Rose Suckers Cut and Ferns Liven Shade Gardens
The article explains removing unwanted rose suckers from below the graft and keeping the main canes. It then guides fern care in shade gardens, detailing fern varieties, soil, planting depth for crowns, humidity needs, and pruning. It also suggests adding coleus begonias and impatiens for summer color and how to group plants for display.
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el Capitan
Coleus
Garden Q and A from Garden Editor column
Garden editor answers readers on African violets roses and orchids with practical care tips. Advice covers watering cycles fertilizer light and timing for transplanting roses along with orchid show guidance and tomato crop weather planting schedule and pest prevention strategies.
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Orchid Society
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Fuchsia and Shade Plant Show Dates Set for Costa Mesa
California National Fuchsia Society announces the fourteenth annual Fuchsia and Shade Plant Show at Orange County Fair Grounds in Costa Mesa from June 14 to 16 with hours Friday 3 to 9, Saturday 10 to 9, Sunday 10 to 6. Los Altos Garden Club to host installation luncheon Wednesday at Beef Restaurant. Long Beach Amateur Orchid Society meets Monday 8 p.m. at Wardlow Park Clubhouse with speaker Frank Fordyce.
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Costa Mesa
Los Altos Garden Club
Long Beach
Amateur Orchid Society
Wardlow Park
Frank Fordyce
Gardening Tips for the Week
Conservation of energies in the garden matters as much as conserving water. Plan work to avoid extra trips for tools. Roses suited to coastal conditions include Blithe Spirit Duet Garden Party Lemon Spice Lucky Lady Matterhorn Ole Seventh Heaven Simon Bolivar Strawberry Blonde and Summer Sunshine. Plant amaranthus a sun loving annual with bright foliage near the top as it matures.
Molten fire and tri color jade plant varieties in a mass display
Potulaca rose moss is a summer annual ground cover that develops quickly and blooms through the summer. Choose molten fire tri color or Joseph's Coat varieties for vibrant color and plant in a group for a bold mass effect. Once established, avoid extra care.
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Gardening tips for azaleas and camellias and fuchsias
After planting, keep soil settled for three weeks or more. Feed with an acid or camellia fertilizer. a liquid azalea camellia fertilizer with fish solubles is ideal and easy via a fertilizer gun. Fertilize again after about a month for sturdier plants and lovelier blooms. Include fuchsias in the planting.
Powell Named Dean of CalArts School of Music
Composer Mel Powell, chairman of the music composition faculty at Yale, has been named dean of the School of Music at California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Mel Powell
Yale University
School of Music
California Institute of Arts
Repairmen Needed In Classifieds Column
Message urges repairmen to find each other in today’s Business Services section of the classified ads. It highlights a networking prompt within the local paper’s listings.
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