Plenty of compact varieties available to highest bidders
Flavorette Pear'd is a new rose from Proven Winners that tastes and smells like fresh pears. Courtesy Proven Winners
Who doesn’t need more roses? Especially when those roses will fit into small spaces in your garden – or thrive while growing in containers.
With an eye for little favorites, the Sacramento Rose Society hosts its annual auction at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley Park. The auction is open to the public. Admission and parking are free.
The club has come up with a stellar selection of must-have rose varieties – including several hard-to-find miniatures, mini-floras and polyanthas. These varieties tend to stay small (often under 2 feet) and can be grown in pots. (Suddenly, you can envision a lot more space for roses!)
Maybe you saw some of these varieties at Sacramento’s annual rose show? Or admired their flowers in bouquets? The list of varieties includes the minifloras Whirlaway, Jolene Adams and Yantai as well as the popular miniatures Bees Knees, Gourmet Popcorn, Pink Flamenco and Tiddly Winks.
Looking for full-size roses? Find those, too, including new introductions Dream Come True (a yellow-blend grandiflora) and Cherries and Champagne (a pink and yellow hybrid tea). Also up for bid are two edible roses – yes, roses bred for their taste as well as scent: Flavorette Honey Apricot and Flavorette Pear’d.
A select few Old Garden Roses and (very fragrant) heritage varieties will be available such as Reine des Violettes and the always intriguing Green Rose.
All roses are already potted and growing well in 1-gallon or 5-gallon containers. For an auction catalog, email Debbie Arrington at debarrington17@gmail.com.
The 39 bushes to be offered were grown by the club’s green-thumbed propagators, mostly from cuttings supplied by renowned rose expert Baldo Villegas and pulled from his vast 3,000-plant collection. Several of these varieties cannot be found in nurseries. At the homes of club members, these bushes have been babied for many months if not years. The results: Healthy plants that will produce beautiful roses for years to come.
This auction is the Sacramento Rose Society’s major fundraiser. So, buying a bush not only adds to your garden but helps this club survive and thrive, too. Cash or checks only please.
Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, in McKinley Park.
More details: https://sacramentorosesociety.org/.
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Garden checklist for week of May 3
Make the most of pleasant spring weather – 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 lettuce, peas and green onions.
* In the flower garden, direct-seed sunflowers, cosmos, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, celosia and asters. (You also can transplant seedlings for many of the same flowers.)
* Plant dahlia tubers. Other perennials to set out include verbena, coreopsis, coneflower and astilbe.
* 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.
* Don’t forget to water. Seedlings need moisture. Deep watering will help build strong roots and healthy plants.
* Put your veggie garden on a regular diet. Set up a monthly feeding program, and keep track on your calendar. Make sure to water your garden before applying any fertilizer to prevent “burning” your plants.
* 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.
* Don’t forget to weed! Those invaders are growing fast.
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Time to give vegetable seedlings some more space
Ways to win the fight against weeds
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Dec. 9: Soggy soil and what to do about it
Dec. 2: Plant artichokes now; enjoy for years to come
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Nov. 18: What to do with all those fallen leaves?
Nov. 11: Prepare now for colder weather in the edible garden
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Oct. 20: Change is in the autumn air
Oct. 13: We don't talk (enough) about beets
Oct. 6: Fava beans do double duty
Sept. 30: Seeds or transplants for cool-season veggies?
Sept. 23: How to prolong the fall tomato harvest
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Sept. 16: Time to shut it down?
Sept. 9: How to get the most out of your pumpkin patch
Sept. 2: Summer-to-fall transition time for evaluation, planning
Aug. 26: To pick or not to pick those tomatoes?
Aug. 19: Put worms to work for you
Aug. 12: Grow food while saving water
Aug. 5: Enhance your food with edible flowers
July 29: Why won't my tomatoes turn red?
July 22: A squash plant has mosaic virus, and it's not pretty
July 15: Does this plant need water?
July 8: Tear out that sad plant or baby it? Midsummer decisions
July 1: How to grow summer salad greens
June 24: Weird stuff that's perfectly normal
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June 17: Help pollinators help your garden
June 10: Battling early-season tomato pests
June 3: Make your own compost
May 27: Where are the bees when you need them?
May 20: How to help tomatoes thrive on hot days
May 13: Your plants can tell you more than any calendar can
May 6: Maintain soil moisture with mulch for garden success
April 29: What's (already) wrong with my tomato plants?
April 22: Should you stock up on fertilizer? (Yes!)
April 15: Grow culinary herbs in containers
April 8: When to plant summer vegetables
April 1: Don't be fooled by these garden myths
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