Patty Walters Landscape Design
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I specialize in low-maintenance, drought-tolerant landscape designs for the Monterey and SF Bay area. I design with you to create the garden of your dreams!
Whatever your garden vision, I can help you bring it to life. I begin with your activities and thoughtfully plan space for them, choosing the right plants for your soils and microclimates and matching garden styles to your house and your region.
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06/06/2025
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City-Dwelling Monarch Butterflies Stay Put Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual migrations, but not all migrate. In recent years, more and more monarchs have been living and breeding year-round in California’s Bay Area, thanks in part to the growing presence of non-native milkweeds in urban gardens.
02/26/2025
Heads up!
Not all milkweed is created equal! While milkweed is typically planted to help monarchs, tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) can harm them.
Because of tropical milkweed's extended blooming period, it more easily spreads diseases that make monarchs sick. If a monarch already has the parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE), it can spread easily from the infected butterfly to the milkweed and then to other butterflies. OE decreases monarchs’ survival and reproductive rates and can hinder monarch migration.
If you have tropical milkweed, remove it and replace it with native milkweed varieties.
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02/25/2025
Good to know!
🌱 It's National Invasive Species Week! All week long, UC Master Gardeners will be sharing facts about invasive plants in California. Did you know the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) can grow 6 feet in a single year and spreads aggressively through both seeds and root sprouts? This invasive tree from China also releases chemicals that prevent other plants from growing nearby! Join us this week to learn how to spot invasive plants, why they matter, and simple ways you can help protect our beautiful California landscapes!
Learn more on our blog: https://mg.ucanr.edu/Social/?blogpost=61745&blogasset=64191
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