Elk Grove Garden Club, Burbank High events Saturday
Pilea 'Chocolate Soldier' plants will be among the houseplants (and many others) available Saturday at the Elk Grove Garden Club's sale. These pileas sport pink and chartreuse flowers when they start blooming. Kathy Morrison
The Sacramento region's plant sale season hits its peak in April. Two fundraising sales coming this Saturday, April 6, fall under the category of "If you know, you know." And plant bargains are guaranteed.
Starting at 8 a.m., the Elk Grove Garden Club's spring plant sale will have an inventory that benefits from the propagation expertise of many of its members. Think succulents, houseplants, vegetables, perennials, annuals and, they promise, "unusual plants." Garden crafts also will be sold.
Looking for your summer tomatoes? Varieties at this sale will include Berkeley Tie Dye, Carbon, Medium Rare, Ace 55 VF, San Marzano, Rutgers, and two popular cherry tomatoes, Super Sweet 100 and Sun Gold.
The sale takes place at a member's home, 8609 Brodie Ct., Elk Grove, east of Highway 99, a few blocks north of Elk Grove Boulevard. The sale runs until 1 p.m. Cash or check only accepted.
Meanwhile, up the road in Sacramento, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Burbank Urban Garden (BUG) will hold its spring plant sale. The plants all are raised by students in the Luther Burbank High School Urban Agriculture Academy.
The inventory will include veggie starts such as tomatoes, onions, peas, peppers, cucumber, melons, pumpkins and squash, plus herbs, and flowers including zinnias, cosmos and marigolds. The full inventory is available on the garden's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/BurbankUrbanGarden
Burbank High is located at 3500 Florin Road, west of Highway 99 in Sacramento. The BUG is in the back of the school property, off Luther Drive.
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Garden Checklist for week of April 21
This week there’s plenty to keep gardeners busy. With no rain in the immediate forecast, remember to irrigate any new transplants.
* Weed, weed, weed! Get them before they flower and go to seed.
* April is the last chance to plant citrus trees such as dwarf orange, lemon and kumquat. These trees also look good in landscaping and provide fresh fruit in winter.
* 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.
* Spring brings a flush of rapid growth, and that means your garden is really hungry. Feed shrubs and trees with a slow-release fertilizer. Or mulch with a 1-inch layer of compost.
* Azaleas and camellias looking a little yellow? If leaves are turning yellow between the veins, give them a boost with chelated iron.
* 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.
* Pinch chrysanthemums back to 12 inches for fall flowers. Cut old stems to the ground.
* Mulch around plants to conserve moisture and control weeds.
* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, 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.
* Mid to late April is about the last chance to plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.
* Transplant lettuce seedlings. Choose varieties that mature quickly such as loose leaf.
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