First Issue
August
2003
Temporary
Editor Mary Bliss – Stella
Blue
‘One
that doesn't focus on roses or orchids or anything too scientific.’
Wow!! The First Issue
of Our Newsletter
Thank you GardenWeb
member swilly for asking the question that got this club started (Are
you a member of a garden club, etc.?) And thank you ocbird
and others for expressing a desire and interest in a Garden Club. Our club
is just 6 weeks old (founded July 10, 2003) and we have 41 members and
growing!
We still need some volunteers
at both the club level and each of the five branches.
Examples
of volunteers needed at the club level would be for: Club President, Vice
President, Secretary, Events Coordinator, and Newsletter Editor.
Examples
of volunteers needed at the branch level would be for: Branch Presidents, Vice
Presidents, Secretaries, Events Coordinator, and Newsletter Branch Editors.
I for one am very excited to see our club logo that
Skrip is designing for us. How is that going Skrip? Do you have anything that
you would like to share with us?
Lovestosmellflowers – Tracy Bantel has volunteered to
be a helper to anyone that would like to volunteer to be Events
Coordinator.
If you have a review, garden or other club related
story you would like to contribute to the newsletter please send to SOCALFUNG
Club to be included in the next issue. Pictures can be included for
the on-line edition.
Item of Interest:
September - Plant exchange in Fontana –
host Nina – watch for date
October 18, 2003 –
1st meeting of the SOCAL Fun Gardening Club, Yorba Linda, CA – Plant
exchange in Norco – host Bill - watch for date
November 15 or 22, 2003 –
Las
Pilitas Nursery located in San Diego County please cast your vote or email me
which Saturday works best. The date with the most votes and emails wins and
will be announced at our October 18th meeting. Plant exchange in Norco – host Bill (if not in Oct).
SOCALFUNG Club is looking for an editor (Temporary)
Editor is Mary Bliss – Stella Blue
Orange County is looking for an editor
San
Bernardino County Branch is looking for an editor
San
Diego County Branch is looking for an editor
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August
18, 2003
Well, it’s that time again, the overheated, sun scorched days of August,
when the gardens need weeding and watering, and it’s simply too hot to do
either. For our county, I’m visiting,
buying and reviewing several of our nurseries each month (oh, the things I do
for my garden), each was considered for several things, which are not available
at “big box” stores:
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Availability
of plants I’m looking for, this month is was named daylilies, passifloria, and
lantania.
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Knowledge/helpfulness of staff.
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Willingness
to provide special orders. Here’s this
months nurseries:
Southwest
Wholesale Nursery & Supplies
36705 Briggs Rd, Murrieta, CA
92562
909-926-1827
This was an exceptionally
fruitful trip, the nursery not only had all 3 plants, but had several sizes in
which to choose from. I went on an
incredibly hot (over 108 deg. day), and the staff was quite visible it caring
for the plants during the heat. On my
first trip I discovered they did in fact have the Passifloria Incense that I’ve
been looking for, but the one they did have was too tall to fit in my car (a 3
gal pot, with a 4-5ft pole the vines were trained upon), complete with popping
open flower buds. I also spied some
lovely morning glories “Heavenly Blue” that would be perfect for my front porch
support column. I did the only thing
possible, bought the Morning glory immediately, and returned later with my
husband, and a larger car for the passion vine. I was assured that I could get both named daylilies and rarer
passiflorias special ordered. A large
collection of trees and shrubs rounded out their offerings, and I will be sure
to revisit this fall as I help a friend landscape/garden her 4+ acres this
fall. The only thing that was
consciously absent was water garden plants and supplies.
Plants Purchased:
Heavenly blue Morning glories: $3.25 in 1 gal pot.
Incense Passion Vine : $20 in 3 gal pot, already flowering
Cagliero Ranch
Nursery
2700 W. Devonshire, Hemet, CA 92543
909-766-7755
So far this has been the smallest of our selected nurseries, at roughly
2 to 2.5 acres total. The house
specialty here seems to be roses, and annuals, with a few types of
geraniums. I saw 30-40 different roses, and if roses ever
figured into my landscape, this is defiantly a place to find that special shade
of yellow (I did recognize one I grew for years at a previous residence). The prices on the annuals seemed about par
as the prices for annuals at our local “big box” store that is 1 mile away, and
although the plants looked healthy, nothing screamed “buy me”.
That’s all the room I have for this month, next month I think I’ll head
north on my nursery odyssey, If you have a suggestion for one to visit, drop me
a line. In up coming months, I’m
involved in both a “country” and “city” garden projects, expect lots of pics,
advice, and of course, nursery orders.