Sacramento Chrysanthemum Society offers 1,000 plants in 85-plus varieties
These chrysanthemum cuttings are ready for the sale Saturday. Courtesy Sacramento Chrysanthemum Society
It may be spring but it’s time to think about planting for fall – especially if you love mums.
And what better gift for a gardening mom for Mother’s Day on Sunday than mums full of potential.
Saturday (May 11), the Sacramento Chrysanthemum Society hosts its annual cuttings sale at Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley Park. The club will offer 1,000 mum plants – rooted and grown out from cuttings – in more than 85 varieties, including dozens not available in local nurseries. Find several varieties that produce the kind of eye-popping blooms featured in the club’s annual fall mum show.
These mum plants will sell fast, so come early for best selection. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Admission and parking are free.
Find mums in a wide range of forms from spherical incurve to cute pompom to delicate spiders. Also find a rainbow of hues and combinations including many warm bronze, yellow and red hues as well as pastel pinks, rich purples or pure whites.
In addition, get tips on how to make those mums thrive in your garden and bloom this autumn – as well as many seasons to come. Club volunteers will be happy to offer suggestions on which varieties are right for your garden.
Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento.
More details and directions: https://www.sgaac.org/.
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Make the most of the cool break this week – and get things done. Your garden needs you!
* Now is the time to plant for fall. The warm soil will get cool-season veggies off to a fast start.
* Keep harvesting tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons and eggplant.
* Compost annuals and vegetable crops that have finished producing.
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* Fertilize deciduous fruit trees.
* Plant onions, lettuce, peas, radishes, turnips, beets, carrots, bok choy, spinach and potatoes directly into the vegetable beds.
* Transplant cabbage, broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower as well as lettuce seedlings.
* Sow seeds of California poppies, clarkia and African daisies.
* Transplant cool-weather annuals such as pansies, violas, fairy primroses, calendulas, stocks and snapdragons.
* Divide and replant bulbs, rhizomes and perennials.
* Dig up and divide daylilies as they complete their bloom cycle.
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* Late September is ideal for sowing a new lawn or re-seeding bare spots.
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