I bought the following plants while I was there:
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My friend Michelle invited me to go with her to the Annie's Annuals Spring Party this weekend. While I've been to Annie's many times in the last five years, I have never been able to go for one of the parties. It was a lot of fun, Annie gave a talk on some of her favorite spring plants. She gave a lot of good information for each plant. Notes from the talk are here.
I bought the following plants while I was there:
Papaver commutatum 'Ladybird'
I bought the following plants while I was there:
Today I went with Michelle to the Berkeley Horticultural Nursery, which I swear I'd been to before, but it looked completely different! Maybe because it was spring and full of tons and tons or plants. I picked up a 4" pot of Viola Labradorica, and a pint Heliotropium Arborescens. While we were they we saw a display with a bulb that I liked a lot, we didn't see any for sale there but asked what it was called they said "Sparaxis."
Later, we were driving over to the new location of the Oaktown Nursery, and as we passed the East Bay nursery (which we only drove by on the suggestion of Michelle), and from the street I saw the Sparaxis bulbs so I pulled over and picked up a couple. When we got to the Oaktown Nursery new location, it was closed, so I'll have to make another trip out this way soon.
Later, we were driving over to the new location of the Oaktown Nursery, and as we passed the East Bay nursery (which we only drove by on the suggestion of Michelle), and from the street I saw the Sparaxis bulbs so I pulled over and picked up a couple. When we got to the Oaktown Nursery new location, it was closed, so I'll have to make another trip out this way soon.
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| Sparaxis bulbs from East Bay Nursery |
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| Viola Labradorica from Berkeley Horticultural Nursery |
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| Heliotrope from Berkeley Horticultural Nursery |
Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control (Publication (University of California (System). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources), 3386.)
Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens
Mimulus Aurantiacus
Apricot
Canna Paprika
Saliva Clevelandii Musk Sage
Vitex Agnus Castus Chaste Tree
Penstemon Eatonii Firecracker Penstemon
Asclepias Fasciculares Milkweed
Agastache Rupestris
Dicliptera Suberecia Uraguyan Firecracker Plant
Keckilla Cordifolia Heartleaf Penstemon
Penstemon Centranthifolius
Alstromeria the third harmonic
Galvezia Speciosa Island Bush Snapdragon
Phormium Black Adder
Salvia Semiatrata
Pennisetum ginurum Purple Majesty
Today I went to Annie's Annuals in Richmond, CA for a talk on bugs by Annie Joseph who is a California Certified Nursery Professional and a master gardener and former pesticide company rep turned organic (at least with bugs).
I learned that when the temperature gets to be in to 70's (f) that's when aphids hatch, and about 2 weeks later the beneficial insect that eat them come out.
Spider mite and white fly outbreaks indicate an imbalance in the garden.
Products with imidacloprid (such as Bayer's Merit, or tree & shrub) stay in the plant for a long time and build up in the nectar, then when bees eat the nectar, they get confused and can't get back to their hives. it can also kills bees instantly if there is enough built up. check out biobees.com for more info.
Black beetles are OK they eat slugs!
If you fertilize with a fast release fertilizer with a lot of nitrogen, the plants grow fast, but that increases their suseptibility to insects as the cell walls are thinner from the fast growth.
Osmocote is a good fertilizer it releases slow and steady, also any organic fertilizer (Like down to earth).
If your dog likes to eat the stinky natural fertilizers, use liquid versions.
If you buy beneficial nematodes, refrigerate until use, then apply at dusk so they don't die in the sun.
for grasshoppers use insecticidal soap.
sluggo won't harm other animals like some slug products can.
the Safer yellowflag traps - use these to trap white flies, but DO NOT use near hummingbird attractors, as the birds will get stuck.
It was a pretty good talk, unfortunately, there were a few people who kept asking about non-pest management topics, so there wasn't enough time to go into detail about a lot of what Annie came to talk about. But what was covered was very informative.
Get more info about pests and managing them here:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.com
Learn more about water and pesticide runoff here: http://www.ourwaterourworld.org/
Some suggested reading:
I learned that when the temperature gets to be in to 70's (f) that's when aphids hatch, and about 2 weeks later the beneficial insect that eat them come out.
Spider mite and white fly outbreaks indicate an imbalance in the garden.
Products with imidacloprid (such as Bayer's Merit, or tree & shrub) stay in the plant for a long time and build up in the nectar, then when bees eat the nectar, they get confused and can't get back to their hives. it can also kills bees instantly if there is enough built up. check out biobees.com for more info.
Black beetles are OK they eat slugs!
If you fertilize with a fast release fertilizer with a lot of nitrogen, the plants grow fast, but that increases their suseptibility to insects as the cell walls are thinner from the fast growth.
Osmocote is a good fertilizer it releases slow and steady, also any organic fertilizer (Like down to earth).
If your dog likes to eat the stinky natural fertilizers, use liquid versions.
If you buy beneficial nematodes, refrigerate until use, then apply at dusk so they don't die in the sun.
for grasshoppers use insecticidal soap.
sluggo won't harm other animals like some slug products can.
the Safer yellowflag traps - use these to trap white flies, but DO NOT use near hummingbird attractors, as the birds will get stuck.
It was a pretty good talk, unfortunately, there were a few people who kept asking about non-pest management topics, so there wasn't enough time to go into detail about a lot of what Annie came to talk about. But what was covered was very informative.
Get more info about pests and managing them here:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.com
Learn more about water and pesticide runoff here: http://www.ourwaterourworld.org/
Some suggested reading:
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