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Care Tips

View helpful planting tips for your Sunset Plants and care tips for your garden and landscape below.

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How to Prepare the Soil

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Your Essential Spring To-Do List

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Good Bugs & Bad Bugs

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Basic Pruning Cuts

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A Crash Course in Fertilizers

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To Cut or Not to Cut

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Water Conservation 101

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Keep Your Garden Thriving in August: When to Water on the West Coast ☀️💧

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The Ultimate Gardening Guide

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From Green to Purple: How to revive your Loropetalum

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The Starbucks coffee compost test

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What’s Your Garden pH?

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A Guide to Fall Gardening

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Embracing Winter: A Sunset Plant Collection Winter To-Do List for Your Garden

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