Find hundreds of rare plants at Sacramento chrysanthemum cutting sale
Want to grow mums like these? Here's your chance to get some rare varieties.
Photo courtesy Sacramento Chrysanthemum Society
What better plant to give gardening moms: Mums!
Find mums galore at the annual Chrysanthemum Cutting Sale at Shepard Garden and Arts Center.
Hosted by the Sacramento Chrysanthemum Society, this huge sale will be held Saturday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – or until all the plants are sold. Admission and parking are free.
Find hundreds of rooted cuttings, ready to produce blooms this fall. These aren’t your typical nursery mums, but rare and unusual varieties representing more than 10 different bloom types in a spectacular range of colors and combinations. Find delicate spiders, over-sized footballs, bicolor buttons and many more.
Most of these mums were propagated by club members from their own collections. These are the kind of flowers featured each fall in the club’s annual show as well as sought-after by floral designers.
Besides great young plants, get advice on how to help mums thrive in your garden or containers. Once established, these perennials can bloom year after year.
Questions? Email SacramentoMums@gmail.com.
Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, in McKinley Park.
Details and directions: www.sgaac.org.
Comments
0 comments have been posted.Sacramento Digs Gardening to your inbox.
Thanks to our sponsor!
Local News
Dig In: Garden Checklist
For week of June 4:
Because of the comfortable weather, it’s not too late to set out tomato and pepper seedlings as well as squash and melon plants. They’ll appreciate this not-too-hot weather. Just remember to water.
* From seed, plant corn, pumpkins, radishes, melons, 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.
* Let the grass grow longer. Set the mower blades high to reduce stress on your lawn during summer heat. To cut down on evaporation, water your lawn deeply during the wee hours of the morning, between 2 and 8 a.m.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
Contact Us
Send us a gardening question, a post suggestion or information about an upcoming event. sacdigsgardening@gmail.com
Powered by California Local
