A PLANT FOR ANY GARDENER: Dogwoods are low-maintenance plants that don’t require much care once they’re established. (National Garden Bureau) Growing tips for shrub dogwoods: The straight species are ...

Ideally, you’d be reading this in very early spring, when the dogwood bloom is beginning to work its elegant magic in the older neighborhoods fanning out from Lower Bidwell Park and downtown Chico.

I have fruit tree pruning classes at 1 p.m. Fridays and 9 a.m. Saturdays during the month of December at Ahern Orchard in downtown Las Vegas. Class size is limited so you must enroll on Eventbrite or ...