Sacramento Fuchsia Society hosts annual event at Shepard Center
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Angel Earrings are right at home in a shady
Sacramento backyard. (Photo: Debbie Arrington)
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One of the prettiest flower shows in Sacramento returns Saturday when the Sacramento Fuchsia Society hosts its annual show and sale at Shepard Garden and Arts Center. Admission and parking are free.
Set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4, this one-day show is a wonderful opportunity to learn about fuchsias – and take some home, too.
Scores of plants, many grown by local club members, will be offered for sale including several varieties that are heat resistant and well adapted to Sacramento area gardens. Both bush and cascading varieties will be available.
For example, Angel Earrings – a dainty pink and purple cascading fuchsia – thrives in dappled summer shade. It’s lovely spilling out of a hanging basket on a covered patio or in a flower bed under trees.
Most heat-tolerant fuchsias bloom profusely from late April through summer into fall. To look their best, they need consistent irrigation (don’t let them dry out) and (at least) afternoon shade.
Find out more Saturday! Club members will offer advice as well as display their most beautiful plants and blooms. See dozens of varieties.
Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento.
Directions and details: www.sgaac.org .
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Survey your garden after the May 4 rainstorm. Heavy rain and gusty winds can break the neck of large flowers such as roses. Also:
* Keep an eye on new transplants or seedlings; they could take a pounding from the rain.
* Watch out for powdery mildew. Warmth following moist conditions can cause this fungal disease to “bloom,” too. If you see a leaf that looks like it’s dusted with powdered sugar, snip it off.
* After the storm, start setting out tomato transplants, but wait on the peppers and eggplants (they want warmer nights). Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.
* Trim dead flowers but not leaves from spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips. Those leaves gather energy to create next year's flowers. Also, give the bulbs a fertilizer boost after bloom.
* Pinch chrysanthemums back to 12 inches for fall flowers. Cut old stems to the ground.
* Mulch around plants to conserve moisture and control weeds.
* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, radishes and squash.
* Plant onion sets.
* In the flower garden, plant seeds for asters, cosmos, celosia, marigolds, salvia, sunflowers and zinnias. Transplant petunias, zinnias, geraniums and other summer bloomers.
* Plant perennials and dahlia tubers for summer bloom.
* Don’t wait; plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.
* Harvest cabbage, lettuce, peas and green onions.
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