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Davis Garden Show
Nursery pro Don Shor has been gardening and selling plants in Davis for more than three decades.
Join Don and co-host Lois Richter as they discuss and answer your questions on all things for the garden.
Submit a question (or a brag!) to DavisGardenShow@gmail.com
Episodes
- Davis Garden Show
Davis Garden Show, Oct. 29, 2026
Today’s topics: fall planting ideas, building soil in fall for next summer, tomato circle planting, neem issues, winter berry toxicity, crickets , salvia…
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Davis Garden Show — Oct. 22, 2026
Today’s topics: garden in a cage, necta-plum and lime problems, ceanothus and other woody natives, Afghan redbud, and Lesya pepper.
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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 15, 2026
Today’s topics: bananas in Montreal, problems with dwarf spruces, Formosan flame tree, screening an ADU with bamboo, ceanothus, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 8, 2026
Today’s topics: persimmons, fall planting sequence, Imperial Star artichokes, allelopathy, quince fruit, growing roselle for tea, potatoes, and more
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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 1, 2026
Today’s topics: edibles in the shade, planning for El Niño, the Dolly Parton rose, San Marzano tomatoes, managing bermudagrass and tall fescue, spots on pear…
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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 24 2026
Today’s topics: Plumbagos, persimmons ripening early, using trap crops, Dr. Elaine Ingram’s soil food web, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 17, 2026
Today's topics: storing dahlias, low shrubs for shade, ideas for a school garden coordinator, sweet olive and night-blooming jessamine, September tomato count…
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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 10, 2026
Today’s topics: planting amaryllis, saving tomato seed, young rose cuttings, damage by tree rats, Aloe vera, green petunias and superhot peppers, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 3, 2026
Today's topics: late blight followup, growing daphne, flowers for winter, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Aug. 27, 2026
Today’s topics: tomato followup questions, mosquito bucket of doom and other remedies, dividing irises, ongoing veg planter problems, pollinator plant topics…
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Davis Garden Show, Aug. 20, 2026
Today’s topics: tomato problems, jumping worms, some low shrubs, showy amaranthus, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Aug. 13, 2026
Today’s topics: planting brassicas now, mosquitoes, allelopathy and fennel, pests of cherries and eucalyptus, the string-of plants and cat safety, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Aug. 6, 2026
Today’s topics: sun scald on tomatoes, citrus leaf problems, screening a view, brown-eyed susans, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, July 30, 2026
Today’s topics: tomato reports, crape myrtle aphids, citrus leafminers, overdoing nitrogen, fruit twinning, loquats, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, July 23, 2026
Today’s topics: soil for a raised planter, brown spots in lawns, the bugs of summer, amaryllis flowering now, and more
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Davis Garden Show, July 16, 2026
Today’s topics: weather blahs, year-around harvest, winter squash, alligator lizards, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, July 9, 2026
Today’s topics: blossom end rot, boxwood blight resistance, flowers for summer heat, passion fruit, figs, and more
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Davis Garden Show, July 2, 2026
Today’s topics: blueberries, holey leaves, bamboo, cherry crop failure, four o’clocks, rats and squirrels.
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Davis Garden Show, June 25, 2026
Today’s topics: Verbena bonariensis, managing whiteflies, hillside grasses, pumpkin flower problems, flowers in June, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, June 18, 2026
Today’s topics, many quick questions: cucumbers, miniature roses, mulberries, sterile soil and potting soils, fishtail palm problems, planting late season…
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Davis Garden Show, June 11, 2026
Today’s topics: hot weather issues, sharpshooter update, pruning a phlox, dealing with a sudden sun increase, lavender, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, June 4, 2026
Today’s topics: watering, struggling maple tree, more on upright trees, June flowers, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, May 28, 2026
Today’s topics: first ripe tomatoes, glassy-winged sharpshooter alert, tree ideas for a Sacramento yard, growing lilies, and more
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Davis Garden Show, May 21, 2026
Today’s topics: feeding azaleas, grey mold on sunflowers, leaf curl on a peach, aphids on plums and apricots, linden trees, planning for hot weather, flowers…
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Davis Garden Show May 14 2026
Today’s topics: young tree issues, leaf footed bugs, garlic, aphids, fungus weather, fragrant shrubs, and more.
