Q: I found fuzzy things on my oak leaves. What are they and should I be concerned? A: These are plant galls — swellings of plant tissue on the roots, stems, trunk, leaves and flowers. Galls can be ...

Q:Now that you've ventured into a discussion of rats and lemons, how about gophers and euphorbias? I have an ongoing gopher problem and decided to replace some vanished/eaten plants with euphorbia, ...

Q I hope you can give us some suggestions as to what is best to plant on a hillside in poor soil and is not liked by gophers. Red apple iceplant (Aptenia hybrid) seems to do well but is eventually ...

Over the years, I've come upon some really crazy ways to keep rodents out of gardens. Those burrowing types -- such as rabbits, gophers and ground squirrels -- can devastate a vegetable garden or ...

Q: I moved from the Bay Area to the coast of Oregon. The weather patterns are similar, though a bit cooler and rainier, so your plant guides work well here. I still visit my mother in the Bay Area, ...

Gopher Plant (Euphorbia rigida) is an import from the Mediterranean and southwest Asia. Its Latin name tells us a bit about its heritage. King Juba II of Numidia, later Mauritania, named the plant ...

Over the years, I”ve come upon some really crazy ways to keep rodents out of gardens. Those burrowing types — such as rabbits, gophers and ground squirrels — can devastate a vegetable garden or fruit ...

The store will be open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. It is spring and you've just turned over your winter green manure, double dug your beds, and transplanted seedlings. The soil looked ...

You have seen these around town in the medians or in your home’s landscape. One of my new favorite plants is the Gopher plant or Euphorbia rigida. You know we gardeners are always changing our ...

In May, Emmy Ulmschneide and I wrote an article about Gopher Plant. In the last paragraph we stated: “Wear gloves when pruning and touching any broken stems. This plant produces a white sap that can ...