Find deep discounts on water-wise and native plants
The garden carts will be in demand again at the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery's Clearance Sale this Saturday. Kathy Morrison
It’s one of my favorite words: “Sale!” Even better: “Clearance sale!” And for the trifecta: “Clearance plant sale!”
How can I resist? Or you, too!
Saturday, Nov. 5, the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery hosts its annual Fall Clearance Plant Sale. Open to the public, this huge sale features hundreds of varieties of water-wise and native plants – perfect for Sacramento-area gardens. During its last public sale of 2022, the one-acre nursery wants to send as many plants as possible to new homes – and make room for 2023’s inventory.
Now is the best time to transplant many of these perennials, shrubs, trees, succulents, vines, grasses and bulbs. The Arboretum Teaching Nursery specializes in climate-appropriate, water-wise plants that are proven to thrive in our area. Not only do they use less water, these easy-care plants are very attractive and support wildlife.
Customers will receive 20% off all plants. Members of the Friends of the Arboretum receive an extra 10% discount (30% total). Not a member? Join at the door and get a free gift.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. An inventory list will be available on the arboretum’s plant sales page.
The Arboretum Teaching Nursery is located on campus on Garrod Drive near the small-animal veterinarian hospital.
For directions and details (including an updated nursery map): https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/plant-sales.
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Garden Checklist for week of Nov. 3
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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