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Find the best succulents for Sacramento


The succulent known as hen and chicks is among the most popular and is easy to grow in Sacramento. (Photo:
Debbie Arrington)

Annual show and sale features wide variety of popular plants

With their interesting shapes, textures and colors, succulent plants have become the hottest stars in California gardens.

Find the best ones to grow in Sacramento during the 59th annual Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Show, set for Saturday and Sunday at Shepard Garden and Arts Center.

With their low-water needs, succulents are a natural pick for drought-tolerant gardens. But with their sculptural look, succulents also have gained huge popularity for many non-garden uses.

Succulents have become a hit in bouquets and centerpieces for weddings and other special occasions. They’re used to create vertical wall plantings and as topiary garden art. They can hang from baskets or get cozy in containers. Their foliage can be made into wreaths and table decorations.

At this show, see examples of creative ways to use succulents and cacti as well as some eye-popping specimen plants.

Take home some plants, too. Presented by the Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society, this event features a huge sale of hard-to-find varieties at reasonable prices.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 4 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 5.  The Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, on the north end of McKinley Park. Admission and parking are free.

Details:
http://sacramentocss.com/

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Put off big chores and planting until later in the week when the weather is cooler. In the meantime, remember to stay hydrated – advice for both you and your garden.

* Keep your vegetable garden watered, mulched and weeded. Water before 8 a.m. to reduce the chance of fungal infection and to conserve moisture.

* Water, then fertilize vegetables and blooming annuals, perennials and shrubs to give them a boost. Feeding flowering plants every other week will extend their bloom.

* Give vegetable plants bone meal or other fertilizers high in phosphate to stimulate more blooms and fruiting.

* Add some summer color. Plant petunias, snapdragons, zinnias and marigolds.

* From seed, plant corn, pumpkins, radishes, winter squash and sunflowers. Plant Halloween pumpkins now.

* Pinch back chrysanthemums for bushy plants and more flowers in September.

* Remove spent flowers from roses, daylilies and other bloomers as they finish flowering.

* Pinch off blooms from basil so the plant will grow more leaves.

* Cut back lavender after flowering to promote a second bloom.

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