Wisteria Festival Honors a Pioneer
The Wisteria Festival returns to the 1864 Banning home in Wilmington with blossoms, horse drawn carriages and a program by the Mexican Tipica Orchestra and LA Harbor Choral Group. Local leaders and volunteers from Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Native Daughters of the Golden West and Boy Scout Troop 220 organize the 2 p.m. event honoring General Phineas Banning founder of Wilmington.
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Phineas Banning
Los Angeles Harbor
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Arthur A. McIntyre
Long Beach
Mayme Klythe
Tipica Orchestra
Shirley Catada
Gloria Doran
Pam Keen
Carol Quijada
Marilyn Sablan
Walter E. Holstein
Oliver Dickery
Banning Museum
Native Daughters of the Golden West
Calvary Presbyterian Church of
Dominguez Lincoln Village Garden Club Meeting
The Dominguez Lincoln Village Garden Club schedules a regular meeting for April 21 at 6 30 p.m. at 21156 Santa Fe Ave. Travel films will be shown and a jitney pot luck dinner is planned. Visitors are welcome.
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Dominguez
Lincoln Village Garden Club
Santa Fe Ave
Germain's Sweet Peas Pack Promises Fragrant Gardens
Germain's, Inc. introduces a spring novelty pack of sweet peas promising perfumed gardens. Varieties range from Medieval preserved strains to those tracing to Spaniards and 16th century Peru.
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Germain’s, Inc
Peru
Gloxinias and Prostrate Rosemary in Garden Tips
Exotic bell shaped gloxinias offer color choices and require indirect light and regular watering. The column also advises planting deep rooted, fire retardant slope plants like prostrate rosemary to stabilize hillsides, noting rosemary's long roots and strong fragrance helps deter digging pests and bind soil.
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Joe Littlefield
Garden Clinic Q and A on lily of the valley pips and lawn care tips
Gardening Q and A covers lily of the valley pips planting in damp cold garden soil with bone meal and peat moss mulch keeping roots moist. Also advice on reviving a highly acidic lawn with fertilizer spray, seed sowing and manure top dress, plus clivia care and seed propagation steps.
Planting Foxgloves and Camellias for Spring Bloom
Plant foxgloves and spray roses for aphids using a horticultural spreader in the insecticide spray. Prune camellia branches to shape bushes and fertilize with acid or camellia food for better growth. Foxgloves bloom about three months after planting and can overwinter to flower again.
Violet Club to display at LBAVS meeting in Long Beach
The Long Beach Violet Club holds its regular meeting Thursday with a violet display planned. A class on growing violets starts at 10 30 a.m. at the Women's City Club 1300 E Third Street. Mildred Gilker will preside at noon.
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Long Beach
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En’s City Club
Third Street
Mildred Gilker
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