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See indoor beauties in full flower

Sacramento Digs Gardening
BY Debbie Arrington PUBLISHED SEP 11, 2018

A stretocarpus, an African violet cousin. (Courtesy the Delta Gesneriad and African Violet Society)

Annual African violet show and sale offers hundreds of unusual houseplants

There’s something almost magical about African violets. Who can resist a pretty plant that blooms on the kitchen counter?

This weekend, see rare and unusual African violets and their close cousin gesneriads at the annual Delta Gesneriad and African Violet Society show and sale at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento .

Show and sale hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 , and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. Admission and parking are free.

See the newest exotic cultivars as well as beloved favorites. Club members will exhibit their best plants as well as answer questions and give advice on violet care.

In addition, the club will offer hundreds of beautiful plants for sale. Great for beginners as well as longtime indoor gardeners, these African violets and gesneriads are unusual varieties that can’t be found in local nurseries.

Get growing supplies and special self-watering ceramic pots, too. Bring cash or check.

For more details: www.sgaac.org

- Debbie Arrington

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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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