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Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs Among the Best Low-Water Plants at UC Davis

May 13, 2022 Spring Meadow Nursery

In the UC Landscape Plant Irrigation Trials, UC Davis horticulturists evaluate landscape plants with the potential to be good performers in low-water use landscapes. Cultivars are provided by growers and breeders who want to evaluate their varieties for low-water use in hot California gardens. To earn the Blue Ribbon™, the plant has to stand out in the garden, look good most of the year, and require minimal pruning. In the latest trials, three of the seven plants that maintained these high standards of aesthetic quality were Proven Winners® ColorChoice® varieties. …

University of California, Davis Releases 2 New Strawberry Varieties

February 15, 2021 Diane Nelson, University of California, Davis

Red, ripe strawberries are the hallmark of spring in California. Two new varieties from the Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, will provide consumers with big, flavorful strawberries throughout fall and winter, too. …

Climate Ready Landscape Plants: $ 1 Million Grant to Expand Program to Western States

July 1, 2020 Ann Filmer, University of California, Davis

A research project initiated in the Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, evaluates landscape plants in two-year trials under varying irrigation levels to determine the best irrigation level for optimal plant performance in regions requiring supplemental summer water. …

Harold McClarty to be Honored With an Award of Distinction at UC Davis

October 2, 2019 UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Harold McClarty, a fifth-generation California farmer who built the international tree fruit and grape-growing business HMC Farms, will be honored October 4 with an Award of Distinction from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES). …

UC Davis Study Shows Effects Of Climate Change On Oyster Farming

August 12, 2019 DAN SQUIER, Eureka Times-Standard

A four-year academic study funded by California Sea Grant and conducted by lead researcher Ted Grosholz of UC Davis found that oyster habitats in bays and estuaries along the California coast can be impacted by climate change. …