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.
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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.
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* 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.