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When you plant vegetables that you know will need staking as they mature, stake them when you plant to avoid disrupting the root system when it is developed.

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Keep petunias and fuchsias pinched back for a compact plant and more blooms all summer.

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Plant red flowering plants for Memorial Day. Look for petunias, geraniums, celosia, portulaca and salvia.

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Plant summer flowering shrubs now-- bush morning glory, glossy abelia, lemon bottlebrush, lavender starflower or hibiscus.

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Save time in the garden by mulching around plants in the ground and in containers because this will curb the weed population.

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Save time in the garden by mulching around plants in the ground and in containers because this will curb the weed population.

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Don't remove your bulbs from the ground until the foliage is dry and crisp.

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Peppers of all types are just as easily grown in a container as in the ground.

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Remember Mother's Day with a living gift from the garden center.

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May planted tomatoes often produce faster than those planted in April.

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Line wood or clay containers with thin plastic to reduce water loss during these warm months but be sure to cut a hole in the bottom for good drainage.

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For yellowing foliage on camellias and azaleas, the problem is usually from lack of iron. If an acid plant food doesn't work, as your local California Certified Nursery Professional™ for advice.

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Water your lawn in the morning because evening irrigation encourages fungus diseases.

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Be sure azaleas are protected from the hot sun. Morning sun and filtered sunlight the rest of the day is ideal.

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Feed bedding plants regularly monthly throughout the summer to keep them at their peak.

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Healthy, plush lawns don't allow many weed invasions. Fertilize and use  weed control now.

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Increase the efficiency of your water usage with drip irrigation in flower beds, vegetable gardens and containers.

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For color in a dry spot in the garden, plant portulaca, commonly known as moss rose.

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