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		<title>The Life Cycle of Seeds: Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Meghan Walla-Murphy (Part one of a four-part series about the physiology and life cycle of seeds) As vernal equinox approaches and spring begins to take hold, hillsides, meadows, grasslands, and even gardens transform. Tender, bright green shoots overtake the brown dormancy of winter. New growth reaches for the sun as the days lengthen and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grownatives.cnps.org&#038;blog=11017308&#038;post=509&#038;subd=caplants&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Artemisia in the Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>California Native Plant Society</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When spoken, the word Artemisia rolls off the tongue with ease.  This genus received its mellifluous moniker in honor of Greek Queen Artemisia whose name was in turn inspired by the Greek Goddess Artemis.   But when faced with common names such as sagebrush, mugwort, wormwood and sandwort, gardeners may not be inspired to search these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grownatives.cnps.org&#038;blog=11017308&#038;post=486&#038;subd=caplants&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And Then There Were Three!</title>
		<link>http://grownatives.cnps.org/2011/06/10/and-then-there-were-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AND THEN THERE WERE THREE! Two penstemons met on a SoCal crest Scarlet and Purple, each knew they were best A bee sipped one, flew dust to the other Scarlet as father, Purple as mother Bred Violet, classy best in the West. &#160; Scarlet bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius) and purple or showy penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis) are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grownatives.cnps.org&#038;blog=11017308&#038;post=478&#038;subd=caplants&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Said It Was Not A Bee!</title>
		<link>http://grownatives.cnps.org/2011/05/02/i-said-it-was-not-a-bee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 20:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I SAID IT WAS NOT A BEE! Hours searching, red-eyed and teary Scanning late near midnight weary Endless screens listing fakey bees None sporting thick gold thighs and knees I turned away from wasps and flies To swarms of bees, with many sighs. California links not far away Pointed to a Megachilidae Bug guide dot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grownatives.cnps.org&#038;blog=11017308&#038;post=456&#038;subd=caplants&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Build It and They Will Come</title>
		<link>http://grownatives.cnps.org/2011/03/30/build-it-and-birds-will-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>California Native Plant Society</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tanya Kucak Five years ago, Jim and Meredith Howard bought a 1971 slab house with a flat concrete-paved backyard in the San Francisco Bay area and began transforming it into a habitat garden. They wanted to create an interesting and functional space that attracted native birds and insects, learn the local native plants, improve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grownatives.cnps.org&#038;blog=11017308&#038;post=417&#038;subd=caplants&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Rains of December</title>
		<link>http://grownatives.cnps.org/2011/03/30/the-big-rains-of-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>California Native Plant Society</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vince Scheidt It’s raining! Most native plant gardeners in the dry southwest get excited just thinking about it. The purists &#8211; those who do not irrigate at all &#8211; wait patiently through the spring, summer and fall months for the first winter rains to awaken their dormant and thirsty native plants and begin the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grownatives.cnps.org&#038;blog=11017308&#038;post=429&#038;subd=caplants&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aesthetic Pruning of California Native Plants</title>
		<link>http://grownatives.cnps.org/2011/03/29/aesthetic-pruning-of-california-native-plants/</link>
		<comments>http://grownatives.cnps.org/2011/03/29/aesthetic-pruning-of-california-native-plants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Aesthetic Pruning of California Native Plants" by Allison Levin<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grownatives.cnps.org&#038;blog=11017308&#038;post=407&#038;subd=caplants&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cooking with Native Plants</title>
		<link>http://grownatives.cnps.org/2010/12/23/cooking-with-native-plants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miner’s Lettuce Gourmet Soup and other recipes made with California Native Plants<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grownatives.cnps.org&#038;blog=11017308&#038;post=401&#038;subd=caplants&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Napa Native Plant Garden</title>
		<link>http://grownatives.cnps.org/2010/12/23/napa-native-plant-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Kumar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["This gem of a native garden is made possible by dedicated CNPS volunteers like Kathleen Chasey."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grownatives.cnps.org&#038;blog=11017308&#038;post=400&#038;subd=caplants&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you thinking SPRING yet? by Pete Veilleux</title>
		<link>http://grownatives.cnps.org/2010/11/24/are-you-thinking-spring-yet-by-pete-veilleux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use photos to plan your gardens and to look for combinations for spring color and other requirements in your California Native Garden.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grownatives.cnps.org&#038;blog=11017308&#038;post=378&#038;subd=caplants&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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