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Three local rose societies host big sale

More than 450 bushes available including many rarities

Sacramento Digs Gardening
BY Debbie Arrington PUBLISHED SEP 28, 2020

Celestial Night, a floribunda, is one of the Weeks

Roses to be sold Oct. 3 in 5-gallon pots.
(Photos courtesy Weeks Roses)

Add a rosy addition to your garden. Three local rose societies – Sacramento, Sierra Foothills and Gold Country – will host a driveway sale Saturday, Oct. 3, featuring more than 450 bushes.

In addition to new introductions from Weeks Roses, the selection includes scores of rarities from the gardens of such top local rose growers as Baldo Villegas and Melody and Duane Carlson.

Originally intended to be sold at the 2020 Sacramento Rose Show, many of these bushes have really filled out into gorgeous plants and several are now coming back into bloom. After the April rose show was canceled due to pandemic restrictions, Dave and Ruth Coop lovingly cared for the bushes at their Roseville home.

Fortunately, the Coops have a very long driveway, so there will be lots of room for social distancing during Saturday’s event.

The unusual In Your Eyes is another of the Weeks
Roses to be sold. It is a shrub rose with blooms that
change color as they age.

Among the Weeks Roses to be offered in 5-gallon pots: Celestial Night, In Your Eyes, Love at First Sight, Queen of Elegance, State of Grace and Children’s Hope. These bushes will be priced at $20 each or two for $30 (a great bargain).

The others – offered in 1-gallon pots and grown on their own roots -- were propagated by Villegas, the Carlsons, Cindy Phipps, Kay Jelten and other volunteers. These bushes will be priced at $15 apiece, another fantastic deal. Sale list is available upon request.

October is among the best times of the year to transplant new additions to your garden including roses. Many of these young bushes are just coming into bloom, offering a glimpse of the beauty to come.

Proceeds will benefit the Sacramento, Sierra Foothills and Gold Country rose societies.

This is a public sale; share with your gardening friends. A new rose (or two) will bring smiles to their faces.

This will be a safe and socially distanced sale. Customers are asked to please wear face masks and stay 6 feet apart. Two blocks of time will be by appointment only, further limiting contact and allowing for more space between customers.

The Coops' address is 8336 Bianchi Road, Roseville. To make an appointment, email Dave at d.coop@sbcglobal.net or call or text to 916-276-0170. Cash or checks accepted.

Here’s the sale day schedule:

– 8 to 9 a.m.: By appointment only. Time slots are 10 minutes apart.

– 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Open to public.

– 2 to 5 p.m.: By appointment only. Time slots are 10 minutes apart.

Remember: Wear a face mask!

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November still offers good weather for fall planting:

* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.

* Now is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. This gives them plenty of time for root development before spring growth. They also benefit from fall and winter rains.

* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.

* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.

* Plant garlic and onions.

* Keep planting bulbs to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.

* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.

* Rake and compost leaves, but dispose of any diseased plant material. For example, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting.

* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.

* For holiday blooms indoors, plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs now. Fill a shallow bowl or dish with 2 inches of rocks or pebbles. Place bulbs in the dish with the root end nestled in the rocks. Add water until it just touches the bottom of the bulbs. Place the dish in a sunny window. Add water as needed.

* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.

* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.

* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.

* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.

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