Native plants, Arboretum All-Stars and more will be offered
Shoppers and a student volunteer check over the supply of plants at the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery during the May plant sale. The nursery has three sales planned this fall. Kathy Morrison
Fall is for planting, Sacramento-region gardeners know. The air temperatures come down but the soil is still warm, giving young plants the best chance to establish good root systems before winter.
The region's fall plant sales are always a big deal, but they're easy to miss once the season gets busy. Here are the late-summer and early-fall dates we know, followed by one expected sale whose date has yet to be announced.
-- American Begonia Society 75th Anniversary Show and Sale, "Diamonds in the Shade." The first fall sale involving the garden clubs that use Sacramento's Shepard Garden & Art Center as their headquarters. 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10. Shepard Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento. https://www.sgaac.org/calendar/2023/9 or https://www.begonias.org/
-- California Native Plant Society. Sacramento Valley Chapter. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, for the in-person sale at the SacValley Nursery at Soil Born Farms in Rancho Cordova. This will be followed by an online sale Sept. 23-25, with plant pickup on Oct. 1. Fabulous source for California native plants. Information: https://www.sacvalleycnps.org/plant-sales/
-- Delta Gesneriad and African Violet Society Show and Sale. A judged show and sale, typically featuring rare and hard-to-find varieties, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Shepard Garden and Art Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento. Details here.
-- UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery. This series of Saturday sales is hugely popular for its plant selection, which includes natives and the Arboretum All-Stars, aka plants that do well in our region. Join the Friends of the Arboretum to get 10% off all purchases and gain access to members-only sale hours. The sales on Sept. 30 and Oct. 21 will be "split sales," with members only admitted 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., then open to the public from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fall clearance sale will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 4 and will be open to everyone. https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/plant-sales
-- Shepard Center Fall Sale. The event features all the clubs and groups that use the center. Plants, jewelry, art, food and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8. Shepard Garden and Art Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento. https://www.sgaac.org/calendar/
To be announced:
-- American River College Horticulture Department. The department holds a sale each semester of student-propagated plants. Typically bargain prices on annuals and vegetables, but the sales also include natives, shrubs and even trees.
Note: Any Sacramento-area groups or clubs with plant sales planned, or other events for that matter, can email us at Sacramento Digs Gardening: sacdigsgardening@gmail.com, to be added to our calendar.
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Garden Checklist for week of Sept. 8
Temperatures are headed down to normal. The rest of the month kicks off fall planting season:
* Harvest tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons and eggplant.
* Compost annuals and vegetable crops that have finished producing.
* Cultivate and add compost to the soil to replenish its nutrients for fall and winter vegetables and flowers.
* 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.
* Divide and transplant peonies that have become overcrowded. Replant with “eyes” about an inch below the soil surface.
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