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See and smell the roses at their fall finest



See new varieties of roses such as Miss Congeniality at the Sierra Foothills Rose Society rose show. (Photos: Debbie Arrington)

Sierra Foothills Rose Society hosts 55th annual show at Folsom Green Acres


This beautiful fall weather brings out the best in many flowers, particularly roses. Warm days coax out one last flourish of big blooms. Cool nights kiss the petals, making reds and oranges seem more intense.

See locally grown roses in all their beauty at the 55th annual Sierra Foothills Rose Society rose show, from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20.

Over the years, this popular fall show has moved around as the Roseville-based club brought roses and the art of rose exhibiting to the public. A decade ago, the show attracted hundreds of shoppers who stopped to smell the roses at the Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights. For several years, the show was held outdoors at Bushnell Gardens in Granite Bay.
Betty Boop floribunda stands out at this show.
Expect to see
Betty at the Sierra Foothills rose show as well.

It's now found a home at Green Acres Nursery & Supply's Folsom store, 205 Serpa Way, Folsom. This venue has proved to be an excellent setting. Gardeners can admire the roses and get expert advice while also shopping the nursery.

Anyone can enter home-grown roses in this show, which includes novice and most fragrant categories. Entries will be accepted from 7 to 10 a.m.

In addition to cut flowers, the show also features photography and arrangements.
Details:
www.sactrose.org .

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Garden Checklist for week of April 20

Before possible showers at the end of the week, take advantage of all this nice sunshine – and get to work!

* Set out tomato, pepper and eggplant transplants.

* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, radishes and squash.

* Plant onion sets.

* In the flower garden, plant seeds for asters, cosmos, celosia, marigolds, salvia, sunflowers and zinnias.

* Transplant petunias, zinnias, geraniums and other summer bloomers.

* Plant perennials and dahlia tubers for summer bloom.

* Plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.

* Transplant lettuce and cabbage seedlings.

* Smell orange blossoms? Feed citrus trees with a low dose of balanced fertilizer (such as 10-10-10) during bloom to help set fruit. Keep an eye out for ants.

* Apply slow-release fertilizer to the lawn.

* Thoroughly clean debris from the bottom of outdoor ponds or fountains.

* Trim dead flowers but not leaves from spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips. Those leaves gather energy to create next year's flowers. Also, give the bulbs a fertilizer boost after bloom.

* Spring brings a flush of rapid growth, and that means your garden is really hungry. Give shrubs and trees a dose of a slow-release fertilizer. Or mulch with a 1-inch layer of compost.

* Start thinning fruit that's formed on apple and stone fruit trees -- you'll get larger fruit at harvest (and avoid limb breakage) if some is thinned now. The UC recommendation is to thin fruit when it is about 3/4 of an inch in diameter. Peaches and nectarines should be thinned to about 6 inches apart; smaller fruit such as plums and pluots can be about 4 inches apart. Apricots can be left at 3 inches apart. Apples and pears should be thinned to one fruit per cluster of flowers, 6 to 8 inches apart.

* Azaleas and camellias looking a little yellow? If leaves are turning yellow between the veins, give them a boost with chelated iron.

* Pinch chrysanthemums back to 12 inches for fall flowers. Cut old stems to the ground.

* Weed, weed, weed! Don’t let unwanted plants go to seed.

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