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Davis Garden Show – Big Day of Giving
Today’s topics: spring leaf diseases, vertical planters, Hippeastrum bulbs, more on summer vegetables, and more. Love the Davis Garden Show? Please help keep…
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Davis Garden Show, April 30, 2026
Today’s topics: bluebells, amaryllis, tomato seedlings, bay laurel seedlings, dahlias, talking to kids, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, April 23, 2026
Today’s topics: April gardening tips, landscaping to prevent weeds, excess nitrogen, hole-y leaves, straw bale gardening, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, April 16, 2026
Today’s topics: growing bamboo for stakes, purple flowering trees, getting started with houseplants, trying to control bermudagrass, growing dianthus, broccoli…
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Davis Garden Show, April 9, 2026
Today’s topics: rooting cuttings, spring fungus, trumpet vines revisited, coffee grounds and compost, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, April 2, 2026
Today’s topics: trumpet vines, tree problems, slicing tomatoes, pruning hedges, tomato labels, screening out aphids, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, March 26, 2026
Today's topics: plants called ice plant, lilacs, buddleja, designing with natives, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, March 19, 2026
Today's topics: Grevilleas, redbuds, testing seeds for germination, plant resources, dwarf tomatoes, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, March 12, 2026
Today’s topics: first lilac flowers, golden currant, caging vegetables, quick watering comments, succession plantings, and more
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Davis Garden Show, March 5, 2026
Today’s topics: flowering plums, yellow flowered vines, types of lavenders, soil quality, salt as a weed killer, narcissus, quick tomato variety review, and…
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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 26, 2026
On today’s show: tomatoes for the coast, planting potatoes, seeds to plant now, small tree for winter focal point, February bloom calendar, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 19, 2026
Today's topics: lemon tree and redbud problems, drainage questions, arborvitae issues, blood oranges, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 12, 2026
Today’s topics: protecting young plants, Meyer lemon problems, pruning apricots, Arum italicum, trees flowering now, quick fruit tree training notes, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 5, 2026
Today’s topics: sweetest mandarin continued, summer vegetable variety suggestions, verbena for beneficials, redbud shortage, house plants and drainage, and…
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Davis Garden Show, Jan. 29, 2026
Today's topics: cilantro germination, passiflora vigor, sweetest mandarins, fertilizer numbers, questions about grapefruits and plum trees, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Jan. 22, 2026
Today’s topics: fruit tree resources, AI issues and humor, indirect cold injury, flowers and veggies to plant now, bulbs for shade, growing fruit trees from…
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Davis Garden Show, Jan.15, 2026
Today we talk about edible plants for a coastal hedge, citrus for cooler climates, quick and simple rose pruning, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Jan. 1, 2026
Today’s topics: scion exchanges and plum grafting, small fruit info, pear tree shortage, pruning tips, the Puerto Rico rose, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Dec. 25, 2025
Today’s topics: buffalograss planting project, berries for the coast, blueberries, Salvia gesneriiflora, pruning citrus, and more. Link to our buffalograss…
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Davis Garden Show, Dec. 18, 2025
Today’s topics: dreary weather, asparagus, wolves as pollinators? Also Japanese maples, moss poles, Ginkgo trees and some tree talk.
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Davis Garden Show, Dec. 11, 2025
Today’s topics: drizzly weather, dormancy of plants, roses for winter and for shade, buffalograss, apples for our region, puckery persimmons, and more
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Davis Garden Show, Dec. 4, 2025
Today’s topics: fall in the garden, saffron crocus, fireblight continued, a weeping olive tree, oxalis continued, Cotton Candy grape, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 27, 2025
Today's topics: the plants of Thanksgiving, holiday plant toxicity, a listener’s frost protection box, fireblight, coastal tomatoes, female ginkgoes, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 20, 2025
Today’s topics: November planting, house plant soils, rose pruning, species tulips, winter daphne, wood chips and ISHB, and more
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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 13, 2025
Today's topics: citrus leafminer and alternate bearing, calatheas as houseplants, gophers and bulbs, turfgrass seed blend, ailanthus and spotted lanternfly.
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Davis Garden Show, Nov. 6, 2025
Today's topics: Houseplants for a cool sunroom, frost, loquats and fireblight, chilling hours revisited, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 30, 2025
Today’s topics: about redleaf plums and crabapples, yellowing leaves of citrus, pumpkins for pepitas, winter berries for wildlife.
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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 23, 2025
Today's topics: unusual grape varieties, bringing your houseplants indoors, the subtropical spectrum, Lantanas, apples for California, weed ID resource, late…
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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 16, 2025
Today's topics: planting milkweed, Pacific irises, those yellow flowering trees, sowbugs, and more
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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 9, 2025
Today’s topics: grape mystery, fragrant plants for a planter, cool season annuals, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 2, 2025
Today's topics: Early Girl tomato issues, berries for this area, a backyard soil issue, Carolina reaper in a pot, Holodiscus in the valley, pruning a…
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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 25, 2025
Today's topics: roots invading a raised bed, Anigozanthos, blueberries, grubs, inoculant for legumes and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 18, 2025
Today's topics: weird weather coming, fall planting sequence, a world record sunflower, Mi Mae’s lawn replacement, hoverflies, and more.
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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 11, 2025
Today’s topics: tomato and pepper updates, grafted peppers, sudden limb drop, decomposed granite under trees, figs and small trees for a courtyard, olive fruit…
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Davis Garden Show, Sept. 4, 2025
Today’s topics: broccoli and cauliflower, verticillium wilt vs. tomato russet mite, planting in a city open space, and more