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Murer House hosts Lavender Day


Lavender is one of the best plants to attract bees. (Photos: Debbie Arrington)
Event explores many ways to use, grow this fragrant herb

Love lavender? Then, this event is for you.

Lavender comes in several
different varieties.
On Saturday, June 1, the Murer House in Folsom hosts Lavender Day, a celebration of all things related to this popular flowering herb.

Lavender plants will be offered for sale along with a wide assortment of items made with lavender or scented with lavender oil.

Demonstrations and a special guest speaker are part of this garden party. Learn how to make items with lavender flowers such as potpourri or tea.

Greg Gayton of
Green Acres Nursery will be the featured speaker with tips on how to grow lavender at home.

Native to the Mediterranean, lavender is well suited to Sacramento’s climate and can adapt to low water landscapes. Beloved by bees, lavender comes in different species and varieties with specific uses and needs.

Admission is free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Tours of the historic home, built in the 1890s, will be available from 10 am. to 2 p.m.

Murer House is located at 1125 Joe Murer Court in Folsom.

Details: www.murerhouse.org .

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Garden Checklist for week of June 8

Get out early to enjoy those nice mornings. There’s plenty to keep gardeners busy:

* Warm weather brings rapid growth in the vegetable garden, with tomatoes and squash enjoying the heat. Deep-water, then feed with a balanced fertilizer. Bone meal or rock phosphate can spur the bloom cycle and help set fruit.

* Generally, tomatoes need deep watering two to three times a week, but don’t let them dry out completely. Inconsistent soil moisture can encourage blossom-end rot.

* It’s not too late to transplant tomatoes, peppers or eggplant.

* From seed, plant corn, melons, pumpkins, radishes, squash and sunflowers.

* Plant basil to go with your tomatoes.

* Transplant summer annuals such as petunias, marigolds and zinnias.

* It’s also a good time to transplant perennial flowers including astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia, salvia and verbena.

* Feed camellias, azaleas and other acid-loving plants. Mulch to conserve moisture and reduce heat stress.

* Cut back Shasta daisies after flowering to encourage a second bloom in the fall.

* Trim off dead flowers from rose bushes to keep them blooming through the summer. Roses also benefit from deep watering and feeding now. A top dressing of aged compost will keep them happy. It feeds as well as keeps roots moist.

* Pinch back chrysanthemums for bushier plants with many more flowers in September.

* Tie up vines and stake tall plants such as gladiolus and lilies. That gives their heavy flowers some support.

* Dig and divide crowded bulbs after the tops have died down.

* Feed summer flowers with a slow-release fertilizer.

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