Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society hosts huge three-day event
Expect hundreds of cactus and succulents for sale at the three-day show and sale this weekend. Courtesy Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society
This plant-centric event is so popular (and so big), it spans three days.
Starting Friday, May 2, the Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society presents its 65th annual show and sale at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center in Sacramento’s McKinley Park.
This extravaganza includes a judged show; entries are accepted Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Complete schedule and entry information are available on the show’s webpage, https://sacramentocss.com/annual-show/.
The big draw is the sale with hundreds and hundreds of plants (including many unusual or hard-to-find varieties) along with everything needed for succulent and cactus gardening. (Long-handled tools and gloves come in handy when working with prickly plants.)
Vendors from throughout Northern California will pack Shepard Center’s patio. Also find an excellent selection of pots perfect for growing cacti or succulents.
Get expert advice, too; club members will answer questions about how to make cacti and succulents flourish.
Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, May 2; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 3; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Admission and parking are free.
The Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento.
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Get outside early in the morning while temperatures are still cool – and get to work!
* Plant, plant, plant! It’s prime planting season in the Sacramento area. Time to set out those tomato transplants along with peppers and eggplants. Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.
* Direct-seed melons, cucumbers, summer squash, corn, radishes, pumpkins and annual herbs such as basil.
* Harvest cabbage, lettuce, peas and green onions.
* In the flower garden, direct-seed sunflowers, cosmos, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, celosia and asters. Transplant seedlings for many of the same flowers.
* Plant dahlia tubers.
* Transplant petunias, marigolds and perennial flowers such as astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia and verbena.
* Keep an eye out for slugs, snails, earwigs and aphids that want to dine on tender new growth.
* Feed summer bloomers with a balanced fertilizer.
* For continued bloom, cut off spent flowers on roses as well as other flowering plants.
* Are birds picking your fruit off trees before it’s ripe? Try hanging strips of aluminum foil on tree branches. The shiny, dangling strips help deter birds from making themselves at home.
* As spring-flowering shrubs finish blooming, give them a little pruning to shape them, removing old and dead wood. Lightly trim azaleas, fuchsias and marguerites for bushier plants.
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