UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
South Coast Research and Extension Center
(South Coast REC)
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: (949) 653-1809
Frontage and back in the slope area, Kurapia is growing healthy and beautifully.
Kurapia is well even under the...
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Mark meets Director of ADWR
Lisa Williams, Manager, Planning & Data management
Thomas Buschatzke, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources
Mark Ohde, President, Kurapia, Inc.
(from left to right)...
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Torrance, California
Mark left to Japan on Feb 6 and returned today on March 10.
A pot of Kurapia was left over the patio with no irrigation for 32 days.
Though we had some rainy and cloudy days during the period,
Kurapia looks well and healthy.
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Kurapia completes a drought tolerant evaluation study.
03.01.2015 | Category, Case Study, Kurapia News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Kurapia completes a drought tolerant evaluation study.
UC Davis and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources jointly performed irrigation trials of Kurapia, a utility ground cover for a 2 year evaluation period between 2012 - 2014.
The study was conducted by investigators K...
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The CCUH is currently involved in researching the performance of Kurapia (Phyla nodiflora), a new low-water groundcover developed in Japan. It was developed for drought conditions and is tolerant of different soils and a range of temperatures. It grows quickly to establish ground cover but is ...
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Kurapia saves water (Win) and the water bill (Win) while maintaining environment (Win) evergreen.
01.29.2015 | Category, Kurapia News
Green Exchange Rebate Programs by Water Agencies are generally available to both residential and businesses (industrial, commercial, institutional) including large landscape accounts, offering around a $2.00(*1) per square foot incentive for lawn/turfgrass replacement. The programs' goal is to reduc...
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Kurapia is maintaining evergreen at Delta Bluegrass Showcase Garden
in Stockton, CA in January winter season...
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“Kurapia is a great option where you need a groundcover that won’t get irrigated.
10.24.2014 | Category, Kurapia News
Davis enterprise, a community newspaper covering Davis and Yolo County released on Oct 24, 2014, an article titled UC researchers: How low-water can our landscapes go? The article reported a story on UC Agriculture and Natural Science researchers Loren Oki and Karrie Reid test plants’ ability to s...
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How low water can our landscapes go?
Kurapia is a great option where you need a groundcover that won’t get irrigated. I think it will be great in what they call ‘hell strips,’ ” Reid says. “That’s the area between the sidewalk and the street where it’s notoriously difficult to grow an...
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Kurapia — a deep-rooted, low-water-use, low maintenance ground cover — will be for sale at Saturday's Friends of the Arboretum Plant Sale.
Besides being low-water and low-maintenance, kurapia’s extensive root system makes it beneficial for reducing soil erosion and water runoff. It also g...
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