See and smell spring beauties – and take some home, too
Revel in roses Saturday at the 76th Sacramento Rose Show. View the "rose royalty" -- the blooms that earned top honors in the show. Also, beautiful cut roses like the ones here will be for sale, $1 per stem, $10 for a dozen including a vase. Debbie Arrington
It’s time to celebrate spring – and smell the roses. (One contest depends on a lot of noses.)
On Saturday, April 27, the Sacramento Rose Society will host its 76th annual Sacramento Rose Show at Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley Park. The show’s theme: “A Spring Walk in the Rose Garden.” Show hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free.
Our roller-coaster spring weather has been challenging for rose growers (roses don’t like weather whiplash). But recent warm days should assure plenty of entries. See hundreds of blooms at their peak of beauty. You may even discover a new favorite rose variety.
Back this year is a flower fan favorite: The contest for “Most Fragrant Rose.” The public picks the winner among entries known to be particularly fragrant.
Society members will be on hand to answer questions about roses and rose horticulture. Got a mystery rose you’d like to know more about? Bring a sample or a photo.
Take some gorgeous flowers home, too; cut roses will be available for a suggested donation ($1 per stem, $10 for a dozen including a vase, while supply lasts).
Want to enter a rose in the show? Free entries are open to the public. The “Novice” category (for exhibitors who have never won a trophy in an accredited rose show) has slots for best hybrid tea or grandiflora (typically big single blooms) as well as seven other categories. Cut the rose with a long stem (preferably 12 inches or more) and plenty of foliage. Vases are provided. But arrive early. Entry deadline is 10 a.m.
In addition to exhibition roses, rose arrangements will be competing for top honors in the artistic division. Designs will be rosy interpretations of that “Spring Walk” theme, thanks to the Sacramento Floral Design Guild.
Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, in McKinley Park.
Details: www.sacramentorosesociety.org.
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Mornings this first week of summer will remain comfortably cool – just right for gardening!
* Water early in the morning to cut down on evaporation. Check soil moisture and deep water trees and shrubs. Keep new transplants and veggies evenly moist. Deep water tomatoes to encourage deep roots.
* 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.
* 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.
* Mulch, mulch, mulch! This “blanket” keeps moisture in the soil longer and helps your plants cope during hot weather.
* Avoid pot “hot feet.” Place a 1-inch-thick board under container plants sitting on pavement. This little cushion helps insulate them from radiated heat.
* Thin grapes on the vine for bigger, better clusters later this summer.
* Cut back fruit-bearing canes on berries.
* 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.
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