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Lawn Alternative Demonstration
We have a Lawn and Lawn Alternatives area in our Palo Alto Demonstration Garden waterwise area. It demos choices for lower water, lower maintenance, and less fertilizer-using plants for home landscapes in three categories: Lawns, four types, with ...
Sheet mulching
The easiest way to replace a lawn with low water plants may be to plant on top of the lawn. Sheet mulching is a process for covering a lawn to do just that. It can be used to kill weeds as well. Sheet mulching is using cardboard or newspaper (2 or ...
Oxalis
There are two types of Oxalis weeds found in Santa Clara County: Creeping Woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata) Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae) also known as Buttercup Oxalis Information about how to control both of these weeds can be found in the UC ...
Citrus Tree Problems
If you have problems with a citrus tree—including orange, lemon, lime—UC has resources that may help: Citrus Diseases and Disorders of Leaves and Twigs covers a range of problems including branch dieback, sooty mold, yellow leaves, and more. This ...
White grubs
We often get questions regarding grubs in people's gardens. Your grubs are most likely the larvae of golden brown beetles or green fruit beetles. The golden brown beetle larvae, known as a masked chafer, is often seen in and can cause damage to ...