El Dorado County master gardeners present free workshop
Palmer's dudleya is an example of a California native succulent that would do well in a small garden or in a container. Kathy Morrison
Interested in native plants but think you don’t have enough space? Meet some compact California natives that thrive in smaller spaces or containers during a free workshop, “There's a Native Plant for That: Gardening with Native Plants.”
Set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, this three-hour workshop will be held at Blackstone Community Center in El Dorado Hills and is open to interested gardeners from throughout the region.
Hosted by the UCCE master gardeners of El Dorado County, this class also features the expertise of members of the California Native Plant Society. They’ll cover the basics of native gardening in all spaces, big or small with special emphasis on smaller areas.
“Do you love native plants and wonder how you can enjoy them on your patio or in your smaller garden?” ask the master gardeners. “Join master gardeners and California Native Plant Society (CNPS) members Dolores Morrison, Kathleen Barco, and Ola Jane Gow and discover how to evaluate your yard to establish a native landscape, how to select and maintain plants, how to group plants by water needs, and, if you only have a small space, the best native plants for containers.
“There are native plants for every environment,” they add. “Come and learn with us!”
Registration is requested, though not required for this free class. Find the link here under “Master Gardener Calendar”: https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/.
Blackstone Community Center is located at 1461 Blackstone Parkway, El Dorado Hills.
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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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