More plants with an invasive pest, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, arrived at Costcos in Sacramento County last week, marking the second time in roughly two months that the bulk grocery store chain received infected plants.
The Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office told The Sacramento Bee that shipments of desert willows, a type of ornamental plant, had viable egg masses on their leaves. It is possible that some of the plants got sold, the county office said. The plants were shipped from a nursery in Tyler, Texas.
These plant shipments were expected at more than 85 Costco locations throughout the state, according to an email shared between county agricultural offices obtained by The Bee…