1986 All America Rose winners announced for 1986
The All America Rose Selection named three winners for 1986 American Heritage Matterhorn and Apricot Nectar. These roses arrive bare root in local nurseries and should be chosen early. American Heritage is a distinctive tea rose with cream canary yellow buds and red-tinged open blooms. Matterhorn is a white hybrid tea with long stems and abundant bloom, ideal for cutting. Apricot Nectar is a fragrant floribunda with large clusters of apricot blossoms suitable for massing hedges and landscaping. Bare root planting is recommended for best results.
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Yuletide Magnets In Oakland Trees Brighten City
Oakland Park Department decorates multiple sites for the holiday season. A tall tree on Picardy Drive, a 2500 light downtown tree at City Hall Plaza, and a red lit tree at Lake Merritt headline festive displays. Children helped Santa and Marilyn O’Hare craft ornaments in the Santa Claus Workshop. The nativity scene at Eastshore Park includes live sheep.
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Club Plans A Program A Christmas Lea and Pro
San Leandro Garden Club will hold a Christmas program Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Community Library meeting room at 300 Estudillo Ave. Mrs. A R Sorenson, conservation chairwoman, handles decorations for the speaker's table. A gift exchange is planned and table settings with a holiday theme will be showcased. Display participants include Mrs. E K Sullivan, William Shepherd, Jacob Junker, Joseph Mariani, and James McCauley, with antique treasures exhibited by Mrs. Benjamin Nelson.
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Caring for the Christmas Cactus for holiday blooms
The Christmas cactus, native to Mexico and Brazil, requires a late summer rest period and careful watering to bloom for Christmas. By August it should rest in a dim cool area with no water, then return to light with light watering in October, and later receive ample light and humidity for flowering. It prefers a humus-rich soil, occasional fertilizer, and can be grown as a hanging plant. repotting is optional, pieces root easily, and pests like mealy bugs are controlled with rubbing alcohol on a brush.
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Tailored Fruit Trees for Any Size Garden
The article advises selecting size suitable fruit trees from nurseries in late December to early January, highlighting bare root planting, large or dwarf varieties, and options like espalier and three in one trees. It notes nurserymen select best growing varieties, pruning is best left to them, and cautions on supply and proper planting to ensure early growth and crops.
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Festive Indoor Plants Make Any Room Feel Cheerful
Indoor plants guide explains festive choices like azaleas chrysanthemums poinsettias and cyclamen plus foliage varieties such as dieffenbachia zebra plant and Norfolk Island pine. It covers light and temperature needs watering rules and occasional shower baths, with advice to buy from nurseries and ask about specific plant needs.
Camellias Poinsettias Roses and Bulbs Advised for Planting
Check camellias in bloom at your nursery and note they bloom while dormant for safe planting. Keep living Christmas trees watered indoors and water poinsettias when the soil dries. Increase humidity by placing pots on pebble-filled saucers. AH America Rose Selections for 1966 arrive at CAN nursery with Masterhorm G white and apricot nectar varieties. If busy, heel them into ground after holidays. Bulbs to plant now include amaryllis anemone calla gladiolus and ranunculus.
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