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'The Subject is Roses' for foothill gardeners

El Dorado County master gardeners offer special workshop on rose care

Bypass pruning shears are essential for pruning rose bushes.

Bypass pruning shears are essential for pruning rose bushes. Debbie Arrington

January brings a flurry of rose activity – and rose workshops.

Here’s one focused on rose growing in the Sierra foothills, where temperatures are a little cooler and a major rose pest – deer – are frequent.

Hosted by the El Dorado County master gardeners, “The Subject is Roses” is free and open to the public on Saturday, Jan. 25. Set from 9 a.m. to noon, the morning-long workshop will be held at Blackstone Community Center in El Dorado Hills.

“Would you like to know how many types of roses are available for your garden?” say the master gardeners. “Once you’ve decided on which roses you would like, let’s discuss planting them, and then, let’s follow that up with their forever care. How to prune, fertilize, debug, and keep them blooming for many years to come.”

There will be hands-on opportunities in class as master gardeners demonstrate proper pruning techniques. More detailed pruning demonstrations will follow on Feb. 15 at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden rose garden, 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville.

Blackstone Community Center is located at 1461 Blackstone Parkway in El Dorado Hills. Registration is requested (but not required) so the master gardeners know how many people to expect.

Find the link here: https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/

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During this stormy week, let the rain soak in while making plans for all the things you’re going to plant soon:

* During rainy weather, turn off the sprinklers. After a good soaking from winter storms, lawns can go at least a week without sprinklers, according to irrigation experts. For an average California home, that week off from watering can save 800 gallons.

* February serves as a wake-up call to gardeners. This month, you can transplant or direct-seed several flowers, including snapdragon, candytuft, lilies, astilbe, larkspur, Shasta and painted daisies, stocks, bleeding heart and coral bells.

* In the vegetable garden, plant Jerusalem artichoke tubers, and strawberry and rhubarb roots.

* Transplant cabbage and its close cousins – broccoli, kale and Brussels sprouts – as well as lettuce (both loose leaf and head).

* Indoors, start peppers, tomatoes and eggplant from seed.

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