Butterfly bush adapts to most soil types, including sandy ones. White- and pink-flowered varieties are also available. Siberian Pea Shrub . This is probably one of the hardiest plants in the world.

Jenna Cassel is replacing the organic soil from her backyard garden beds and spreading it out to other plants that do not produce food at her home along Shell Avenue near the Martinez Refining ...

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A mysterious white sand fell on Martinez. Now residents fear their soil is unsafe. Three months after a refinery accident showered the city in toxic dust, county warns residents about eating from ...