Capital City club hosts huge houseplant event Saturday
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This beauty is identified as a Rob's Boolaroo variety of
African violet, a winner at a previous Capital City show.
(Photos: Debbie Arrington)
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It’s violet time (again) in Sacramento. On Saturday, April 2, the Capital City African Violet Society will host its annual spring sale at Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley Park.
Instead of a judged show, the club will host a display of members’ prized African violets at their peak of bloom. That way patrons can see some of the beautiful varieties also offered in the sale.
The club’s major fundraiser, the sale features hundreds of plants, ready to go to new homes. Many of these are unusual varieties that aren't available in local nurseries.
In addition, the club offers supplies for growing African violets and other flowering houseplants. Also, get advice on repotting African violets and prompting them to bloom.
Sale hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday or when all plants are sold. Admission and parking are free.
Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento.
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The Shepard Center will be filled with African violets again on
April 2.
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During this stormy week, let the rain soak in while making plans for all the things you’re going to plant soon:
* During rainy weather, turn off the sprinklers. After a good soaking from winter storms, lawns can go at least a week without sprinklers, according to irrigation experts. For an average California home, that week off from watering can save 800 gallons.
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* In the vegetable garden, plant Jerusalem artichoke tubers, and strawberry and rhubarb roots.
* Transplant cabbage and its close cousins – broccoli, kale and Brussels sprouts – as well as lettuce (both loose leaf and head).
* Indoors, start peppers, tomatoes and eggplant from seed.
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* Plant potatoes from tubers and onions from sets (small bulbs). The onions will sprout quickly and can be used as green onions in March.
* From seed, plant beets, chard, lettuce, mustard, peas, radishes and turnips.
* Annuals are showing up in nurseries, but wait until the weather warms up a bit before planting. Instead, set out flowering perennials such as columbine and delphinium.
* Plant summer-flowering bulbs including cannas, calla lilies and gladiolus.
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