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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1964
Page
2
This fragment offers advice on Christmas gardening tasks including choosing plants like Scabligladiolus and Cyclamen, pruning Grapes, and planting deciduous trees and shrubs. It suggests consulting a California nurseryman member for guidance and emphasizes timing to bloom indoors or on porches.
Newark city council introduces a proposed fire code update covering burning procedures fireworks and wildfire controls. The extensive revision aims to modernize fire control regulations and is slated for adoption at the two council meetings next month.
California nurseries report a shift toward informal hedges as a flexible garden feature. Shrub choices like oleander and pittosporums suit large borders while minimizing upkeep, with advisors noting some species tolerate formal edging yet others suit casual boundaries. They urge buyers to consult nurseries for shrubs from dwarf myrtle to tall English laurel to match space and style.
Nurserymen suggest azaleas, heathers, camellias, and poinsettias as lasting gifts. Chrysanthemums add color and can be planted to bloom again. Heathers like John McLaren and Pink Leatch are popular, withstand pruning, and suit tubs or gardens. Azaleas offer year round bloom with varieties like Albert and Elizabeth and Mme Alfred Sanders.
Winter bare root planting is healthiest for new roses and now is the time to pick among this year’s All American Rose Selections. Mister Lincoln is described as a deep velvety crimson hybrid tea with a rich fragrance and very large full doubles, often six inches or more, with 40 petals in a dense bloom.
Growers should not neglect tubers as the season ends. Allow plants to finish growth, with foliage drop and sap returning to tubers to store energy for next year. Remove stem particles to prevent decay, cure tubers, dust mildew, and store in a cool dry place until growth resumes in February or March.
Agapanthus lily grows easily in California with evergreen straplike foliage and built in bloom. Plant now for summer color. blooms vary by region. Pair with Red Hot Poker for contrast. Delphinium may join, and other companions like Yarrow or Alyssum work. Ensure good drainage, avoid soggy soil. tub or container culture also successful.
A simple bulb gardening trick uses annual flowers planted over bulbs to provide color in spring and beyond. ideas include King Alfred daffodils through alyssum or blue violas, white alyssum, and violas with tulips. Iceland Poppies pair with tulips for extended color. Combine with primroses, violas, and pansies for fragrant, eye catching displays and plan with nursery guidance for best results.
Area garden clubs news covers the Alameda Branch of the Asian Fuchsia Society hosting its Christmas party at Franklin School auditorium Tuesday at 8 pm with officer installations and refreshments. Also notes a film at the Rotary Natural Science Center, and a Yule installation dinner for the Southern Alameda County American Begonia Society at Dolly Rogers Restaurant. Continues with San Leandro events including a Christmas tea, a poluck party, and a Dahlia Society officer slate for January. Fremont Garden Club meeting set with a Christmas program by G Hugo Burgemeestre.
Firethorn varieties brighten autumn and winter with red and orange berries. The California Association of Nurserymen highlights cultivars for slopes, walls, foundations, and backdrops. Varieties include Santa Crua Wideri Laland Graber Wyatts Panelflora Rosedale Government Red, offered in one and five gallon containers and espaliers for immediate color.
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