El Dorado County master gardeners offer workshop on gardening for bouquets and flower arrangements
Zinnias are easy to grow from seed and love hot weather, making them great cut flowers for summertime. Kathy Morrison
Learn the secrets of growing cut flowers at a special workshop offered by the UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County.
Set for 9 a.m. Saturday, March 1, “Grow Your Own Cutting Garden” will show not only how to produce more blooms but also what to do with them. Open to gardeners of all ages, the three-hour workshop will be held at Placerville Veterans Memorial. Admission is free and no advance registration is required.
“Have you strolled through a botanical garden or flower farm and wondered if you could grow those beautiful flowers?” ask the master gardeners. “With some instruction and preparation, you too can grow flowers for gorgeous flower arrangements. Come learn which flowers are best suited for bouquets, how to grow them from seeds or plugs, uses for your established shrubs, site selection, soil preparation, harvesting, pest management, designing the arrangement and lastly, what else to do with all those lovely flowers.”
That’s a lot to fit into a three-hour class! Attendees will come away with all sorts of inspiration and head into spring with a fresh idea of what their gardening can do.
Placerville Veterans Memorial Hall is located at 130 Placerville Drive in Placerville. Although registration is not required, the master gardeners would like attendees to sign up in advance.
Find links and more details here: https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/.
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Garden Checklist for week of March 16
Make the most of dry breaks between showers. Your garden is in high-growth mode.
* Pull weeds now! Don’t let them get started. Take a hoe and whack them as soon as they sprout.
* Prepare vegetable beds. Spade in compost and other amendments.
* Prune and fertilize spring-flowering shrubs after bloom.
* Feed camellias at the end of their bloom cycle. Pick up browned and fallen flowers to help corral blossom blight.
* Feed citrus trees, which are now in bloom and setting fruit. To prevent sunburn and borer problems on young trees, paint the exposed portion of the trunk with diluted white latex (water-based) interior paint. Dilute the paint with an equal amount of cold water before application.
* Feed roses with a balanced fertilizer (such as 10-10-10, the ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium available in that product).
* Prune and fertilize spring-flowering shrubs and trees after they bloom. Try using well-composted manure, spread 1-inch-thick under the tree (but avoid piling it up around the trunk). This serves as both fertilizer and mulch, retaining moisture while cutting down on weeds.
* Cut back and fertilize perennial herbs to encourage new growth.
* In the vegetable garden, transplant lettuce and cole family plants, such as cauliflower, broccoli, collards and kale.
* Seed chard and beets directly into the ground. (To speed germination, soak beet seeds overnight in room-temperature water before planting.)
* Before the mercury starts inching upward, this is your last chance to plant such annuals as pansies, violas and primroses.
* Plant summer bulbs, including gladiolus, tuberous begonias and callas. Also plant dahlia tubers.
* Shop for perennials. Many varieties are available in local nurseries and at plant events. They can be transplanted now while the weather remains relatively cool.
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