal paulownia, should be done in the summer since vigorous plant growth puts out unwanted branches.

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Arboretum enthusiasts fear for parks health

Along one wooded trail, a Serbian spruce stands beside a Nikko fir from the mountains of Japan. On a graceful hillside, birches native to the northern Rocky Mountains share a field with paperbark maples from central China. Birds dart among trees that date to the 19th century, gnarly giants whose heavy boughs bend to the ground. Rocky Mountain - China - Japan - Birch - Asia